# 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, Division 2.1: Operating modes

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

(a) The Inland ECDIS technical specifications distinguish two operating modes: navigation mode and information mode.
(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.
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/1973/annex/division/ELECTRONIC/section/4/division/2/division/2.1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-1973/annex/division-ELECTRONIC/section-4/division-2/division-2.1
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