3.2. Protection of Aircraft

Regulation (EC) No 2320/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002 establishing common rules in the field of civil aviation security (Text with EEA relevance) - Interinstitutional declaration · European Union

Responsibility shall be established for controlling access to parked aircraft and executed as follows: for aircraft in service, access shall be controlled from the start of the aircraft security check until departure, in order to maintain the integrity of the check; for aircraft not in service which have been searched and brought into a security restricted area, access shall be controlled from the start of the aircraft security search until departure, in order to maintain the integrity of the search. Each aircraft in service shall be placed under surveillance sufficient to detect unauthorised access. Access to aircraft not in service shall be controlled as follows: cabin doors shall be closed; air bridges and/or ventral stairs shall be secured, withdrawn or retracted as appropriate; or tamper evidence applied to aircraft doors. In addition, when all staff are not screened for access into security restricted areas, each aircraft shall be visited at least once every 30 minutes by a foot or mobile patrol or placed under surveillance sufficient to detect unauthorised access. Aircraft shall, wherever possible, be parked away from perimeter fences or other easily penetrable barriers and in well-illuminated areas.

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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.