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# UAM.IDE.MVCA.275 Emergency lighting and marking

ANNEX IX (Part-IAM) · Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

Official sources: [EASA Easy Access Rules (opens in a new tab)](https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/document-library/easy-access-rules/easy-access-rules-air-operations) · [EUR-Lex 2012/965 (opens in a new tab)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32012R0965)

IR Implementing rule

## UAM.IDE.MVCA.275 Emergency lighting and marking

The VCA shall be equipped with:

(a) an emergency lighting system independent of the VCA normal electric power supply to facilitate the evacuation of passengers from the [aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft); and

(b) emergency-exit marking and locating signs visible in daylight, in the dark and in a smoke filled cabin.

IR · UAM.IDE.MVCA.275 — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · Regulation (EU) 2024/1111 · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

AMC Acceptable means of compliance

## AMC1 UAM.IDE.MVCA.275 Emergency lighting and marking

GENERAL

Compliance with point UAM.IDE.MVCA.275(a) of VCA operating in VFR by day may be achieved by:

(a) a floor proximity emergency escape path marking system, such as photoluminescent strips on the floor or lights on the seats, providing visual guidance along the cabin floor to the [emergency exit](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/emergency-exit)(s) in darkness or in a smoke-filled cabin; or

(b) for a VCA with a [maximum operational passenger seating configuration (MOPSC)](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/maximum-operational-passenger-seating-configuration) of 6 or less, illumination of the instruments or illumination of the emergency-exit marking and locating signs if such illumination provides visual guidance to the emergency exit(s) in darkness and in a smoke-filled cabin and is independent of the VCA normal electric power supply.

AMC · AMC1 UAM.IDE.MVCA.275 — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · ED Decision 2025/010/R · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

[All rules in SUBPART D — INSTRUMENTS, DATA AND EQUIPMENT](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-iam/subpart-d)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 27 Mar 2026, extracted 2 Nov 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.