Defined terms — 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)
European Union · 32008R0300 · 410 provisions
31 defined in this instrument.
access control — the application of means by which the entry of unauthorised persons or unauthorised vehicles, or both, may be prevented 10.
accompanied hold baggage — baggage, carried in the hold of an aircraft, which has been checked in for a flight by a passenger travelling on that same flight 21.
account consignor — 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 28.
air carrier — an air transport undertaking holding a valid operating licence or equivalent 4.
air carrier mail — mail whose origin and destination are both an air carrier 22.
air carrier materials — materials either whose origin and destination are both an air carrier or that are used by an air carrier 23.
aircraft security check — 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 29.
aircraft security search — 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 30.
airside — the movement area of an airport, adjacent terrain and buildings or portions thereof, access to which is restricted 11.
aviation security — 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 2.
background check — 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 15.
cabin baggage — baggage intended for carriage in the cabin of an aircraft 19.
cargo — any property intended for carriage on an aircraft, other than baggage, mail, air carrier mail, air carrier materials and in-flight supplies 25.
civil aviation — 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 1.
Community air carrier — 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 OJ L 240, 24.8.1992, p. 1. 5.
demarcated area — 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 14.
entity — a person, organisation or enterprise, other than an operator 6.
hold baggage — baggage intended for carriage in the hold of an aircraft 20.
in-flight security officer — 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 31.
known consignor — 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 27.
landside — those parts of an airport, adjacent terrain and buildings or portions thereof that are not airside 12.
mail — 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 24.
operator — a person, organisation or enterprise engaged, or offering to engage, in an air transport operation 3.
potentially disruptive passenger — a passenger who is either a deportee, a person deemed to be inadmissible for immigration reasons or a person in lawful custody 18.
prohibited articles — 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 7.
regulated agent — an air carrier, agent, freight forwarder or any other entity who ensures security controls in respect of cargo or mail 26.
screening — the application of technical or other means which are intended to identify and/or detect prohibited articles 8.
security control — the application of means by which the introduction of prohibited articles may be prevented 9.
security restricted area — that area of airside where, in addition to access being restricted, other aviation security standards are applied 13.
transfer passengers, baggage, cargo or mail — passengers, baggage, cargo or mail departing on an aircraft other than that on which they arrived 16.
transit passengers, baggage, cargo or mail — passengers, baggage, cargo or mail departing on the same aircraft as that on which they arrived 17.