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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-1973/annex/division-ELECTRONIC/section-4A/division-3/division-3.2",
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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/4A/division/3/division/3.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "3.2",
  "heading": "Hardware and software changes",
  "text": "The navigation system provider may change software or hardware as long as Inland ECDIS compliance is maintained. Changes shall be fully documented and submitted to the competent authority, together with an explanation of how the navigation system is affected by those changes. The competent authority may require a partial or complete renewal of certification if considered necessary. The aforementioned also applies to the use of an approved Inland ECDIS with another national version of the operating system.\nThe following changes do not affect certification of the system and require only a notice to the competent authority:\nminor changes on third party components (e.g. operation system or library updates),\nuse of equivalent or better hardware components (e.g. faster microprocessor, newer chip revisions, equivalent graphic card, etc.),\nminor changes in source code or documentation.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/1973/annex/division/ELECTRONIC/section/4A/division/3/division/3.2",
    "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."
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