# Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2018 on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Union Aviation Safety Agency, and amending Regulations (EC) No 2111/2005, (EC) No 1008/2008, (EU) No 996/2010, (EU) No 376/2014 and Directives 2014/30/EU and 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 552/2004 and (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EEC) No 3922/91 (Text with EEA relevance), Division 1.1.3

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The designated landing and take-off area shall be surrounded by defined areas. Those areas are intended to protect aircraft flying over them during take-off or landing operations or to mitigate the consequences of undershooting, running off the side or overrunning the take-off and landing area, and shall satisfy the following conditions:
(a)those areas shall have dimensions appropriate to the aircraft operations anticipated;
(b)the slope and slope changes of those areas shall not create an unacceptable risk to aircraft operations;
(c)those areas shall be free from objects which might create an unacceptable risk to aircraft operations. This shall not preclude frangible equipment to be located in those areas, if required to assist aircraft operations; and
(d)each of those areas shall have a bearing strength sufficient to serve its purpose.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/1139/annex/VII/division/1/division/1.1/division/1.1.3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-1139/annex-VII/division-1/division-1.1/division-1.1.3
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