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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-744/annex",
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  "legislation": "eur/2010/744",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 744/2010 of 18 August 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 1005/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on substances that deplete the ozone layer, with regard to the critical uses of halons (Text with EEA relevance)",
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  "text": "ANNEX VI\nCRITICAL USES OF HALONS\nFor the purposes of this Annex, the following definitions shall apply:\n1.. “Cut-off date” means the date after which halons must not be used for fire extinguishers or fire protection systems in new equipment and new facilities for the application concerned.\n2.. “New equipment” means equipment for which, by the cut-off date, neither of the following events has occurred:\n(a) signature of the relevant procurement or development contract;\n(b) submission of a request for type approval or type certification to the appropriate regulatory authority.\n3.. “New facilities” means facilities for which, by the cut-off date, neither of the following events has occurred:\n(a) signature of the relevant development contract;\n(b) submission of a request for planning consent to the appropriate regulatory authority.\n4.. “End date” means the date after which halons shall not be used for the application concerned and by which date the fire extinguishers or fire protection systems containing halons shall be decommissioned.\n5.. “Inerting” means preventing the initiation of combustion of a flammable or explosive atmosphere by means of the addition of an inhibiting or diluting agent.\n6.. “Cargo ship” means a ship that is not a passenger ship, is over 500 tonnes gross weight, and embarks on an international voyage, in accordance with the definition of those terms in the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention. The SOLAS Convention defines a “passenger ship” as “a ship that carries more than 12 passengers” and an “international voyage” as “a voyage from a country to which the present Convention applies to a port outside such country, or conversely”.\n7.. A “normally occupied” space means a protected space in which it is necessary for persons to be present most or all of the time in order for the equipment or facility to function effectively. For military applications, the occupancy status of the protected space would be that applicable during a combat situation.\n8.. A “normally unoccupied” space means a protected space that is occupied for limited periods only, in particular for undertaking maintenance, and where the continual presence of persons is not necessary for the effective functioning of the equipment or facility.\nCRITICAL USES OF HALONS\nApplication\nCut-off date(31 December of the stated year)\nEnd date(31 December of the stated year)\nCategory of equipment or facility\nPurpose\nType of extinguisher\nType of halon\n1.\nOn military ground vehicles\n1.1.\nFor the protection of engine compartments\nFixed system\n1301\n1211\n2402\n2010\n2035\n1.2.\nFor the protection of crew compartments\nFixed system\n1301\n2402\n2011\n2040\n1.3.\nFor the protection of crew compartments\nPortable extinguisher\n1301\n1211\n2011\n2020\n2.\nOn military surface ships\n2.1.\nFor the protection of normally occupied machinery spaces\nFixed system\n1301\n2402\n2010\n2040\n2.2.\nFor the protection of normally unoccupied engine spaces\nFixed system\n1301\n1211\n2402\n2010\n2035\n2.3.\nFor the protection of normally unoccupied electrical compartments\nFixed system\n1301\n1211\n2010\n2030\n2.4.\nFor the protection of command centres\nFixed system\n1301\n2010\n2030\n2.5.\nFor the protection of fuel pump rooms\nFixed system\n1301\n2010\n2030\n2.6.\nFor the protection of flammable liquid storage compartments\nFixed system\n1301\n1211\n2402\n2010\n2030\n2.7.\nFor the protection of aircraft in hangars and maintenance areas\nPortable extinguisher\n1301\n1211\n2010\n2016\n3.\nOn military submarines\n3.1.\nFor the protection of machinery spaces\nFixed system\n1301\n2010\n2040\n3.2.\nFor the protection of command centres\nFixed system\n1301\n2010\n2040\n3.3.\nFor the protection of diesel generator spaces\nFixed system\n1301\n2010\n2040\n3.4.\nFor the protection of electrical compartments\nFixed system\n1301\n2010\n2040\n4.\nOn aircraft\n4.1.\nFor the protection of normally unoccupied cargo compartments\nFixed system\n1301\n1211\n2402\n2018\n2040\n4.2.\nFor the protection of cabins and crew compartments\nPortable extinguisher\n1211\n2402\n2014\n2025\n4.3.\nFor the protection of engine nacelles and auxiliary power units\nFixed system\n1301\n1211\n2402\n2014\n2040\n4.4.\nFor the inerting of fuel tanks\nFixed system\n1301\n2402\n2011\n2040\n4.5.\nFor the protection of lavatory waste receptacles\nFixed system\n1301\n1211\n2402\n2011\n2020\n4.6.\nFor the protection of dry bays\nFixed system\n1301\n1211\n2402\n2011\n2040\n5.\nIn oil, gas and petrochemicals facilities\n5.1.\nFor the protection of spaces where flammable liquid or gas could be released\nFixed system\n1301\n2402\n2010\n2020\n6.\nOn commercial cargo ships\n6.1.\nFor the inerting of normally occupied spaces where flammable liquid or gas could be released\nFixed system\n1301\n2402\n1994\n2016\n7.\nIn land-based command and communications facilities essential to national security\n7.1.\nFor the protection of normally occupied spaces\nFixed system\n1301\n2402\n2010\n2025\n7.2.\nFor the protection of normally occupied spaces\nPortable extinguisher\n1211\n2010\n2013\n7.3.\nFor the protection of normally unoccupied spaces\nFixed system\n1301\n2402\n2010\n2020\n8.\nAt airfields and airports\n8.1.\nFor crash rescue vehicles\nPortable extinguisher\n1211\n2010\n2016\n8.2.\nFor the protection of aircraft in hangars and maintenance areas\nPortable extinguisher\n1211\n2010\n2016\n9.\nIn nuclear power and nuclear research facilities\n9.1.\nFor the protection of spaces where necessary to minimise risk of dispersion of radioactive matter\nFixed system\n1301\n2010\n2020\n10.\nIn the Channel Tunnel\n10.1.\nFor the protection of technical facilities\nFixed system\n1301\n2010\n2016\n10.2.\nFor the protection of power cars and shuttle wagons of Channel Tunnel trains\nFixed system\n1301\n2010\n2020\n11.\nOther\n11.1.\nFor initial extinguishing by fire brigades where essential to personal safety\nPortable extinguisher\n1211\n2010\n2013\n11.2.\nFor the protection of persons by military and police personnel\nPortable extinguisher\n1211\n2010\n2013",
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