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Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title
Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 on common rules in the field of civil aviation security and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2320/2002 (Text with EEA relevance)
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1.AIRPORT SECURITY
1.1.Airport planning requirements
1.
When designing and constructing new airport facilities or altering existing airport facilities, requirements for the implementation of the common basic standards set out in this Annex and its implementing acts shall be fully taken into account.
2.
At airports the following areas shall be established:
(a)
landside;
(b)
airside;
(c)
security restricted areas; and
(d)
critical parts of security restricted areas.
1.2.Access control
1.
Access to airside shall be restricted in order to prevent unauthorised persons and vehicles from entering these areas.
2.
Access to security restricted areas shall be controlled in order to ensure that no unauthorised persons and vehicles enter these areas.
3.
Persons and vehicles may be granted access to airside and security restricted areas only if they fulfil the required security conditions.
4.
Persons, including flight crew members, shall have successfully completed a background check before either a crew identification card or an airport identification card authorising unescorted access to security restricted areas is issued to them.
1.3.Screening of persons other than passengers and items carried
1.
Persons other than passengers, together with items carried, shall be screened on a continuous random basis upon entering security restricted areas in order to prevent prohibited articles from being introduced into these areas.
2.
All persons other than passengers, together with items carried, shall be screened upon entering critical parts of security restricted areas in order to prevent prohibited articles from being introduced into these parts.
1.4.Examination of vehicles
Vehicles entering a security restricted area shall be examined in order to prevent prohibited articles from being introduced into these areas.
1.5.Surveillance, patrols and other physical controls
There shall be surveillance, patrols and other physical controls at airports and, where appropriate, in adjacent areas with public access, in order to identify suspicious behaviour of persons, to identify vulnerabilities which could be exploited to carry out an act of unlawful interference and to deter persons from committing such acts.
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