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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-2034/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-2034/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2020/2034",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-2034",
  "path": "article/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:\n(1) ‘European risk classification scheme’ or ‘ERCS’ means the methodology applied for the assessment of the risk posed by an occurrence to civil aviation in the form of a safety risk score;\n(2) ‘ERCS matrix’ means a grid made up of the variables described in Article 3(3) which serves for the illustrative representation of the safety risk score;\n(3) ‘safety risk score’ means the result of the risk classification of an occurrence by combining the values of the variables described in Article 3(3);\n(4) ‘high-risk area’ means an area where an aircraft impact would cause numerous injuries, result in a high number of fatalities, or both because of the nature of the activities in that area, such as nuclear or chemical plants;\n(5) ‘populated area’ means an area with clustered or scattered buildings and a permanent human population, such as city, settlement, town, or village;\n(6) ‘life changing injury’ means an injury reducing the person’s quality of life in regard to reduced mobility or reduced cognitive or physical ability in daily life.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/2034/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:14.951047+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."
}