LegalizeCommission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/55 of 9 January 2018 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1998 as regards adding the Republic of Singapore to the third countries recognised as applying security standards equivalent to the common basic standards on civil aviation security (Text with EEA relevance. )
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to 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 (1), and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1998 (2) lists the third countries recognised as applying security standards equivalent to the common basic standards for safeguarding civil aviation against acts of unlawful interference that jeopardise the security of civil aviation.
(2) The Commission has verified that also the Republic of Singapore satisfies the criteria for recognising the equivalence of security standards of third countries set out in Part E of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 272/2009 (3).
(3) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1998 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) An appropriate time before this Regulation applies should be provided for, considering that changes to operations or infrastructure at airports, or both, may be required.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Civil Aviation Security,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1998 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 6 February 2018.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 9 January 2018.
For the Commission, On behalf of the President, Violeta BULC Member of the Commission
(2) OJ L 299, 14.11.2015, p. 1.
(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 272/2009 of 2 April 2009 supplementing the common 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 (OJ L 91, 3.4.2009, p. 7).