Commission Regulation (EC) No 1448/2006 of 29 September 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 622/2003 laying down measures for the implementation of the common basic standards on aviation security   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-09-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: air safety, approximation of laws, civil aviation, explosive, technical specification

30.9.2006

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1448/2006

of 29 September 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 622/2003 laying down measures for the implementation of the
common basic standards on aviation security

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2320/2002 of
the
European Parliament and the Council of 16 December 2002
establishing common rules
in the field of civil aviation
security (1) and in particular Article 4(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The Commission is required, by virtue of Regulation (EC)
No 2320/2002, to adopt measures for the implemen-
tation of common basic standards for aviation security
throughout the Community. Commission Regulation (EC)
No 622/2003 of 4 April 2003 laying down measures for
the implementation of the common basic standards on
aviation security (2) was the first act laying down such
measures.

The common basic standards should be made more
In particular, as regards Explosive Detection
precise.
Systems
should be
(EDS), performance requirements
laid down, without prejudice to reviewing them on a
regular basis and at least every 2 years to ensure that
they continue to reflect
technical developments and
taking into account
throughput, costs and availability
of EDS equipment on the market.

The performance requirements for EDS equipment and
the requirements relating to the image quality of standard
1 and standard 2 EDS equipment should be considered
as a first step in the full harmonisation of
technical
specifications for such systems. They should be comple-
mented as swiftly as possible by requirements relating to
the image quality of standard 3 EDS equipment, as well

(1) OJ L 355, 30.12.2002, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 849/2004 (OJ L 229, 29.6.2004, p. 3).

(2) OJ L 89, 5.4.2003, p. 9. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 240/2006 (OJ L 40, 11.2.2006, p. 3).

as by harmonised procedures
including test conditions, of EDS equipment.

for

the classification,

(4)

(5)

The normal depreciation for EDS equipment is between
seven and ten years. This should be taken into consid-
eration when setting the expiry dates for such equipment.

In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2320/2002 and
in order to prevent acts of unlawful
interference, the
measures laid down in the Annex to Regulation (EC)
No 622/2003 should be secret and should not be
published. The same rule necessarily applies to any
amending act.

(6)

Regulation (EC) No 622/2003 should be amended
accordingly.

(7)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Civil
Aviation Security,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 622/2003 is amended as set
out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 3 of that Regulation shall apply as regards the confi-
dential nature of this Annex.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following
the European
that of
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 September 2006.

For the Commission

Jacques BARROT
Vice-President

In accordance with Article 1 the Annex is secret and shall not be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

ANNEX