Definitions
Article 2
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply: (1) ‘European risk classification scheme’ or ‘ERCS’ means the methodology applied for the assessment of the risk posed by an occurrence to civil aviation in the form of a safety risk score; (2) ‘ERCS matrix’ means a grid made up of the variables described in Article 3(3) which serves for the illustrative representation of the safety risk score; (3) ‘safety risk score’ means the result of the risk classification of an occurrence by combining the values of the variables described in Article 3(3); (4) ‘high-risk area’ means an area where an aircraft impact would cause numerous injuries, result in a high number of fatalities, or both because of the nature of the activities in that area, such as nuclear or chemical plants; (5) ‘populated area’ means an area with clustered or scattered buildings and a permanent human population, such as city, settlement, town, or village; (6) ‘life changing injury’ means an injury reducing the person’s quality of life in regard to reduced mobility or reduced cognitive or physical ability in daily life.