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title: "Article 9 Safety requirements — Cover Regulation, SERA · Avioverse"
description: "Further to the entry into force of this Regulation and without prejudice to Article 7, Member States shall, in order to maintain or enhance existing…"
url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/sera/cover-regulation/powers-and-recital/article-9"
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# Article 9 Safety requirements

Cover Regulation · Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 · EAR revision 26 Aug 2025

IR Implementing rule

## Article 9 Safety requirements

Further to the entry into force of this Regulation and without prejudice to Article 7, Member States shall, in order to maintain or enhance existing safety levels, ensure that, within the context of a safety management process addressing all aspects of the implementation of this Regulation, a safety assessment on the implementation plan, including hazard identification, risk assessment and mitigation, is conducted, preceding the actual changes to the previously applied procedures. Such mitigation may include the application of Article 3.

IR · Article 9 — Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 · SERA Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 26 Aug 2025

GM Guidance material

## GM1 Article 9 Safety requirements

SAFETY ASSESSMENT

The safety assessment of the implementation plan should be maintained by the Member State after the issue of any amendment to this Regulation to identify any hazard, assess the risks and mitigate them before implementing the changes to the previously applied procedures.

GM · GM1 Article 9 — Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 · ED Decision 2024/007/R · SERA Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 26 Aug 2025

[All rules in Powers and recital](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/sera/cover-regulation/powers-and-recital)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 26 Aug 2025, 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.