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title: "CS 25.791 Passenger information signs and placards — CS-25 · Avioverse"
description: "(See AMC 25.791) (a) If smoking is to be prohibited, there must be at least one placard so stating that is legible to each person seated in the cabin."
url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/cs-25/subpart-d/cs-25-791"
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# CS 25.791 Passenger information signs and placards

Large Aeroplanes (CS-25) · CS-25 · EAR revision 26 Jan 2023

IR Implementing rule

## CS 25.791 Passenger information signs and placards

(See AMC 25.791)

(a) If smoking is to be prohibited, there must be at least one placard so stating that is legible to each person seated in the cabin. If smoking is to be allowed, and if the crew compartment is separated from the passenger compartment, there must be at least one sign notifying when smoking is prohibited. Signs, which notify when smoking is prohibited, must be installed so as to be operable from either pilot’s seat and, when illuminated, must be legible under all probable conditions of cabin illumination to each person seated in the cabin.

(b) Signs that notify when seat belts should be fastened and that are installed to comply with the Operating Rules must be installed so as to be operable from either pilot’s seat and, when illuminated, must be legible under all probable conditions of cabin illumination to each person seated in the cabin.

(c) A placard must be located on or adjacent to the door of each receptacle used for the disposal of flammable waste materials to indicate that use of the receptacle for disposal of cigarettes, etc., is prohibited.

(d) Lavatories must have ‘No Smoking’ or ‘No Smoking in Lavatory’ placards conspicuously located on or adjacent to each side of the entry door.

(e) Symbols that clearly express the intent of the sign or placard may be used in lieu of letters.

\[Amdt No: 25/23]

IR · CS 25.791 — CS-25 · ED Decision 2019/013/R · CS-25 Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 26 Jan 2023

AMC Acceptable means of compliance

## AMC 25.791 Passenger information signs and placards

The relevant parts of FAA Advisory Circular (AC) 25-17A Change 1, Transport Airplane Cabin Interiors Crashworthiness Handbook, dated 24.5.2016, are accepted by the Agency as providing acceptable means of compliance with CS 25.791.

Note: ‘The relevant parts’ means ‘the parts of AC 25-17A Change 1 that address the applicable FAR/CS-25 paragraph’.

\[Amdt 25/11]

\[Amdt 25/26]

AMC · AMC 25.791 — CS-25 · ED Decision 2020/024/R · CS-25 Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 26 Jan 2023

[All rules in SUBPART D – DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/cs-25/subpart-d)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 26 Jan 2023, 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.