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to address emergency evacuation and emergency equipment for passengers andcrewmembers differ.2.4 Because supernumeraries are not crewmembers, it is the Director-Generalposition that the overall level of safety offered to the occupants of thesupernumerary compartment should be equivalent to the level of safety offeredto passengers on a normal passenger aircraft.2.5 However, supernumeraries do hold a special status because of their trainingand other factors. The Director-General, therefore, allows the carriage ofsupernumeraries on cargo aeroplanes without compliance with all designstandards for passengers, provided that certain other conditions are met.Variations have traditionally been granted from certain passenger safetyrequirements such as CS/FAR 25.785(j), 25.807(d), 25.807(g)(1), 25.807(i)(1),25.810(a)(1), 25.812(e), 25.813(b), 25.857(e) and 25.1447(c)(1).3 Compliance3.1 With effect from 1 August 2011, all applicable aircraft identified in paragraph1 of this Notice, with the first Certificate of Airworthiness issued (whether inHong Kong or elsewhere) on or after 1 August 2011, shall comply with therequirements in paragraph 4 of this Notice.3.2 Reserved.4 Requirement4.1 Design Standards for SupernumerariesIn addition to design standards for cargo aeroplane, design standards forpassengers are also applicable to supernumeraries. The design standardsinclude:4.1.1 Basic DesignThe type certification basis as recorded in the applicable TypeCertification Data Sheet.Note:Exemptions to the type certification basis issued by the State of Design maybe acceptable to, but are subject to validation by, the Director-General.4.1.2 Air Navigation (Hong Kong) Order 19954.1.2.1 Article 13 “Equipment of Aircraft”31 July 2011 AN-104 P.2