
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 820/2008 of 8 August 2008 laying down measures for the implementation of the common basic standards on aviation security (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed) 

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Objective
Article 1 
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Definitions
Article 2 
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Article 3 
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New technical methods and processes
Article 4 
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Notification
Article 5 
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Compensatory measures
Article 6 
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Article 7 
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Article 8 
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ANNEX
1. DEFINITIONS 

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2. AIRPORT SECURITY 
 2.1. Airport planning requirements 

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 2.2. Access control 
 2.2.1. Security restricted areas and other airside areas 
 1. The appropriate authority shall ensure that access to security restricted areas is controlled. 

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 2. The appropriate authority authorising access to security restricted areas shall ensure that all staff with access to these areas execute strict access control measures. These measures shall include: 

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 3. The appropriate authority shall ensure in the national civil aviation security programme that airport identification cards enabling access to security restricted areas are controlled as follows: 

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 6. Materials stored in security restricted areas and other airside areas which are used for the purposes of passenger and hold baggage processing shall be protected or be under surveillance at all times in order to prevent unauthorised access. Discarded materials shall be destroyed to ensure that they are not used by unauthorised persons. 

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 2.2.2. Terminal areas 

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 2.2.3. Other public areas 

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 2.3. Screening of staff, items carried and vehicles 
 2.3.1. Screening of staff and items carried 

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 2.3.2. Screening of vehicles 
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 2.3.3. Security procedures for supplies of liquids and tamper-evident bags 
General provisions 
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Checks on supplies 

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Known supplier 

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Tamper-evident bags 
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 2.4. Physical security and patrols 

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3. AIRCRAFT SECURITY 
 3.1. Searching and checking aircraft 

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 3.1.1. Aircraft security check 

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 3.1.2. Aircraft security search 
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 3.2. Protection of aircraft 

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4. PASSENGERS AND CABIN BAGGAGE 
 4.1. Screening of passengers 
 4.1.1. Prohibited articles 
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 (a) Guns, firearms and weapons 

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 (b) Pointed/edged weapons and sharp objects 

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 (c) Blunt instruments 

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 (d) Explosives and flammable substances 

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 (e) Chemical and toxic substances 

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 (f) Liquids 

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 4.1.2. Calibration of walk-through metal detection equipment 

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 4.1.3. Screening of passengers with reduced mobility 

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 4.1.4. Security provisions for potentially disruptive passengers 
 1. Specific security measures shall be introduced for the air transport of the following groups of potentially disruptive passengers: 

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 3. The written notification to the air carrier and to the pilot-in-command shall contain the following details: 

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 4. Specific security measures shall be introduced for unruly passengers. Unruly passengers are persons who commit on board a civil aircraft, from the moment when the aircraft door is closed prior to take-off to the moment when it is reopened after landing, an act of: 

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 4.2. Separation of passengers 

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 4.3. Screening of cabin baggage 
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 4.3.1. Screening of cabin baggage using high definition x-ray equipment with TIP installed and employed 

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 4.4. Screening of diplomats 

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5. HOLD BAGGAGE 
 5.1. Reconciliation of hold baggage 

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 5.2. Screening of hold baggage 
 5.2.1. Accompanied hold baggage 
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 5.2.2. Unaccompanied hold baggage 

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 5.2.3. Articles prohibited from hold baggage 
 1. The following articles shall not be placed in hold baggage: 

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 5.2.4. Screening of hold baggage using explosive detection systems (EDS) 

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 5.2.5. Screening of accompanied hold baggage using conventional x-ray equipment with TIP installed and employed 

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 5.3. Protection of hold baggage 
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 2. Passengers may be allowed access to their own items of screened hold baggage where this is necessary provided that they are supervised throughout to ensure that no prohibited item is: 

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6. CARGO, COURIER AND EXPRESS PARCELS 
 6.1. Application 

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 6.2. Qualifications for a regulated agent 
Designation, approval or listing by the appropriate authority 6.2.1. In order for an entity to be designated, approved or listed by the appropriate authority as a regulated agent, Member States shall ensure that the following procedure is implemented: 

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 6.3. Security controls 
 6.3.1. When screening cargo in accordance with point 6.3.1(b) of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2320/2002, agents or air carriers shall: 

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 6.4. Criteria for a known consignor 
 6.4.1. The declaration of the known consignor as referred to in point 6.4.1(b) of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2320/2002 shall be made once a year in writing and using a standardised national format. 

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 6.5. Carriage on all-cargo aircraft 
 6.5.1. In order for a regulated agent or air carrier to designate an entity as an account consignor, Member States shall ensure that the following procedure is implemented: 

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7. MAIL 

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8. AIR CARRIER MAIL AND MATERIALS 

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9. AIR CARRIER CATERING STORES AND SUPPLIES 

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10. AIR CARRIER CLEANING, STORES AND SUPPLIES 

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11. GENERAL AVIATION 

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12. STAFF RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING 
 12.1. National Aviation Security Training Programme 

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 12.2. Security staff 
 12.2.1. Air carrier and airport security management 
 1. The appropriate authority shall ensure that each Community airport and air carrier shall have suitably qualified security management. The appropriate authority shall ensure that there is an adequate security management organisation. Senior managers responsible for the security compliance of air carriers or airports shall posses the necessary levels of qualification, knowledge and experience, this shall include: 

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 12.3. Other staff 

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13. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR SCREENING EQUIPMENT 

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Attachment 1
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