This Regulation lays down procedures for conducting Commission inspections to monitor the application by Member States of Regulation (EC) No 300/2008. Commission inspections shall cover appropriate authorities of Member States and selected airports, operators and entities applying aviation security standards. The inspections shall be conducted in a transparent, effective, harmonised and consistent manner.
For the purpose of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply:
‘appropriate authority’ means the national authority designated by a Member State pursuant to Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 300/2008;
‘Commission inspection’ means an examination by Commission inspectors of existing quality controls and civil aviation security measures, procedures and structures to determine levels of compliance with Regulation (EC) No 300/2008;
‘Commission inspector’ means an appropriately qualified person employed by the Commission or a person employed by the Member State to conduct compliance monitoring activities at national level on behalf of the appropriate authority and selected to take part in Commission inspections;
‘Committee’ means the Committee instituted by Article 19(1) of Regulation (EC) No 300/2008;
‘deficiency’ means failure to comply with the requirements laid down in Regulation (EC) No 300/2008;
‘national auditor’ means a person employed by the Member State to conduct compliance monitoring activities at national level on behalf of the appropriate authority;
‘test’ means a trial of aviation security measures, where intent to commit an act of unlawful interference is simulated for the purpose of testing the effectiveness of the implementation of existing security measures;
‘compensatory measure’ means a temporary measure or range of measures aimed at limiting to the maximum extent practicable the impact of a deficiency identified during the conduct of an inspection before full correction can take place.