5. HOLD BAGGAGE

Hold baggage shall not be placed on board an aircraft unless the following measures are taken: hold baggage shall be properly marked externally to permit identification with relevant passengers; and the passenger to whom such baggage belongs shall be checked in for the flight on which it is to be carried; and prior to loading, hold baggage shall be held in an area of the airport to which only authorised persons have access; and all items of baggage taken into the custody of an air carrier for carriage in the hold of an aircraft shall be identified as either accompanied or unaccompanied. The process of identification shall be achieved either by manual or automated means. Measures shall be established to ensure that if a passenger checked in for a flight, who has placed baggage in the custody of the air carrier, is not onboard the aircraft, such hold baggage shall be removed from the aircraft and shall not be carried on that flight. A hold baggage manifest or an alternative means of providing evidence which confirms the identification and screening of unaccompanied hold baggage shall be drawn up. Accompanied Hold Baggage. All items of accompanied hold baggage (both originating and transfer hold baggage, unless previously screened to the standard detailed in this Annex), shall be screened by one of the following methods before being loaded onto an aircraft: hand search; or conventional x-ray equipment with at least 10 % of screened baggage also being subjected to either: hand search; or EDS or EDDS or PEDS; or conventional x-ray equipment with each bag being viewed from two different angles by the same operator at the same screening point; or conventional x-ray equipment with TIP installed and employed; or EDS or EDDS; or PEDS; or Trace Detection Equipment on open pieces of baggage. Unaccompanied Hold Baggage. All items of unaccompanied baggage, both originating and transfer hold baggage, shall be screened by one of the following methods, before being loaded onto an aircraft: EDS; or a multi-level PEDS, where at Level 2 the images of all bags are viewed by the operators; or conventional x-ray equipment with each bag being viewed from two different angles by the same operator at the same screening point; or hand search supplemented by the application of Trace Detection Equipment on open pieces of baggage, unless the unaccompanied baggage, which has been previously screened to the standard detailed in this Annex, has been separated due to factors beyond the passenger's control, and the unaccompanied baggage has been within the care of the air carrier. Hold baggage to be carried on an aircraft, shall be protected from unauthorised interference from the point at which it is accepted into the care of the carrier until departure of the aircraft on which it is to be carried. The following measures shall be taken in protecting hold baggage: Prior to being loaded, hold baggage shall be held in the baggage make-up area or other storage area of an airport to which only authorised persons may have access. Any person entering a baggage make-up or storage area without authorisation shall be challenged and escorted out of the area. Originating and transfer hold baggage shall not be left unattended on the ramp or plane side prior to being loaded on aircraft. Tail-to-tail transfer hold baggage shall not be left unattended on the ramp or plane side prior to being loaded. Access to lost-and-found offices in the terminal shall be restricted to prevent unlawful access to baggage and materials.

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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.