Regulation (EC) No 300/2008

means the application of means by which the entry of unauthorised persons or unauthorised vehicles, or both, may be prevented;

means baggage, carried in the hold of an aircraft, which has been checked in for a flight by a passenger travelling on that same flight;

means a consignor who originates cargo or mail for its own account and whose procedures meet common security rules and standards sufficient to allow carriage of that cargo on all-cargo aircraft or mail on all-mail aircraft;

means an air transport undertaking holding a valid operating licence or equivalent;

means mail whose origin and destination are both an air carrier;

means materials either whose origin and destination are both an air carrier or that are used by an air carrier;

means an inspection of those parts of the interior of the aircraft to which passengers may have had access, together with an inspection of the hold of the aircraft in order to detect prohibited articles and unlawful interferences with the aircraft;

means an inspection of the interior and accessible exterior of the aircraft in order to detect prohibited articles and unlawful interferences that jeopardise the security of the aircraft;

means the movement area of an airport, adjacent terrain and buildings or portions thereof, access to which is restricted;

means the total number of passengers arriving, departing and in transit (counted once);

means the national authority designated by a Member State pursuant to Article 9 to be responsible for the coordination and monitoring of the implementation of its national civil aviation security programme;

means any person conducting national compliance monitoring activities on behalf of the appropriate authority;

means the combination of measures and human and material resources intended to safeguard civil aviation against acts of unlawful interference that jeopardise the security of civil aviation;

means a recorded check of a person’s identity, including any criminal history, as part of the assessment of an individual’s suitability for unescorted access to security restricted areas;

means baggage intended for carriage in the cabin of an aircraft;

means any property intended for carriage on an aircraft, other than baggage, mail, air carrier mail, air carrier materials and in-flight supplies;

means a formal evaluation and confirmation by or on behalf of the appropriate authority that a person possesses the necessary competencies to perform the functions of an auditor to an acceptable level as defined by the appropriate authority;

means any air operation carried out by civil aircraft, excluding operations carried out by State aircraft referred to in Article 3 of the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation;

means an air carrier holding a valid operating licence granted by a Member State in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92 of 23 July 1992 on licensing of air carriers;

means any procedure or process used for assessing the implementation of this Regulation and the national aviation security programme;

means a failure to comply with an aviation security requirement;

means an area that is separated by means of access control either from security restricted areas, or, if the demarcated area itself is a security restricted area, from other security restricted areas of an airport;

means a person, organisation or enterprise, other than an operator;

means baggage intended for carriage in the hold of an aircraft;

means a person who is employed by a state to travel on an aircraft of an air carrier licensed by it with the purpose of protecting that aircraft and its occupants against acts of unlawful interference that jeopardise the security of the flight.

means an examination of the implementation of security measures and procedures in order to determine whether they are being carried out effectively and to the required standard and to identify any deficiencies;

means an oral check by an auditor to establish whether specific security measures or procedures are implemented;

means a consignor who originates cargo or mail for its own account and whose procedures meet common security rules and standards sufficient to allow carriage of cargo or mail on any aircraft;

means those parts of an airport, adjacent terrain and buildings or portions thereof that are not airside;

means dispatches of correspondence and other items, other than air carrier mail, tendered by and intended for delivery to postal services in accordance with the rules of the Universal Postal Union;

means a visual check by an auditor that a security measure or procedure is implemented;

means a person, organisation or enterprise engaged, or offering to engage, in an air transport operation;

means an announced exercise with screeners or other security personnel concerned which realistically simulates the performance of a security control or an act of unlawful interference for the purpose of examining or measuring elements such as the effectiveness of the implementation of existing security measures, competences and capabilities of that personnel to perform assigned functions;

means a passenger who is either a deportee, a person deemed to be inadmissible for immigration reasons or a person in lawful custody;

means weapons, explosives or other dangerous devices, articles or substances that may be used to commit an act of unlawful interference that jeopardises the security of civil aviation;

means an air carrier, agent, freight forwarder or any other entity who ensures security controls in respect of cargo or mail;

means, for the purposes of Chapter 19, the appropriate authority or any other national authority having responsibilities for the reporting of aviation security occurrences, incidents, acts of unlawful interference and preparatory acts thereto;

means any legal or natural person who reports a security occurrence, incident, act of unlawful interference, a preparatory act or other security-related information pursuant to the mandatory or voluntary reporting process established by Member States;

means a selection made from amongst possible options for monitoring which is sufficient in number and range to provide a basis for general conclusions on implementing standards;

means the application of technical or other means which are intended to identify and/or detect prohibited articles;

means an in-depth examination of security measures and procedures in order to determine if they are being fully implemented on a continual basis;

means the application of means by which the introduction of prohibited articles may be prevented;

means a security occurrence which affects or could affect the safety of passengers, crew, ground personnel and the general public;

means any security-related event that may result in a reduced security outcome, may increase the operational risks or that endangers the safety of passengers, crew, ground personnel and the general public, or is a potential compliance breach.

means that area of airside where, in addition to access being restricted, other aviation security standards are applied;

means a trial of aviation security measures, where the appropriate authority simulates intent to commit an act of unlawful interference for the purpose of examining the effectiveness of the implementation of existing security measures;

means passengers, baggage, cargo or mail departing on an aircraft other than that on which they arrived;

means passengers, baggage, cargo or mail departing on the same aircraft as that on which they arrived;

means an action taken by an auditor to establish whether a specific security measure is actually in place;

means any weakness in the implemented measures and procedures which could be exploited to carry out an act of unlawful interference.