
Article 1 
The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1998 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 29 February 2016.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 18 December 2015.
For the Commission,
On behalf of the President,
Violeta BULC
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

The Annex is amended as follows:

((1)) in Chapter 3, Attachment 3-B is replaced by the following:
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ATTACHMENT 3-B 
As regards aircraft security, the following third countries, as well as other countries and territories to which, in accordance with Article 355 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Title VI of Part Three of that Treaty does not apply, have been recognised as applying security standards equivalent to the common basic standards on civil aviation security:


 Canada
 Faroe Islands, in regard to Vagar airport
 Greenland, in regard to Kangerlussuaq airport
 Guernsey
 Isle of Man
 Jersey
 Montenegro
 United States of America

The Commission shall immediately notify the appropriate authorities of the Member States if it has information indicating that security standards applied by the third country or other country or territory concerned with a significant impact on overall levels of aviation security in the Union are no longer equivalent to the common basic standards of the Union.

The appropriate authorities of the Member States shall be notified without delay when the Commission has information about actions, including compensatory measures, confirming that the equivalency of relevant security standards applied by the third country or other country or territory concerned is re-established.
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((2)) in Chapter 4, Attachment 4-B is replaced by the following:
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ATTACHMENT 4-B 
As regards passengers and cabin baggage, the following third countries, as well as other countries and territories to which, in accordance with Article 355 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Title VI of Part Three of that Treaty does not apply, have been recognised as applying security standards equivalent to the common basic standards on civil aviation security:


 Canada
 Faroe Islands, in regard to Vagar airport
 Greenland, in regard to Kangerlussuaq airport
 Guernsey
 Isle of Man
 Jersey
 Montenegro
 United States of America

The Commission shall notify without delay the appropriate authorities of the Member States if it has information indicating that security standards applied by the third country or other country or territory concerned with a significant impact on overall levels of aviation security in the Union are no longer equivalent to the common basic standards of the Union.

The appropriate authorities of the Member States shall be notified without delay when the Commission has information about actions, including compensatory measures, confirming that the equivalency of relevant security standards applied by the third country or other country or territory concerned is re-established.
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((3)) in Chapter 5, Attachment 5-A is replaced by the following:
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ATTACHMENT 5-A 
As regards hold baggage, the following third countries, as well as other countries and territories to which, in accordance with Article 355 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Title VI of Part Three of that Treaty does not apply, have been recognised as applying security standards equivalent to the common basic standards on civil aviation security:


 Canada
 Faroe Islands, in regard to Vagar airport
 Greenland, in regard to Kangerlussuaq airport
 Guernsey
 Isle of Man
 Jersey
 Montenegro
 United States of America

The Commission shall notify without delay the appropriate authorities of the Member States if it has information indicating that security standards applied by the third country or other country or territory concerned with a significant impact on overall levels of aviation security in the Union are no longer equivalent to the common basic standards of the Union.

The appropriate authorities of the Member States shall be notified without delay when the Commission has information about actions, including compensatory measures, confirming that the equivalency of relevant security standards applied by the third country or other country or territory concerned is re-established.
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((4)) in Chapter 6, Attachment 6-F is replaced by the following:
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ATTACHMENT 6-F  6-Fi 
As regards cargo and mail, the following third countries have been recognised as applying security standards equivalent to the common basic standards on civil aviation security:

The Commission shall notify without delay the appropriate authorities of the Member States if it has information indicating that security standards applied by the third country or other country or territory concerned with a significant impact on overall levels of aviation security in the Union are no longer equivalent to the common basic standards of the Union.

The appropriate authorities of the Member States shall be notified without delay when the Commission has information about actions, including compensatory measures, confirming that the equivalency of relevant security standards applied by the third country or other country or territory concerned is re-established.
 6-Fii  6- Fiii 
No provisions adopted yet.
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