{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-272/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-272/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2009/272",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 272/2009 of 2 April 2009 supplementing the ... basic standards on civil aviation security laid down in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-272",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "This Regulation provides for general measures to supplement the ... basic standards set out in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 in order to:\n(a)allow methods of screening as laid down in part A of the Annex;\n(b)prohibit categories of articles as laid down in part B of the Annex;\n(c)provide grounds for granting access to airside and security restricted areas as laid down in part C of the Annex;\n(d)allow methods for the examination of vehicles, aircraft security checks and aircraft security searches as laid down in part D of the Annex;\n(e)...\n(f)set the conditions under which cargo and mail shall be screened or subjected to other security controls and determine the process for the approval or designation of regulated agents, known consignors and account consignors as laid down in part F of the Annex;\n(g)set the conditions under which air carrier mail and air carrier materials shall be screened or subjected to other security controls as laid down in part G of the Annex;\n(h)set the conditions under which in-flight supplies and airport supplies shall be screened or subjected to other security controls and determine the process for the approval or designation of regulated suppliers and known suppliers as laid down in part H of the Annex;\n(i)establish criteria for defining critical parts of security restricted areas as laid down in part I of the Annex;\n(j)establish criteria applicable for the recruitment of persons who will implement, or will be responsible for the implementation of, screening, access control or other security controls and instructors as well as the methods of training of those persons and persons who will be issued with an airport identification card or crew identification card as laid down in part J of the Annex; and\n(k)set the conditions under which special security procedures or exemptions from security controls may be applied as laid down in part K of the Annex.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Art. 1 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Aviation Security (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/547), regs. 1, 43(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 1(e) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Aviation Security (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/547), regs. 1, 43(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/272/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:34.396370+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}