1. DEFINITIONS

‘Accompanied hold baggage’: Baggage accepted for carriage in the hold of an aircraft, on which the passenger who checked it in is on-board. ‘Airside’: The movement area of an airport, adjacent terrain and buildings, or portions thereof. ‘Aircraft Security Check’: An inspection of the interior of an aircraft to which passengers may have had access and an inspection of the hold for the purpose of discovering prohibited articles. ‘Aircraft Security Search’: A thorough inspection of the interior and the exterior of the aircraft for the purpose of discovering prohibited articles. ‘Background check’: A check of a person's identity and previous experience, including any criminal history, as part of the assessment of an individual's suitability for unescorted access to security restricted areas. ‘Cabin baggage’: Baggage intended for carriage in the cabin of an aircraft. ‘Commercial Flight’: A scheduled or non-scheduled flight or flight activity rendered for hire to the general public or private groups for valuable consideration. ‘Co-Mat’: Abbreviation of air carrier company materials, shipped within its network of stations. ‘Co-Mail’: Abbreviation of air carrier company mail, shipped within its network of stations. ‘Continuous Random Checks’: Checks conducted during the entire period of activity, whilst those checks are to be conducted on a random basis. ‘General Aviation’: Any scheduled or unscheduled flight activity not offered or available to the general public. ‘EDS’ — Explosive Detection System. A system or combination of different technologies which has the ability to detect, and so to indicate by means of an alarm, explosive material contained in baggage, irrespective of the material from which the bag is made. ‘EDDS’ — Explosive Device Detection System. A system or combination of different technologies which has the ability to detect, and so to indicate by means of an alarm, an explosive device by detecting one or more components of such a device contained in baggage, irrespective of the material from which the bag is made. ‘Hold Baggage’: Baggage intended for carriage in the hold of an aircraft. ‘Known Consignor’: For Cargo: The originator of property for transportation by air for his own account and who has established business with a regulated agent or air carrier on the basis of criteria detailed in this Annex. For Mail: The originator of mail for transportation by air for his own account and who has established business with a regulated postal authority/administration. ‘Landside’: The area of an airport which is not airside and includes all public areas. ‘Mail’: Despatches of correspondence and other objects tendered by and intended for delivery to postal administrations. A postal authority/administration is defined by Member States. ‘Prohibited article’: An object which can be used to commit an act of unlawful interference and that has not been properly declared and subjected to the applicable laws and regulations. An indicative list of such prohibited articles is found in the Attachment. ‘PEDS’: Primary Explosive Detection System. A system or combination of different technologies which has the ability to detect, and so to indicate by means of an alarm, explosive material contained in baggage, irrespective of the material from which the bag is made. ‘Regulated Agent’: An agent, freight forwarder or other entity who conducts business with an operator and provides security controls that are accepted or required by the appropriate authority in respect of cargo, courier and express parcels or mail. ‘Security Restricted Area’: Airside areas of an airport into which access is controlled to ensure security of civil aviation. Such areas will normally include, inter alia, all passenger departure areas between screening points and aircraft, ramp, baggage make-up areas, cargo sheds, mail centres and airside cleaning and catering premises. ‘Security Controls’: Means by which the introduction of prohibited articles can be prevented. ‘Screening’: The application of technical or other means which are intended to identify and/or detect prohibited articles. ‘Unaccompanied hold baggage’: Baggage accepted for carriage in the hold of an aircraft, on which the passenger who checked it in is not onboard. ‘Terminal’: The main building or group of buildings where the processing of commercial passengers and freight and the boarding of aircraft occurs. ‘TIP’: Threat Image Projection, a software programme, which can be installed on certain x-ray machines. The programme projects virtual images of threat articles (e.g. a gun, knife, improvised explosive device) within the x-ray image of a real bag under examination, and provides immediate feedback to the x-ray machine operator on the operator's ability to detect such images. ‘Trace Detection Equipment’: Technology system or combination of different technologies which has the ability to detect very small amounts (1/billion of a gram), and so to indicate by means of an alarm, explosive materials contained in baggage, or other articles subjected for analysis.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-10 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.