Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 on common rules in the field of civil aviation security and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2320/2002 (Text with EEA relevance) (c. 300)

[F1 ANNEX II U.K. Common specifications for the national quality control programme to be implemented by each Member State in the field of civil aviation security

Textual Amendments

F1 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 18/2010 of 8 January 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as far as specifications for national quality control programmes in the field of civil aviation security are concerned.

7. INSPECTIONS U.K.

7.1. The scope of an inspection shall cover at least one set of directly linked security measures of Annex I to this Regulation and the corresponding implementing acts monitored as a single activity or within a reasonable time frame, not normally exceeding three months. The examination shall include a representative sample of information. U.K.

7.2. A set of directly linked security measures is a set of two or more requirements as referred to in Annex I to this Regulation and the corresponding implementing acts which impact on each other so closely that achievement of the objective cannot be adequately assessed unless they are considered together. These sets shall include those listed in Appendix I to this Annex. U.K.

7.3. Inspections shall be unannounced. Where the appropriate authority considers that this is not practicable, inspections may be announced. The methodology for conducting an inspection shall take into consideration the following elements: U.K.

(a)

preparation phase;

(b)

on-site activity;

(c)

a debrief, depending on the frequency and the results of the monitoring activities;

(d)

reporting/recording;

(e)

correction process and its monitoring.

7.4. In order to confirm that security measures are effective, the conduct of the inspection shall be based on the systematic gathering of information by one or more of the following techniques: U.K.

(a)

examination of documents;

(b)

observations;

(c)

interviews;

(d)

verifications.

7.5. At airports with an annual traffic volume of more than 2 million passengers the minimum frequency for inspecting all sets of directly linked security measures set out in chapters 1 to 6 of Annex I to this Regulation shall be at least every 12 months, unless an audit has been carried out at the airport during that time. The frequency for inspecting all security measures covered by chapters 7 to 12 of Annex I shall be determined by the appropriate authority based on a risk assessment. U.K.

7.6. Where a Member State has no airport with an annual traffic volume exceeding 2 million passengers, the requirements of point 7.5 shall apply to the airport on its territory with the greatest annual traffic volume.] U.K.