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title: "Incident — EASA Definition · Avioverse"
description: "Article 3, Regulations (EU) 2023/203 and 2022/1645: ‘incident’ means any event having an actual adverse effect on the security of network and information…"
url: "https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/incident"
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# incident

EASA defines “incident” in 2 regulations, worded for each regulation's scope. The wording below is reproduced verbatim from the EASA Easy Access Rules, with a link to the paragraph it comes from.

> ‘incident’ means any event having an actual adverse effect on the security of network and information systems as defined in Article 4(7) of Directive (EU) 2016/1148;

Article 3 · Information Security (Part-IS) · Regulations (EU) 2023/203 and 2022/1645 · Easy Access Rules, 5 Dec 2025 revision · [Read Article 3](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/part-is/implementing-regulation-eu-2023-203/cover-regulation-to-implementing-regulation-eu#article-3)

> ‘incident’ means any event having an adverse effect on the security of network and information systems as defined in Article 4(7) of Directive (EU) 2016/1148;

Article 3 · Information Security (Part-IS) · Regulations (EU) 2023/203 and 2022/1645 · Easy Access Rules, 5 Dec 2025 revision · [Read Article 3](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/part-is/delegated-regulation-eu-2022-1645/cover-regulation-to-delegated-regulation-eu-2022#article-3)

> ‘incident’ means an incident within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 996/2010;

Article 2 · Occurrence Reporting · Regulation (EU) No 376/2014 · Easy Access Rules, 27 Sep 2023 revision · [Read Article 2](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/occurrence-reporting/regulation-eu-no-376-2014/cover-regulation#article-2)

## Defined in the same article

- [accident](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/accident)
- [aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft)
- [anonymisation](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/anonymisation)
- [disidentified information](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/disidentified-information)
- [European Aviation Safety Plan](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/european-aviation-safety-plan)
- [European Aviation Safety Programme](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/european-aviation-safety-programme)
- [hazard](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/hazard)
- [information security](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/information-security)