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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-1973/annex/division-ELECTRONIC/section-4/division-2/division-2.1",
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  "legislation": "eur/2018/1973",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1973 of 7 December 2018 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 909/2013 on the technical specifications for the electronic chart display and information system for inland navigation (Inland ECDIS) referred to in Directive 2005/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-1973",
  "path": "annex/division/ELECTRONIC/section/4/division/2/division/2.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.1",
  "heading": "Operating modes",
  "text": "(a) The Inland ECDIS technical specifications distinguish two operating modes: navigation mode and information mode.\n(b) Inland ECDIS equipment designed for operating in navigation mode shall fulfil the requirements of this Annex and the standards on navigational radar equipment and rate-of-turn indicators. For Inland ECDIS in navigation mode a type approval is required by competent authorities referred to in point 2(q) of Section 1.\n(c) For Inland ECDIS equipment designed for information mode only, the requirements of this Section 4 are to be understood as technical (operational and performance) requirements. The producer has to document the conformity with these technical requirements. A type approval is not required for Inland ECDIS in information mode. The documentation shall be made available to competent authorities and users on request.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/1973/annex/division/ELECTRONIC/section/4/division/2/division/2.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:43.977506+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}