REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL 2013 ANNUAL REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REGULATION (EC) N° 300/2008 ON COMMON RULES IN THE FIELD OF CIVIL AVIATION SECURITY
Date: 2014-07-01
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REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL 2013 ANNUAL REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REGULATION (EC) N° 300/2008 ON COMMON RULES IN THE FIELD OF CIVIL AVIATION SECURITY /* COM/2014/0399 final */









REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE
COUNCIL
2013 ANNUAL REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REGULATION (EC) N°
300/2008 ON COMMON RULES IN THE FIELD OF CIVIL AVIATION SECURITY
This
report covers the period 1 January – 31 December 2013
INTRODUCTION
2013 can best be described as a year of consolidation of aviation
security provisions and increased efforts to implement upcoming new rules for
air cargo and the carriage of liquids in cabin baggage. The only remaining transitional period for the aviation security
measures introduced by Regulation (EC) 300/2008 ended in April. This concerned
the requirement for known consignors of air cargo and air mail to be approved
by the appropriate authorities instead of a simple designation by an affiliated
regulated agent. Commission inspections therefore put emphasis on verifying
compliance with these new requirements.
Besides security alerts in August triggered by the United States, the year did not require any short term enhancements of aviation security controls in
 Europe. These security alerts also confirmed the need to improve cooperation
between EU Member States and between States and Institutions. The High Level
Report on the Strengthening of Air Cargo Security from 2010 already identified
this need but further work in this area remains to be undertaken.
A key EU aviation security project is the phasing in of technology-based
controls of liquids carried by passengers in their cabin baggage. Airport
operators and security equipment manufacturers have enhanced cooperation throughout
2013 to best prepare for a partial lifting of the liquids restrictions as of 31
January 2014. The Commission is supporting this endeavor and other projects
strengthening the detection performance of airport equipment and security
measures with a Technology Roadmap first presented to stakeholders in 2013 and since
continuously updated.
As regards EU inbound cargo and mail, another important EU aviation
security project, the implementation date of 1 July 2014 is approaching. Throughout
the second half of 2013 the Commission strengthened cooperation with Member States and industry to ensure a smooth implementation. Several efforts are under way
to explain the enhanced EU system to third countries and to international
organisations (European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC), International Civil
Aviation Organisation (ICAO)). 
Throughout 2013 the Commission, together with Member States,
continued its work on EU risk assessments in different areas by extending and
adapting the methodology used for air cargo to other security areas with its
first application focusing on passenger related risks. 
On the international scene the Commission participated effectively
in all relevant ICAO events where it increased the EU’s visibility and
influence as regards aviation security policy internationally. The Commission is also fully engaged with
key third country partners, and during 2013 organised and participated in several
bilateral and multi-lateral meetings.
Monitoring the implementation of aviation
security measures by Member States and relevant operators through EU inspections is another area in
which close cooperation between Member States and Commission took place
throughout the year. Compliance levels remained stable and did not require any
suspension of the EU's One Stop Security System in 2013. 
PART ONE
The
Inspections     
1.           General
The Commission is required, under the terms of Regulation (EC)
300/2008, to conduct inspections of Member States' aviation security
administrations (the 'appropriate authorities') and of EU airports. Switzerland is also covered by the Union programme, while Norway and Iceland are inspected against
parallel provisions by the EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA). To carry out its
inspection work, the Commission has a team of 10 full and part time aviation
security inspectors. This inspection work is supported by a pool of national auditors
nominated by Member States, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland who qualify for
participation in Commission inspections through  a training provided by the
Commission. 72 of these national auditors took part in the 2013 inspections. A
chart summarising all Commission and ESA compliance monitoring activities to
date is attached in Annex 1.
2.           Inspections of national
appropriate authorities
During 2013, the
Commission completed the third cycle of inspections of appropriate authorities
and started with the fourth cycle. In total, seven inspections were carried out
during 2013 of which four under the new cycle. For most Member States, these
inspections showed significant improvements from the past. The deficiencies
most commonly found in 2013 were similar to those identified in inspections in 2012
and mainly related to minor discrepancies in the full alignment of the National
Aviation Security Programmes and the National Quality Control Programmes to the
legal framework of Regulation (EC) 300/2008.
As regards the implementation
of aviation security measures, most Member States inspected had the capacity to
detect and correct failures in the core security areas swiftly. However, some
Member States did not sufficiently monitor known suppliers of airport and
in-flight supplies due to a lack of resources resulting from the pressure on
public budgets and the high number of entities concerned. The regular
monitoring of foreign air carriers also required improvement in a limited
number of Member States inspected. The rectification process when deficiencies
were identified was mostly adequate and sanctions were available to all Member
States.
3.           Initial inspections at
airports
Twenty-six initial inspections of airports were conducted during 2013,
an increase by three inspections in comparison to 2012, mainly due to the fact
that more cargo inspections were conducted and a number of smaller airports were
covered, both kinds of inspections requiring a lower number of inspectors. All
chapters were covered (although not during each inspection). The overall
percentage of core measures found to be in compliance in 2013 was 80%; roughly
the same as in previous years.
The deficiencies found in the area of traditional measures[1] mainly tended to stem, like
in the past, from human factor issues. These mainly related to the quality of
staff screening as well as to certain cargo security requirements. In particular,
maintaining a high quality of hand searches when screening staff continues to
be a challenge. In the area of cargo, most non-compliances concerned the
requirement to always apply the most adequate method of screening taking into
account the nature of the consignment. These human factor issues should be
addressed through increased training and supervision.
Furthermore, certain additional measures introduced under the
regulatory framework of Regulation (EC) 300/2008 had not yet been satisfactorily
implemented at the airports inspected in 2013. Non-compliances arose in
relation to methods and standards of security controls of high-risk cargo and
mail as well as of airport supplies, in-flight supplies and training. Certain
requirements in the field of aircraft security also require attention in
national quality control. Member States’ appropriate authorities should
actively pursue the implementation of these newer provisions. In addition,
revisions to the legislation to improve clarity and consistency in some of
these areas were prepared during 2013 and are expected to be adopted in the
course of 2014. These should improve compliance levels significantly.
4.           Follow-up inspections
In accordance with Article 13 of Commission Regulation (EU) 72/2010[2], the Commission
routinely carries out a limited number of follow-up inspections. A further
visit will be scheduled where several serious deficiencies have been identified
during the initial inspection, but also on a random basis to verify the
accuracy of national compliance monitoring activities and reporting. Five such
activities were carried out during 2013 and mostly confirmed the adequate
rectification of identified deficiencies.
5.           Assessments
In course of the year,
an assessment of a Croatian airport was carried out prior to accession of Croatia to the EU. Furthermore, an assessment of one US airport was conducted in the
framework of the Working Arrangement with the USA.
Further assessments
were carried out of one Canadian airport as well as of selected airports in
Greenland, on the Faroe Islands, Guernsey, Jersey and on the Isle of Man in the
context of an envisaged inclusion of certain airports located in those countries[3] into the Union's One Stop Security system.    
6.           Open files, Article 15
cases and legal proceedings
Inspection files remain open until the Commission is satisfied that
appropriate rectification action has been implemented. 45 files (32 airport and
13 appropriate authorities) were closed during 2013. In all, inspection files related
to 9 appropriate authorities and 20 airports remained open at the end of the
year.
If deficiencies found at an airport are considered to be so serious
as to present a significant threat to the overall level of civil aviation
security in the Union, the Commission will activate Article 15 of Commission Regulation
(EU) 72/2010. This means that all other appropriate authorities are alerted to
the situation and additional measures would have to be considered in respect of
flights from the airport in question. No Article 15 case had to be initiated in
2013.
The other possible enforcement measure particularly in the most
serious cases, or in cases of prolonged non-rectification or reoccurrence of
deficiencies, is to open infringement proceedings. In 2013, one infringement
proceeding was initiated following the inspection of a national administration.
The concerned Member State failed to ensure the availability of a sufficient
number of auditors for performing regular compliance monitoring activities and failed
to inform the Commission of the alternative security measures applied at small
airports that derogate from the common basic standards. This case was still in
progress at the end of 2013.
7.           Member States' own
evaluations 
Point 18.1 of Annex II to Regulation 300/2008, as amended by
Commission Regulation (EU) 18/2010[4],
obliges Member States to submit an annual report to the Commission by the end
of March each year, covering the results of their national compliance
monitoring for the period January to December of the preceding year. The Member
States' contributions for the reporting period January to December 2012 were
submitted on time and all followed the Commission template. The main deficiencies
identified related to the fact that some Member States still failed to cover
all security measures, did not carry out sufficient covert testing and could
further strengthen their follow-up activities and enforcement regime.  Furthermore,
a lack of national quality control of known suppliers was identified.  
PART TWO
The
Legislation and supplementary tools
1.           Legislation
Recent incidents[5]
and constant risk assessment confirm that civil aviation continues to be
targeted in new and inventive ways, which should be addressed with adequate and
risk based protection measures. The Commission and Member States are therefore
constantly adjusting the mitigation measures in order to achieve the highest
level of security while minimising adverse effects on operations.
New aviation security legislative acts adopted in the year 2013
aimed firstly at supplementing and further refining the legal framework under
Regulation (EC) 300/2008 and secondly at defining new common basic standards in
respect of passenger screening, the phasing out of liquid restrictions in cabin
baggage, air cargo security and EU aviation security validation in third
countries. 
As regards passenger screening, the new rules adopted in
early 2013 allow the use of a new, innovative screening method using explosive
trace detection equipment in combination with hand-held metal detection
equipment for the screening of certain parts of passengers where a hand search can be considered inefficient and/or undesirable such as
certain headgear, plaster casts or prosthesis. 
On the restrictions in relation to carrying liquids, aerosols and gels (LAGs) as hand luggage on board
an aircraft it became clear in
the course of the year 2012 that replacing these restrictions with screening by
the deadline of 29 April 2013 would not be feasible. This was mainly due to
operational difficulties with screening equipment that would have resulted in a
significant risk of further inconvenience for air passengers. Legislation to
revise the approach by phasing in screening, starting with duty-free LAGs and
dietary products by 31 January 2014, was therefore adopted in the first quarter
of 2013.
In July 2013 the Commission adopted supplementary rules for the
compliance validation of secure supply chains for air cargo originating from
outside the EU. These additional rules were part of the Commission's efforts to
assist Member States and operators to comply with the July 2014 deadline. By that date,  air carriers wishing to carry cargo into the EU from a
foreign airport must have their air cargo and mail security operations
validated in order to obtain or keep the ACC3 (Air cargo or mail carrier
operating into the Union from a third country airport) designation. During
2013 Member States established a network of approved EU aviation security validators
with the necessary skills and background to perform validations. 
A list of all
adopted legislation is provided in Annex 2. These acts were finalised during 5
regular meetings of the Regulatory Committee for Civil Aviation Security, 5
meetings of the Stakeholders’ Advisory Group on Aviation Security and a number
of focussed working group sessions, in which both Member States and industry
were involved.
2.           Union database on supply
chain security (UDSCS) 
The "EC
database of regulated agents and known consignors"[6] has been the only legal
primary tool to be used by regulated agents for consultation when accepting
consignments from another regulated agent or from a known consignor since 1
June 2010. Since 1 February 2012, it has additionally been extended to include the
list of air carriers authorised to carry cargo and mail into the EU from third
country airports. In 2013, this database was legally extended to contain as
well data on entities in the secure supply chain in other areas than cargo and
mail, as well as the list of EU aviation security validators approved by the
Member States. It was therefore renamed "Union database on supply chain
security"[7].
It is operated under a Commission framework contract. At the end of 2013, the
UDSCS contained approximately 16,500 records of regulated agents, (EU aviation
security validated) known consignors and ACC3 entities. Its contractually
agreed availability rate of 99.5% was continuously met in 2013 too.
3.           EU airport inspections –
handbooks
Regulation (EC) 300/2008 and Commission Regulation (EU) 72/2010
require that compliance monitoring by the Commission services on civil aviation security requirements shall be
objective and use a standard methodology.
To contribute to this aim the Commission has drawn up and maintains
two comprehensive handbooks with detailed prompts and guidance for EU
inspectors in the field. One handbook covers inspections in the field of air
cargo security while the other one deals with airport inspections. In March 2013,
both handbooks were revised to take account of the latest changes introduced to
the implementing rules and to add additional prompts and guidance for
inspectors. In order to assist Member States in the implementation of the
common basic standards, these handbooks are also made available to national
auditors.
PART THREE
Trials, Studies and New
Initiatives
1.           Trials
A 'trial' in the sense of the EU aviation security legislation is
conducted when a Member State agrees with the Commission that it will use a
particular means or method not recognised under the terms of the legislation to
replace one of the recognised security controls, for a limited period of time on condition that such trial does not impact
negatively on the overall levels of security. The term
does not, in the legal sense, apply when a Member State or entity is conducting
an evaluation of a new security control deployed in addition to one or more of
those already covered by the legislation.
In the course of 2013, trials and evaluations were conducted in Luxemburg,  France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. These concerned the use of simulation
trace detection chambers (cargo and mail), shoe analyser metal detectors, the
use of new generation equipment for screening of cabin baggage without having
to remove laptops, heavy electrical items and liquids as well as the combined use
of hand held metal detectors and explosive trace detection for screening of
passengers in specific cases.
2.           Studies and Reports
End November 2013, the Commission received the final report of a
study on passenger differentiation entitled "agenda for the future –
screening of passengers and cabin baggage". This study was carried out by
the consultant Leigh Fisher contracted by the Commission and mainly focused on different
aspects of passenger differentiation such as on the concepts of known
travellers, watch lists and risk profiles, and of airport real time assessment. 
The study analysed those concepts in terms of operational practicability, data
exchange mechanisms, legal challenges, data protection and privacy as well as
cost benefit. While the study did not make any recommendation on the way
forward, it did highlight the numerous difficulties in implementing any kind of
identity-based passenger differentiation concept in Europe. 
3.           New Initiatives
One of the main on-going rulemaking files in aviation security is
the amendment of the EU legislation on the restrictions on the carriage of
liquids, gels and aerosols (LAGs). Lifting of these restrictions has been an
objective for many years and subject to previous revisions of legislation. In
2012, a detailed study led to the conclusion that the commencement of full
liquid screening that was scheduled for April 2013 was not feasible, as the
necessary equipment had not started to be deployed at EU airports. The
Commission forwarded a report on these conclusions and its proposals for the
way forward to the Council and the European Parliament in July 2012.
In reaction, the Regulatory Committee for Civil Aviation Security in
late 2012 gave a positive opinion on the Commission proposals to implement a
first phase of LAG screening by 31 January 2014 at the latest. This required
the screening of duty-free LAGs in Security Tamper Evident Bags (STEBS) and of
medicines and baby food for use during the trip. The relevant legislation was
adopted in March 2013.
In early 2013, the Commission provided templates to Member States to
enable them to report on the state of implementation of the liquids
legislation. The exercise showed that the new deadline of 31 January 2014
remained feasible, although some Member States reported delays in placing
orders for the necessary equipment. To aid communication to passengers, the
Commission produced an information notice regarding the introduction of the new
rules. Subsequently in 2014 the screening of LAGs started as planned without
any disruption at passenger security checkpoints reported.
To improve the defence against the threat of person-borne
explosives, further amendments to the implementing acts under Regulation (EC)
No 300/2008 were prepared in course of the second semester 2013. These proposals
served to strengthen the use of dedicated means or methods for detecting
explosives, such as the use of explosive trace detection, in passenger
screening. The strengthened rules were adopted in early 2014 and shall be
effective by 1 September 2015 at the latest.            
As mandated in the EU Action Plan on Air Cargo Security[8], the Commission had
extended its action in this area by establishing the regulatory framework for
cargo and mail being carried into the Union from Third Countries and an EU aviation
security validation regime also applicable in originating airports outside the
European Union. Its first phase entered into force on 1 February 2012.
Since that date, air carriers that wish to carry cargo and mail into
the Union from third country airports have to be designated as "ACC3"[9]
by the appropriate authority of an EU Member State. To harmonise and ease the
related registration and consultation mechanism in the Member States as well as
for the Commission, new functionalities on ACC3 were deployed in the (renamed)
"Union database on supply chain security" in the last quarter of
2012.
Air carriers that wish to carry cargo and mail into the Union after 1 July 2014 need to be validated by an EU aviation security validator before
that date in order to be re-designated as ACC3. Other entities will need to be
EU aviation security validated too if they wish to be involved in the related
secure Third Country supply chain.
To these aims, detailed checklists for the validation of the related
secure supply chain in Third Countries were adopted mid 2013 as a last preparatory
step on the legislative side.
To support a sound and harmonised kick-off of related validation
activities the Commission organised several working meetings with the Member States, stakeholders and EU aviation security validators in the second half of 2013.
Further close co-operation was pursued with customs authorities as
regards the harmonisation of the AEO (Authorised Economic Operator) scheme with
the Aviation Security validation regimes for regulated agents and known
consignors of cargo and mail. The aim of this exercise is to avoid double
validation for economic operators, where their core business within these two
regulatory frameworks largely overlaps, and at the same time to identify any
possible gaps that may weaken the air cargo security and proposed appropriate
measures to close them. Related amendments in EU Customs and aviation security
legal acts are envisaged for adoption by early 2014.
Furthermore, cooperation with Customs was agreed on a study on the
so-called "Advanced Cargo Information (PRECISE)" covering freight
forwarders and traditional air carriers with cargo operations, based on a model
developed with the express courier industry.  
PART FOUR
Dialogue with
International Bodies and Third Countries
1.           General
The Commission
is fully engaged with international bodies and key third country partners and
is regularly represented at international meetings, generally co-ordinating the
EU position and often making presentations or submitting papers. Dialogues are
also held, as appropriate, with individual third countries on issues of local
concern or shared interest. Such contacts enable the EU to both keep abreast of
and disseminate good practices as well as to influence global decision making. 
2.           International bodies
The Commission attends the annual meeting of the ICAO Aviation Security
Panel. During its 2013 meeting (8 – 12 April 2013) four papers were presented
outlining the views of the EU (two papers providing information on the revision
of EU rules on liquids and on cargo respectively, a paper on possible international
rules for air cargo security and one paper on measuring the effectiveness of
capacity building). These papers were well received.
The EU and ICAO have concluded a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC)
providing for an enhanced framework for cooperation[10]. The MoC identifies
security as one of the areas in which cooperation shall be established between
the Parties and which shall be developed in a specific annex on Aviation
Security to the MoC. In March 2013, the EU-ICAO Joint Committee under the MoC
took the decision[11]
to adopt such annex which now forms an integral part of the MoC and in doing so
contribute to enhancing security in international aviation and cooperation that
will, inter alia, take the form of exchanging relevant security information,
posting experts and financing specific security actions.
The Commission
undertook efforts in providing information on the EU aviation security
validation in the area of cargo and mail being carried into the Union. This was achieved through the participation and active role in several international
fora, also under the auspices of ICAO and other international and regional
organisations.
The Commission
also regularly takes part in meetings of the ECAC Security Forum and its
related task forces. Conclusions drawn by each of these groups have
subsequently formed the basis of discussions during meetings of the Regulatory
Committee for Civil Aviation Security and its associated working groups. Within
the framework of a cooperation agreement reached in late 2012, classified
information on aviation security was exchanged between ECAC and the Commission.
An additional
Memorandum of Understanding was signed late 2013 between the Commission and the
EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) that carries out aviation security compliance
monitoring in Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. Within this framework ESA and
the Commission started exchanging their respective reports on closed inspections.
Finally, an
interface between Eurocontrol's IT platform and the "Union Database on the
Supply Chain Security", mentioned above in this report, has been
established. This interface shall enable an alert system to inform Member
States in time about planes arriving from airports located in Third Countries
where the air carrier has not been designated as ACC3.   
3.           Third countries
The Commission actively continued the dialogue with aviation
security issues with the United States in a number of fora, in particular the
EU-US Transportation Security Cooperation Group (TSCG). The TSCG aims at fostering
co-operation in a number of areas of mutual interest and ensure the continued
functioning of one-stop security arrangements[12]
and of the mutual recognition of the respective air cargo and mail regimes of
the EU and the US. 
The Commission furthermore intervened on a number of occasions when
Member States raised particular concerns about requests made to their air
carriers to apply additional security measures for flights to certain third
countries. The Commission and the Member States worked together to ensure that
the implementation of these measures took consideration of the existing EU aviation
security measures to reduce the operational impact. An example is the system of
issuing Emergency Amendments used by the US which, in 2013, required air
carriers to implement extra measures at short notice and without prior
consultation, thus often causing significant operational difficulties. 
The Commission also worked closely with Canada with regard to
concluding one stop security arrangements for flights between the EU and Canada. For this purpose, information on requirements for civil aviation security was
exchanged and an assessment of a Canadian airport was conducted by the
Commission.     
CONCLUSION
A high level of
security continues to be ensured in the EU. Commission inspections have shown a
stable level of compliance with core regulatory provisions. In baseline
measures, deficiencies identified in the areas of staff and cargo screening
requirements tended, by and large, to stem from human factor issues. Further
non-compliances found in the measures more recently adopted for implementation
under the legal framework of Regulation (EC) 300/2008 were related to security
controls of high risk cargo and mail as well as of airport/in-flight supplies
and training. Commission recommendations for corrective action were overall
followed up satisfactorily, but the inspectors' findings confirm the importance
of a robust EU inspection regime and of adequate quality assurance at Member State level. The Commission will continue its efforts to ensure that all legal
requirements are fully and correctly implemented, initiating infringement proceedings
if necessary.
On the
legislative front, further detailed implementing rules were adopted during 2013
to ensure that the framework set up by Regulation (EC) 300/2008 is applied in a
way that is harmonised and that mitigates against existing and evolving
threats.
[1]               Measures are defined as ‘traditional’ if already
applicable under the legal framework of the repealed Regulation (EC) 2320/2002.
[2]                      Commission
Regulation (EU) No 72/2010 of 26 January 2010 laying down procedures for
conducting Commission inspections in the field of civil aviation security, OJ L23
of 27.1.2010, p.1
[3]               Realised for Greenland and Faroe Islands in the
second semester 2013 
[4]               Commission Regulation (EU) No 18/2010 of 8 January
2010, amending Regulation (EC) 300/2008, OJ L7 of 12.1.2010, p.3
[5]               the 'underwear-bomber' during Christmas 2009, the Yemen cargo bombs in late 2010, the second 'underwear-bomber' plot in 2012
[6]               The Commission set up this database, the use of which
is mandatory for actors in the supply chain through Regulation (EU) No 185/2010
and Decision C(2010) 774.
[7]               Commission Regulation (EU) No 1116/2013 of 6 November
2013, amending Regulation (EU) No 185/2010, OJ L 299 of 9.11.2013, p.1
[8]               Document 16271/1/10, Rev 1, limité, Council of the
European Union
[9]               Commission Regulation (EU) No 859/2011 of 25 August
2011, amending Regulation (EU) No 185/2010, OJ L 220 of 26.8.2011, p. 9
[10]             OJ L 232, 9.9.2011, p. 2 and OJ
L 121, 8.5.2012, p.16.
[11]             OJ L 172, 25.6.2013, p. 49.
[12]             Applicable as from 1.4.2011 for aircrafts, passengers
and their cabin baggage and hold baggage arriving from the US – Commission
Regulation (EU) No 983/2010 of 3 November 2010, amending Regulation (EU) 185/2010,
OJ L286 of 4.11.2010, p.1
Annex 1
Commission inspections as at
31.12.2013
 State || Number of inspections 01/2013 -12/2013 (including follow-ups) || Total number of inspections 2004-2013 (including follow-ups) 
 Austria || 2 || 11 
 Belgium || 2 || 13 
 Bulgaria     || 2 || 9 
 Croatia || 1 || 1 
 Cyprus || 0 || 7 
 Czech Republic || 1 || 9 
 Denmark || 2 || 12 
 Estonia || 1 || 7 
 Finland || 0 || 10 
 France || 3 || 20 
 Germany || 2 || 21 
 Greece || 2 || 16 
 Hungary || 1 || 9 
 Ireland || 3 || 12 
 Italy || 0 || 17 
 Latvia || 0 || 7 
 Lithuania || 1 || 6 
 Luxembourg || 1 || 8 
 Malta || 1 || 4 
 Netherlands || 0 || 10 
 Poland || 2 || 12 
 Portugal || 2 || 12 
 Romania || 0 || 6 
 Slovakia || 2 || 7 
 Slovenia || 0 || 5 
 Spain || 2 || 17 
 Sweden || 2 || 14 
 United Kingdom               || 2 || 22 
 Non-EU Members ||   ||   
 Switzerland || 1 || 6 
 TOTAL || 38 || 310       
EFTA Surveillance Authority
inspections as at 31.12.2013
 State || Number of inspections 01/2013-12/2013 (including follow-ups) || Total number of inspections 2004-2013 (including follow-ups) 
 Iceland || 1 || 10 
 Norway || 2 || 42 
 TOTAL || 3 || 52 
Annex 2
Supplementary legislation adopted during 2013:
·     
Regulation (EU) No 104/2013[1] as regards the
screening of passengers and persons other than passengers by Explosive Trace
Detection (ETD) equipment in combination with Hand Held Metal Detection (HHMD)
equipment;
·     
Regulation (EU) No 189/2013[2] in respect of the known
consignor regime;
·     
Regulation (EU) No 245/2013[3] as regards screening of
liquids, aerosols and gels at EU airports;
·     
Regulation (EU) No 246/2013[4] as regards screening of
liquids, aerosols and gels at EU airports;
·     
Regulation (EU) No 654/2013[5] in respect of EU
aviation security validation checklists for third country entities;
·     
Regulation (EU) No 1103/2013[6] as regards recognising
the equivalence of security standards of third countries;
·     
Regulation (EU) No 1116/2013[7] as regards
clarification, harmonisation and simplification of certain specific aviation
security measures;
·     
Decision C(2013) 511[8] as regards the
screening of passengers and persons other than passengers by Explosive Trace
Detection (ETD) equipment in combination with Hand Held Metal Detection (HHMD)
equipment;
·     
Decision C(2013) 1587[9] as regards screening of
liquids, aerosols and gels at EU airports;
·     
Decision C(2013) 2045[10] as regards screening
of liquids, aerosols and gels at EU airports;
·     
Decision C(2013) 4180[11] in respect of air
cargo and mail;
·     
Decision C(2013) 7275[12] as regards
clarification, harmonisation and simplification of certain specific aviation
security measures.
[1]               Commission Regulation (EU) No 104/2013 of 4 February
2013, amending Regulation (EU) No 185/2010, OJ L 34 of 5.2.2013, p.13
[2]               Commission Regulation (EU) No 189/2013 of 5 March
2013, amending Regulation (EU) No 185/2010, OJ L 62 of 5.3.2013, p.17
[3]               Commission Regulation (EU) No 245/2013 of 19 March
2013, amending Regulation (EC) No 272/2009, OJ L 77 of 20.3.2013, p.5
[4]               Commission Regulation (EU) No 246/2013 of 19 March
2013, amending Regulation (EU) No 185/2010, OJ L 77 of 20.3.2013, p.8
[5]               Commission Regulation (EU) No 654/2013 of 10 July 2013,
amending Regulation (EU) No 185/2010, OJ L 190 of 11.7.2013, p.1
[6]               Commission Regulation (EU) No 1103/2013 of 6 November
2013, amending Regulation (EU) No 185/2010, OJ L 296 of 7.11.2013, p.6
[7]               Commission Regulation (EU) No 1116/2013 of 6 November
2013, amending Regulation (EU) No 185/2010, OJ L 299 of 9.11.2013, p.1
[8]               Decision C(2013)511 final, adopted on 4.2.2013 and
notified to all Member States thereafter;
not published in the OJ 
[9]               Decision C(2013)1587 final, adopted on 19.03.2013 and
notified to all Member States thereafter;
not published in the OJ
[10]             Decision C(2013)2045 final, adopted on 17.4.2013 and
notified to all Member States thereafter;
not published in the OJ
[11]             Decision C(2013)4180 final, adopted on 9.7.2013 and
notified to all Member States thereafter;
not published in the OJ
[12]             Decision C(2013)7275 final, adopted on 6.11.2013 and
notified to all Member States thereafter;
not published in the OJ