Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1998Show full title

4.1 SCREENING OF PASSENGERS AND CABIN BAGGAGE U.K.

4.1.1 Screening of passengers U.K.

4.1.1.1 Before screening, coats and jackets shall be taken off and shall be screened as cabin baggage. The screener may request the passenger to undertake further divesting as appropriate. U.K.

4.1.1.2 Passengers shall be screened by at least one of the following methods: U.K.

(a)

hand search;

(b)

walk-through metal detection equipment (WTMD);

(c)

explosive detection dogs;

(d)

explosive trace detection (ETD) equipment;

(e)

security scanners which do not use ionising radiation;

(f)

ETD equipment combined with hand held metal detection (HHMD) equipment.

Where the screener cannot determine whether or not the passenger is carrying prohibited articles, the passenger shall be denied access to security restricted areas or rescreened to the screener's satisfaction.

4.1.1.3 When a hand search is performed it shall be carried out so as to reasonably ensure that the person is not carrying prohibited articles. U.K.

4.1.1.4 When WTMD equipment alarms, the cause of the alarm shall be resolved. U.K.

4.1.1.5 Hand-held metal detection (HHMD) equipment may only be used as a supplementary means of screening. It shall not replace the requirements of a hand search. U.K.

4.1.1.6 Where a live animal is permitted to be carried in the cabin of an aircraft, it shall be screened either as a passenger or as cabin baggage. U.K.

4.1.1.7 The appropriate authority may create categories of passengers that, for objective reasons, shall be subject to special screening procedures or may be exempted from screening. The Commission shall be informed of the categories created. U.K.

4.1.1.8 The screening of passengers shall also be subject to the additional provisions laid down in Commission Implementing Decision C(2015) 8005. U.K.

4.1.1.9 Explosive detection dogs and ETD equipment may only be used as a supplementary means of screening. U.K.

4.1.1.10 When a security scanner with a human reviewer, as defined under the second paragraph of point 12.11.1, is used for screening of passengers, all of the following minimum conditions shall be complied with: U.K.

(a)

security scanners shall not store, retain, copy, print or retrieve images. However, any image generated during the screening can be kept for the time needed for the human reviewer to analyse it and shall be deleted as soon as the passenger is cleared. Any unauthorised access and use of the image is prohibited and shall be prevented;

(b)

the human reviewer analysing the image shall be in a separate location so that he/she cannot see the screened passenger;

(c)

any technical devices capable of storing, copying or photographing or otherwise recording images shall not be allowed into the separate location where the image is analysed;

(d)

the image shall not be linked to any data concerning the screened person and his/her identity shall be kept anonymous;

(e)

a passenger may request that the image of his/her body is analysed by a human reviewer of the gender of his/her choice;

(f)

the image shall be blurred or obscured to prevent the identification of the face of the passenger.

Paragraphs (a) and (d) shall also apply to security scanners with automatic threat detection.

Passengers shall be entitled to opt out from a security scanner. In this case the passenger shall be screened by an alternative screening method including at least a hand search in accordance with Attachment 4-A of Commission Implementing Decision C(2015) 8005. When the security scanner alarms, the cause of the alarm shall be resolved.

Before being screened by a security scanner, the passenger shall be informed of the technology used, the conditions associated to its use and the possibility to opt out from a security scanner.

4.1.1.11 Explosive trace detection (ETD) equipment in combination with hand held metal detection (HHMD) equipment may only be used in cases where the screener considers a hand search of a given part of the person to be inefficient and/or undesirable. U.K.

4.1.2 Screening of cabin baggage U.K.

4.1.2.1 Before screening, portable computers and other large electrical items shall be removed from cabin baggage and shall be screened separately, unless the cabin baggage is to be screened with Explosive Detection Systems (EDS) equipment meeting standard C2 or higher. U.K.

4.1.2.2 The appropriate entity at all airports shall screen, upon entry to the security restricted area (SRA), at least LAGs obtained at an airport or on board an aircraft that are sealed in a STEB inside which is displayed satisfactory proof of purchase at airside at an airport or on board an aircraft, as well as LAGs to be used during the trip for medical purposes or a special dietary requirement, including baby food. U.K.

Before screening, LAGs shall be removed from cabin baggage and shall be screened separately from other items of cabin baggage, unless the equipment used for the screening of cabin baggage is also capable of screening multiple closed LAGs containers inside baggage.

Where LAGs have been removed from cabin baggage, the passenger shall present:

(a)

all LAGs in individual containers with a capacity not greater than 100 millilitres or equivalent in one transparent resealable plastic bag of a capacity not exceeding 1 litre, whereby the contents of the plastic bag fit comfortably and the bag is completely closed; and

(b)

all other LAGs, including STEBs containing LAGs.

Appropriate authorities, airlines and airports shall provide appropriate information to passengers in respect of the screening of LAGs at their airports.

4.1.2.3 Cabin baggage shall be screened by at least one of the following methods: U.K.

(a)

a hand search;

(b)

x-ray equipment;

(c)

explosive detection systems (EDS) equipment;

(d)

explosive detection dogs in combination with point (a);

(e)

ETD equipment.

Where the screener cannot determine whether or not the cabin baggage contains any prohibited articles, it shall be rejected or rescreened to the screener's satisfaction.

4.1.2.4 A hand search of cabin baggage shall consist of a manual check of the baggage, including its contents, as to reasonably ensure that it does not contain prohibited articles. U.K.

4.1.2.5 Where x-ray or EDS equipment is used, each image shall be viewed by the screener or analysed by auto clear software (ACS). U.K.

4.1.2.6 Where x-ray or EDS equipment is used, all alarms shall be resolved to the satisfaction of the screener so as to reasonably ensure that no prohibited articles are carried into the SRA or on board an aircraft. U.K.

4.1.2.7 Where x-ray or EDS equipment is used, any item whose density impairs the ability of the screener to analyse the contents of the cabin baggage shall be taken out of the baggage. The bag shall be screened again and the item shall be screened separately as cabin baggage. U.K.

4.1.2.8 Any bag that is found to contain a large electrical item shall be screened again with the item no longer in the bag and the electrical item screened separately, unless the cabin baggage was screened with EDS equipment meeting standard C2 or higher. U.K.

4.1.2.9 Explosive detection dogs and explosive trace detection (ETD) equipment may only be used as a supplementary means of screening. U.K.

4.1.2.10 The appropriate authority may create categories of cabin baggage that, for objective reasons, shall be subject to special screening procedures or may be exempted from screening. The Commission shall be informed of the categories created. U.K.

4.1.2.11 Persons screening cabin baggage by x-ray or EDS equipment shall normally not spend more than 20 minutes continuously reviewing images. After each of these periods, the screener shall not review images for at least 10 minutes. This requirement shall only apply when there is an uninterrupted flow of images to be reviewed. U.K.

There shall be a supervisor responsible for screeners of cabin baggage in order to assure optimum team composition, quality of work, training, support and appraisal.

4.1.2.12 The screening of cabin baggage shall also be subject to the additional provisions laid down in Commission Implementing Decision C(2015) 8005. U.K.

4.1.3 Screening of liquids, aerosols and gels (LAGs) U.K.

4.1.3.1 LAGs carried by passengers may be exempted from screening with LEDS equipment upon entry to the SRA in the following cases: U.K.

(a)

if the LAG is in individual containers with a capacity not greater than 100 millilitres or equivalent in one transparent resealable plastic bag of a capacity not exceeding 1 litre, whereby the contents of the plastic bag fit comfortably and the bag is completely closed;

(b)

if the LAG is sealed in a dedicated STEB upon purchase locally at the airport airside;

(c)

if the LAG in a STEB originates from another EU airport or an aircraft of an EU carrier and is resealed in a dedicated STEB before leaving the security restricted area of the airport;

(d)

if the LAG is screened locally with LEDS equipment airside and is then sealed in a dedicated STEB.

The exemptions referred to under points (c) and (d) shall expire on 31 December 2015.

4.1.3.2 The dedicated STEBs referred to under points (b) to (d) of point 4.1.3.1 shall: U.K.

(a)

be clearly identifiable as a STEB of that airport; and

(b)

display inside proof of purchase or resealing at that airport within the preceding period of three hours; and

(c)

be subject to the additional provisions laid down in Commission Implementing Decision C(2015) 8005.

4.1.3.3 The screening of LAGs shall also be subject to the additional provisions laid down in Commission Implementing Decision C(2015) 8005. U.K.