
Article 1 
The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 185/2010 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
By 30 June 2013, airports or the entity responsible for screening shall report to the appropriate authorities on the state of the implementation of the rules concerning the deployment and the use of liquid screening equipment. By 1 September 2013, Member States shall report to the Commission thereof.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Point 2 of the Annex shall apply from 31 January 2014.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 19 March 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX
1. 

((a)) in Chapter 4, the following point (c) is added to point 4.0.4:
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((c)) “liquid explosive detection systems (LEDS) equipment” is a piece of equipment capable of detecting threat materials that meets the provisions of point 12.7 of the Annex to Commission Decision C(2010) 774.';
((b)) in Chapter 4, point 4.1.3.4(g) is replaced by the following:
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((g)) obtained at an airport situated in a third country listed in Attachment 4-D, on condition that the LAG is sealed in a STEB inside which satisfactory proof of purchase at airside at that airport within the preceding 36 hours is displayed. The exemptions provided for in this point may be used until 30 January 2014 at the latest.';
((c)) in Chapter 4, points 4.1.3.1 and 4.1.3.2 are deleted;
((d)) in Chapter 12, point 12.7.1.1 is replaced by the following:
' 12.7.1.1 LEDS equipment shall be able to detect and to indicate by means of an alarm specified and higher individual quantities of threat materials in LAGs.
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((e)) in Chapter 12, point 12.7.2 is replaced by the following:
' 12.7.2.  12.7.2.1. There shall be three standards for LEDS equipment. Detailed requirements on these standards are laid down in a separate Commission Decision.
 12.7.2.2. 
LEDS equipment meeting standard 1 may be used until 30 January 2016 at the latest.
 12.7.2.3. 
All LEDS equipment shall meet standard 2 with effect from 31 January 2016 at the latest.
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2. 

((a)) in Chapter 4, point 4.1.2.2 is replaced by the following:
' 4.1.2.2. 
Before screening, LAGs shall be removed from cabin baggage and shall be screened separately from other items of cabin baggage, unless the equipment used for the screening of cabin baggage is also capable of screening multiple closed LAGs containers inside baggage.

Where LAGs have been removed from cabin baggage, the passenger shall present:


((a)) all LAGs in individual containers with a capacity not greater than 100 millilitres or equivalent in one transparent resealable plastic bag of a capacity not exceeding 1 litre, whereby the contents of the plastic bag fit comfortably and the bag is completely closed; and
((b)) all other LAGs, including STEBs containing LAGs.
Appropriate authorities, airlines and airports shall provide appropriate information to passengers in respect of the screening of LAGs at their airports.
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((b)) in Chapter 4, point 4.1.3 is replaced by the following:
' 4.1.3.  4.1.3.1. 

((a)) if the LAG is in individual containers with a capacity not greater than 100 millilitres or equivalent in one transparent resealable plastic bag of a capacity not exceeding 1 litre, whereby the contents of the plastic bag fit comfortably and the bag is completely closed; or
((b)) if the LAG is sealed in a dedicated STEB upon purchase locally at the airport airside;
((c)) if the LAG in a STEB originates from another EU airport or an aircraft of an EU carrier and is resealed in a dedicated STEB before leaving the security restricted area of the airport;
((d)) if the LAG is screened locally with LEDS equipment airside and is then sealed in a dedicated STEB.
The exemptions referred to under points (c) and (d) shall expire on 31 December 2015.
 4.1.3.2. 

((a)) be clearly identifiable as a STEB of that airport;
((b)) display inside proof of purchase or resealing at that airport within the preceding period of three hours;
((c)) be subject to the additional provisions laid down in a separate Commission Decision.
 4.1.3.3. The screening of LAGs shall also be subject to the additional provisions laid down in a separate Commission Decision.
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((c)) Attachment 4-D is deleted.
