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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-133/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eur/2019/133",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/133 of 28 January 2019 amending Regulation (EU) 2015/640 as regards the introduction of new additional airworthiness specifications",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-133",
  "path": "article/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Regulation (EU) 2015/640 is amended as follows:\n(1) Article 2 is amended as follows:\n(a) point (b) is replaced by the following:\n(b) ‘“large aeroplane” means an aeroplane that has the Certification Specifications for large aeroplanes “CS-25” or equivalent in its certification basis;’\n(b) the following points (c) and (d) are added:\n(c) ‘“large helicopter” means a helicopter that has the Certification Specifications for large rotorcraft “CS-29” or equivalent in its certification basis;\n(d) “low-occupancy aeroplane” means an aeroplane that has a maximum operational passenger seating configuration of:\n(1) up to and including 19 seats, or;\n(2) up to and including one third of the maximum passenger seating capacity of the type-certified aeroplane, as indicated in the aeroplane type-certificate data sheet (TCDS), provided that both of the following conditions are met:\n(a) the total number of passenger seats approved for occupancy during taxiing, take-off or landing does not exceed 100 per deck;\n(b) the maximum operational passenger seating configuration during taxiing, take-off or landing in any individual zone between pairs of emergency exits (or any dead-end zone) does not exceed one third of the sum of the passenger seat allowances for the emergency exit pairs bounding that zone (using the passenger seat allowance for each emergency exit pairs as defined by the applicable certification basis of the aeroplane). For the purpose of determining compliance with this zonal limitation, in the case of an aeroplane that has deactivated emergency exits, it shall be assumed that all emergency exits are functional.’\n(2) Annex I (Part-26) is amended in accordance with Annex to this Regulation.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/133/article/1",
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  "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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