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title: "SPA.VEMS.150 Fuelling /defuelling / battery charging / battery swapping while passengers are embarking, on board, or disembarking — Part-SPA · Avioverse"
description: "Refuelling /defuelling /battery charging or battery swapping procedures with either lift and thrust units powered on or off shall only be performed in…"
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# SPA.VEMS.150 Fuelling /defuelling / battery charging / battery swapping while passengers are embarking, on board, or disembarking

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

IR Implementing rule

## SPA.VEMS.150 Fuelling /defuelling / battery charging / battery swapping while passengers are embarking, on board, or disembarking

Refuelling /defuelling /battery charging or battery swapping procedures with either lift and thrust units powered on or off shall only be performed in accordance with point UAM.OP.MVCA.200 or point UAM.OP.MVCA.205 as applicable.

IR · SPA.VEMS.150 — 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 SPA.VEMS.150 Fuelling / defuelling / battery charging / battery swapping while passengers are embarking, on board, or disembarking

The VEMS operator should comply with point UAM.OP.MVCA.200 or point UAM.OP.MVCA.205, as applicable, considering that medical personnel, ill or injured persons and other persons directly involved and technical crew may be embarking, on board, or disembarking during fuelling, defuelling, battery charging, and/or battery swapping.

AMC · AMC1 SPA.VEMS.150 — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · ED Decision 2025/010/R · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

[All rules in SUBPART O: EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE OPERATIONS WITH MANNED VTOL-CAPABLE AIRCRAFT (VEMS)](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-spa/subpart-o)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 27 Mar 2026, extracted 13 Oct 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.