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Official Journal of the European Union
11.11.2011
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1141/2011
of 10 November 2011
amending Regulation (EC) No 272/2009 supplementing the common basic standards on civil
aviation security as regards the use of security scanners at EU airports
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December
2006 on the harmonisation of the laws of Member States
relating to electrical equipment designed for use within
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
certain voltage limits ( 4 ), at this stage, to safeguard
Union,
citizens’ health and safety, only security scanners which
do not use ionising radiation are added to the list of
allowed methods for passenger screening for aviation
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 of the European
security purposes.
Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 on common
rules in the field of civil aviation security and repealing Regu
lation (EC) No 2320/2002 ( 1 ) and in particular Article 4 and the
Annex.
(6) The
use
of
security
scanners
should
be
subject
to
specific
implementing rules allowing the use of this method of
screening, individually or in combination, as a primary or
Whereas:
secondary means and under defined conditions set to

ensure the protection of fundamental rights. These shall
be adopted separately pursuant to Article 4(3) of Regu
(1) In
accordance
with
Article
4(2)
of
Regulation
(EC)
No
lation (EC) No 300/2008.
300/2008, the Commission is required to adopt general
measures designed to amend non-essential elements of
the common basic standards laid down in the Annex
(7) By
laying
down
specific
operational
conditions
on
the
to that Regulation by supplementing them.
use of security scanners and by providing passengers
with the possibility to undergo alternative screening
methods, this Regulation, together with the specific
(2) Article
4(3)
of
Regulation
(EC)
No
300/2008
further
implementing rules adopted pursuant to Article 4(3) of
provides that the Commission must adopt detailed
Regulation (EC) No 300/2008, respects fundamental
measures for implementing the common basic
rights and observes the principles recognised in particular
standards on civil aviation security laid down in the
by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European
Annex to that Regulation, as supplemented by the
Union, including respect for human dignity and for
general measures adopted by the Commission on the
private and family life, the right to the protection of
basis of Article 4(2).
personal data, the rights of the child, the right to
freedom of religion and the prohibition of discrimi
nation. This Regulation must be applied according to
(3) In particular, Commission Regulation (EC) No
these rights and principles.
272/2009 ( 2 ) supplementing the common basic
standards on civil aviation security provides for general
measures in respect of methods of screening allowed for
(8) The
Commission
will
work
closely
with
the
industry
and
passengers as laid down in Part A of its Annex.
Member States in order to make sure that as soon as
possible only security scanners based on automated
threat detection are deployed at EU airports, so that it
(4) Security
scanners
are
an
effective
method
for
passenger
is no longer necessary for any human reviewer to analyse
screening and should be authorised for use at EU airports
images.
by adding them to the list of allowed methods of

screening.
(9) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
(5) The
Commission
has
requested
its
Scientific
Committee
accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Civil
on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks
Aviation Security,
(SCENIHR) to assess the possible effects of security
scanners which use ionising radiation to human health.
Without prejudice to Council Directive 96/29/Euratom of
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
13 May 1996 laying down basic safety standards for the
protection of the health of workers and the general
public against the dangers arising from ionizing
Article 1
radiation ( 3 ) and of Directive 2006/95/EC of the
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 272/2009 is amended in
accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
( 1 ) OJ L 97, 9.4.2008, p. 72.
( 2 ) OJ L 91, 3.4.2009, p. 7.
( 3 ) OJ L 159, 29.6.1996, p. 1.
( 4 ) OJ L 374, 27.12.2006, p. 10.

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Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 10 November 2011.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX
In Part A, first paragraph, subparagraph 1 of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 272/2009, the following point (f) is added:
'(f) security scanners which do not use ionising radiation.'.

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