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European regulation

• Civil aviation security: EU-wide rules

French regulations

• See the list of French regulations on the website of the Ministry for an ecological and solidary transition

Security checkpoints are deployed, prior to the bording of passengers, in the aim to prevent the introduction of illicit objects onboard of aircraft through passengers of their cabin baggage.

The layout of security checkpoints for passenger and cabine baggage is regulated by the interministrial arrêté of septembre 2013 related to the security measures for civil aviation.

An airport is divided in two areas from a security point of view :

1. Regulatory frame

1.1 European regulation

Regulation (CE) n° 300/2008 modified, of the European Parliament and of the Council of March 11 2008  on common rules in the field of civil aviation security and repealing the regulation (CE) n°2320/2002.

Within the STAC, the Air Navigation division of the Air Navigation and Information Systems department (STAC/ANS) was set up specifically in 2005 to constitute an ATM/ANS expertise wing independent of air navigation service providers.

The civil aviation security

Protect civil aviation against acts of unlawful interference

Safety, regularity and efficiency of the international civil aviation and its facilities and services are compromised by an ever-increasing variety of criminal acts. The security of air transport is defined therefore as a combination of measures, equipment and human resources in order to prevent acts of unlawful interference.