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                  <ins class="substitution first" ukl:ChangeId="O001001M005" ukl:CommentaryRef="c000001"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c000001" class="commentary"/>UAS intended to be operated in the 
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               </b></heading><section eId="chapter-II-section-1" uk:target="true"><num><i>SECTION 1</i></num><heading><b><i>Product requirements</i></b></heading><article eId="article-4"><num>Article 4</num><heading>Requirements</heading><paragraph eId="article-4-1"><num><ins class="substitution first" ukl:ChangeId="O001001M006" ukl:CommentaryRef="c000001"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#c000001" class="commentary"/>1.</ins></num><content><p><ins class="substitution last" ukl:ChangeId="O001001M006" ukl:CommentaryRef="c000001">The products referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 2 shall meet the requirements set out in Parts 1 to 6, 16 and 17 of the Annex.</ins></p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="article-4-2"><num>2.</num><content><p>UAS <noteRef href="#key-7bc9523fa25b34eb221533a66546b118" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>...  shall comply with the relevant health and safety requirements set out in  <ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-fd7f1ecf3cae52086657917d48829ddf-1668437682619" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-fd7f1ecf3cae52086657917d48829ddf"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-fd7f1ecf3cae52086657917d48829ddf" class="commentary"/>the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008</ins>  only in relation to risks other than those linked to the safety of the UA flight.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="article-4-3"><num>3.</num><content><p>Any updates of software of the products that have already been made available on the market may be made only if such updates do not affect the compliance of the product.</p></content></paragraph></article><article eId="article-5"><num>Article 5</num><heading>Making available on the market <noteRef href="#key-dc290db4a5fdc2267dd73b3ccc10415d" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>...</heading><paragraph eId="article-5-1"><num>1.</num><content><p>Products shall only be made available on the market if they satisfy the requirements of this Chapter and do not endanger the health or safety of persons, animals or property.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="article-5-2"><num><noteRef href="#key-b68a9ebc74a053a7ed5aa61d4b8384b5" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>2.</num><content><p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="article-5-3"><num><noteRef href="#key-aaaab44c41dc6df218cd4441aba82d7c" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/> 3.</num><content><p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p></content></paragraph></article></section></chapter></body></act></akomaNtoso>