1.This Regulation establishes common rules to protect civil aviation against acts of unlawful interference that jeopardise the security of civil aviation.
It also provides the basis for a common interpretation of Annex 17 to the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation.
2.The means of achieving the objectives set out in paragraph 1 shall be:
(a)the setting of common rules and common basic standards on aviation security;
(b)mechanisms for monitoring compliance.