Commission Regulation (EC) No 272/2009 of 2 April 2009 supplementing the common basic standards on civil aviation security laid down in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council

This Regulation provides for general measures to supplement the common basic standards set out in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 in order to: (a) allow methods of screening as laid down in part A of the Annex; (b) prohibit categories of articles as laid down in part B of the Annex; (c) provide grounds for granting access to airside and security restricted areas as laid down in part C of the Annex; (d) allow methods for the examination of vehicles, aircraft security checks and aircraft security searches as laid down in part D of the Annex; (e) establish criteria for recognising the equivalence of security standards of third countries as laid down in part E of the Annex; (f) set the conditions under which cargo and mail shall be screened or subjected to other security controls and determine the process for the approval or designation of regulated agents, known consignors and account consignors as laid down in part F of the Annex; (g) set the conditions under which air carrier mail and air carrier materials shall be screened or subjected to other security controls as laid down in part G of the Annex; (h) set the conditions under which in-flight supplies and airport supplies shall be screened or subjected to other security controls and determine the process for the approval or designation of regulated suppliers and known suppliers as laid down in part H of the Annex; (i) establish criteria for defining critical parts of security restricted areas as laid down in part I of the Annex; (j) establish criteria applicable for the recruitment of persons who will implement, or will be responsible for the implementation of, screening, access control or other security controls and instructors as well as the methods of training of those persons and persons who will be issued with an airport identification card or crew identification card as laid down in part J of the Annex; and (k) set the conditions under which special security procedures or exemptions from security controls may be applied as laid down in part K of the Annex.

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply: 1. ‘airport supplies’ means all items intended to be sold, used or made available in security restricted areas of airports; 2. ‘in-flight supplies’ means all items other than: (a) cabin baggage; (b) items carried by persons other than passengers; and (c) air carrier mail and air carrier materials; intended to be taken on board an aircraft for use, consumption or purchase by passengers or crew during a flight; 3. ‘regulated supplier of in-flight supplies’ means a supplier whose procedures meet common security rules and standards sufficient to allow delivery of in-flight supplies directly to aircraft; 4. ‘known supplier of in-flight supplies’ means a supplier whose procedures meet common security rules and standards sufficient to allow delivery of in-flight supplies to an air carrier or regulated supplier, but not directly to aircraft; 5. ‘known supplier of airport supplies’ means a supplier whose procedures meet common security rules and standards sufficient to allow delivery of airport supplies to security restricted areas.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply as from the date specified in the implementing rules adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 300/2008, but not later than 29 April 2010.