# Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2034 of 6 October 2020 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 376/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the common European risk classification scheme (Text with EEA relevance), Division 2.1.1: Barriers

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

The ERCS barrier model consists of 8 barriers, ordered in a logical sequence and weighted as per the following table:
Barrier number
Barrier
Barrier weight
1
‘Aircraft, equipment and infrastructure design’, includes maintenance and correction, operation support, the prevention of problems related to technical factors that could lead to an accident.
5
2
‘Tactical planning’, includes organisational and individual planning prior to the flight or other operational activity that supports the reduction of the causes and contributors to accidents.
2
3
‘Regulations, procedures, processes’, includes effective, understandable and available regulations, procedures and processes that are complied with (with the exclusion of the use of procedures for recovery barriers).
3
4
‘Situational awareness and action’, includes human vigilance for operational threats which ensures identification of operational hazards and effective action to prevent an accident.
2
5
‘Warning systems operation and action’ that could prevent an accident and which are fit for purpose, functioning, operational and are complied with.
3
6
‘Late recovery from a potential accident situation’
1
7
‘Protections’, when an event has occurred, the level of the outcome is mitigated or prevents the escalation of the occurrence by intangible barriers or providence
1
8
‘Low energy occurrence’ scores the same as ‘Protections’, but for low-energy key risk areas only (ground damage, excursions, injuries).
‘Not applicable’ for all other key risk areas.
1

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/2034/annex/division/1/division/2/division/2.1/division/2.1.1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-2034/annex/division-1/division-2/division-2.1/division-2.1.1
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