[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 8]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR1546.103]

[Page 349-350]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
   CHAPTER XII--TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                            HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 1546_FOREIGN AIR CARRIER SECURITY--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart B_Security Program
 
Sec. 1546.103  Form, content, and availability of security program.

    (a) General requirements. The security program must be:
    (1) Acceptable to TSA. A foreign air carrier's security program is 
acceptable only if TSA finds that the security program provides 
passengers a level of protection similar to the level of protection 
provided by U.S. air carriers serving the same airports. Foreign air 
carriers must employ procedures equivalent to those required of U.S. air 
carriers serving the same airport if TSA determines that such procedures 
are necessary to provide passengers a similar level of protection.
    (2) In English unless TSA requests that the program be submitted in 
the official language of the foreign air carrier's country.

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    (b) Content of security program. Each security program required by 
Sec. 1546.101(a), (b), or (c) must be designed to--
    (1) Prevent or deter the carriage aboard airplanes of any 
unauthorized explosive, incendiary, or weapon on or about each 
individual's person or accessible property, except as provided in Sec. 
1546.201(d), through screening by weapon-detecting procedures or 
facilities;
    (2) Prohibit unauthorized access to airplanes;
    (3) Ensure that checked baggage is accepted by a responsible agent 
of the foreign air carrier; and
    (4) Prevent cargo and checked baggage from being loaded aboard its 
airplanes unless handled in accordance with the foreign air carrier's 
security procedures.
    (c) Law enforcement support. Each security program required by Sec. 
1546.101(d) must include the procedures used to comply with the 
applicable requirements of Sec. 1546.209 regarding law enforcement 
officers.
    (d) Availability. Each foreign air carrier required to adopt and use 
a security program under this part must--
    (1) Restrict the distribution, disclosure, and availability of 
sensitive security information, as defined in part 1520 of this chapter, 
to persons with a need to know; and
    (2) Refer requests for sensitive security information by other 
persons to TSA.