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title: "Equipment restraint area (ERA) — EASA Definition · Avioverse"
description: "Article 3, Regulations (EU) 2025/23 and 2025/24: ‘equipment restraint area (ERA)’ means a safety buffer area around the aircraft, which shall remain free…"
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# equipment restraint area (ERA)

EASA defines “equipment restraint area (ERA)” in one regulation. The wording below is reproduced verbatim from the EASA Easy Access Rules, with a link to the paragraph it comes from.

> ‘equipment restraint area (ERA)’ means a safety buffer area around the aircraft, which shall remain free from obstruction and foreign object debris before and after aircraft arrival and departure and during aircraft manoeuvring to and from the parking stand, except for the ground support equipment and personnel required for manoeuvring;

Article 3 · Ground Handling · Regulations (EU) 2025/23 and 2025/24 · Easy Access Rules, 5 Nov 2025 revision · [Read Article 3](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/ground-handling/commission-delegated-regulation-eu-2025-20/cover-regulation#article-3)

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