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Annex

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Annex I is amended as follows:

  1. (1)

    the table of content is replaced by the following:

    ‘CONTENTS

    SUBPART A — GENERAL PROVISIONS

    26.10 Competent authority

    26.20 Temporary inoperative equipment

    26.30 Demonstration of compliance

    SUBPART B — LARGE AEROPLANES

    26.50 Seats, berths, safety belts, and harnesses

    26.60 Emergency landing — dynamic conditions

    26.100 Location of emergency exits

    26.105 Emergency exit access

    26.110 Emergency exit markings

    26.120 Interior emergency lighting and emergency light operation

    26.150 Compartment interiors

    26.155 Flammability of cargo compartment liners

    26.156 Termal or accoustic insulation materials

    26.160 Lavatory fire protection

    26.170 Fire extinguishers

    26.200 Landing gear aural warning

    26.250 Flight crew compartment door operating systems — single incapacitation

    SUBPART C — LARGE HELICOPTERS

    26.400 Fire extinguishers’;

  2. (2)

    the following point 26.60 is inserted:

    ‘ 26.60 Emergency landing — dynamic conditions

    Operators of large aeroplanes used in commercial air transport of passengers, type-certified on or after 1 January 1958, and for which the individual certificate of airworthiness is first issued on or after 18 February 2021 shall demonstrate for each seat type design approved for occupancy during taxiing, take-off or landing that the occupant is protected when exposed to loads resulting from emergency landing conditions. The demonstration shall be made by one of the following means:

    1. (a)

      successfully completed dynamic tests;

    2. (b)

      rational analysis providing equivalent safety, based on dynamic tests of a similar seat type design.

    The obligation set out in the first paragraph shall not apply to the following seats:

    1. (a)

      flight deck crew seats,

    2. (b)

      seats in low-occupancy aeroplanes involved only in on-demand non-scheduled commercial air transport operations.’;

  3. (3)

    the following point 26.156 is inserted:

    ‘ 26.156 Thermal or acoustic insulation materials

    Operators of large aeroplanes used in commercial air transport, type certified on or after 1 January 1958, shall ensure that:

    1. (a)

      for aeroplanes for which the first individual certificate of airworthiness is issued before 18 February 2021, when new thermal or acoustic insulation materials are installed as replacements on or after 18 February 2021, those new materials have flame propagation resistance characteristics which prevent or reduce the risk of flame propagation in the aeroplane;

    2. (b)

      for aeroplanes for which the first individual certificate of airworthiness is issued on or after 18 February 2021, thermal and acoustic insulation materials have flame propagation resistance characteristics which prevent or reduce the risk of flame propagation in the aeroplane;

    3. (c)

      for aeroplanes for which the first individual certificate of airworthiness is issued on or after 18 February 2021 and with a passenger capacity of 20 or more, thermal and acoustic insulation materials (including the means of fastening the materials to the fuselage) installed in the lower half of the aeroplane have flame penetration resistance characteristics which prevent or reduce the risk of flame penetration into the aeroplane after an accident and which ensure survivable conditions in the cabin for a time needed to evacuate the aeroplane.’;

  4. (4)

    the following point 26.170 is inserted:

    ‘ 26.170 Fire extinguishers

    Operators of large aeroplanes shall ensure that the following extinguishers do not use halon as an extinguishing agent:

    1. (a)

      built-in fire extinguishers for each lavatory waste receptacle for towels, paper or waste in large aeroplanes for which the first individual certificate of airworthiness is issued on or after 18 February 2020;

    2. (b)

      portable fire extinguishers in large aeroplanes for which the first individual certificate of airworthiness is issued on or after 18 May 2019.’;

  5. (5)

    the following Subpart C is added:

    ‘ SUBPART C — LARGE HELICOPTERS

    26.400 Fire extinguishers

    Operators of large helicopters shall ensure that the following extinguishers do not use halon as an extinguishing agent:

    1. (a)

      built-in fire extinguishers for each lavatory waste receptacle for towels, paper or waste in large helicopters for which the individual certificate of airworthiness is first issued on or after 18 February 2020;

    2. (b)

      portable fire extinguishers in large helicopters for which the individual certificate of airworthiness is first issued on or after 18 May 2019.’