Acreditaciones transportistas aéreos

The ACC3 shall ensure that its security programme includes all the aviation security measures relevant and sufficient for air cargo and mail to be transported into the EU.

The following points listed in Attachment 6-G to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1998 shall be appropriately covered:

• a) description of measures for air cargo and mail;
• b) procedures for acceptance;
• c) regulated agent scheme and criteria;
• d) known consignor scheme and criteria;
• e) account consignor scheme and criteria;
• f) standard of screening;
• g) location of screening;
• h) details of screening equipment;
• i) details of operator or service provider;
• j) list of exemptions from security screening;
• k) treatment of high risk cargo and mail.

In an attempt to standardize and comply with this requirement, AESA has developed a ACC3 security program model, which is available in the private section of each user of this portal.

The EU aviation security validation's verification of the implementation shall be on-site, to one of the following degrees:

• 1) At the airport from which the air carrier has relevant cargo operations before ACC3 designation can be granted for that airport.

   

  If the EU aviation security validation thereupon establishes the non-implementation of one or more of the objectives listed in the checklist set out in Attachment 6-C3, the appropriate authority shall not designate the air carrier as ACC3 for the relevant cargo operations without proof of the implementation of measures by the air carrier rectifying the deficiency identified.

• 2) At a representative number of airports with relevant cargo operations of an air carrier before ACC3 designation is granted for all airports with relevant cargo operations of that air carrier. The following conditions apply:

  • a) this option is requested by an air carrier which operates several relevant air cargo operations; and
  • b) the appropriate authority has verified that the air carrier applies an internal security quality assurance programme that is equivalent to EU aviation security validation; and
  • c) the representative number shall be at least 3 or 5 %, whichever is the higher, and all airports situated in a high risk origin; and
  • d) the appropriate authority has agreed to a roadmap that ensures EU aviation security validations for every year of the designation at additional airports for which ACC3 designation will be granted or until all airports are validated. Those validations shall each year be at least equal in number to those required in (c). The roadmap shall state the reasons underpinning the choice of additional airports; and
  • e) all ACC3 designations shall end on the same day; and
  • f) where one of the EU aviation security validations agreed under the roadmap establishes the non- implementation of one or more of the objectives listed in the checklist set out in Attachment 6-C3, the designating appropriate authority shall require proof of the implementation of measures rectifying the deficiency identified at that airport, and, depending on the seriousness of the deficiency, request:
    • - EU aviation security validation of all airports for which ACC3 designation is required in accordance with point 6.8.2.2.1 within a deadline set by the appropriate authority, or
    • - twice the number of the EU aviation security validations established under (d) per each of the remaining years of ACC3 designations.

The EU aviation security validation shall be recorded in a validation report consisting at least of the declaration of commitments as set out in Attachment 6-H1, the checklist set out in Attachment 6-C3 and a declaration by the EU aviation security validator as set out in Attachment 11-A. (all the attachment belong to Implementing Regulation nº 2015/1998).

The EU aviation security validator shall submit the validation report to the appropriate authority and provide the validated air carrier with a copy.