Responsibilities of an AVSEC Agent: They are responsible for the inspection tasks of people, luggage, cargo and

vehicles, of the access control of people and vehicles to the restricted security areas of an airport or
facilities of a managed, control of security over aircraft, checked baggage, cargo, mail and
the provisions and supplies that are transported on aircraft. These responsibilities will be adjusted in each case where
the agent provides services (Airport operator, Aircraft operator, Accredited agent and companies of
specialized service in civil aviation security.

Responsibilities of an AVSEC coordinator: It is their duty to supervise compliance with the procedures.
applied by the security agents themselves or contracted, to conduct inspections and evaluate effectively the
performance of security personnel, at the different work points, according to the established standards and to the
administrator security program.

Anexo 17: Seguridad: Protección de la Aviación Civil contra Actos de interferencia Ilícita.

2.1.1 Every contracting State shall have as its primary objective the safety of passengers, crews,
personal enters and the general public in all matters related to safeguarding against acts of
illegal interference in civil aviation.

2.3 Security and facilitation: Recommendation.— Each contracting State should provide that, to the extent of
possible, the security controls and procedures cause minimal interference or delays in activities of
civil aviation, as long as the effectiveness of those controls and procedures is not compromised.

3.1.1 Each contracting State shall establish and implement a written national civil aviation security program to
safeguard civil aviation operations against acts of unlawful interference, through regulations, methods and
procedures that take into account the safety, regularity, and efficiency of flights.

3.3.1 Each contracting State shall guarantee that commercial air transport operators providing
services from that State have established, applied, and maintained an updated security program for
exploiters, in writing, that meet the requirements of the national civil aviation security program of that
State.

Aviation Security Manual Document 8973: Contains detailed procedures and orientation texts
about the aspects of aviation security and how states can comply with the SARPs of Annex 17.

Civil Aviation Law:

Article 3: In exercising a right, no one may obstruct or interfere with aerial operations and their activities.
connections, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and the laws of the
republic.

Article 5. The Venezuelan civil aviation legislation will focus on the adaptation and compliance with the rules and
recommended methods, issued by the International Civil Aviation Organization and other bodies
specialized internationals, to achieve uniformity with international aviation regulations, in order to
promote the development of civil aviation in a safe, orderly, and efficient manner.

Article 9: The Aeronautical Authority of the Republic is the National Institute of Civil Aeronautics, which will be exercised
by its President and other officials. It is a state security entity, of a technical nature, equipped with
legal personality and own assets, different and independent from the National Public Treasury, with autonomy
technical, financial, organizational and administrative. It is the responsibility of the Aeronautical Authority to regulate and oversee activities
from civil aviation, issue or validate certificates, permits or licenses, create the technical coordination committee
that requires the dynamics of aviation and other powers conferred by the legal system.

Article 14. The continuous monitoring of operational safety and protection of civil aviation by the
Aviation Authority exercises oversight over all aviation activities through regulatory functions, aimed at
ensure that they comply with international safety standards. In exercising its functions,
The Aeronautical Authority will have immediate access to the places where aeronautical activities are developed.
connections or support, and those who impede immediate access will be sanctioned in accordance with the law.
employees.

Article 54: The National Executive will issue the National Civil Aviation Security Plan against acts of interference.
illicit, through standards, methods, and procedures considering the safety, regularity, and effectiveness of flights. The
The oversight of this program will be the responsibility of the Aeronautical Authority, in accordance with the provisions established in the regulations.
technique

Article 73: It is prohibited for any person to carry or possess weapons on board aircraft, of air transport.
of passengers on domestic and international flights, except as provided in the legal framework.

Article 140: Whoever unlawfully interferes in any way or act with the operational safety of civil aviation shall be
sentenced to six to eight years in prison.

Article 149. Any crew member who consumes narcotic or psychotropic substances, before or
during the flight, he will be punished with imprisonment from six to eight years and revocation of possession or permission or equally
time.

National Security Plan

Article 1: The National Civil Aviation Security Plan aims to indicate the available means, establish
the levels of coordination and responsibility for the safety of passengers, crews, and personnel in
land and the general public; in all matters related to the permanent monitoring of Security of the
Civil Aviation, in order to prevent the commission of acts of unlawful interference in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and
of those acts of a similar nature with international repercussions.

Article 41. The protection of aircraft is the direct responsibility of each aircraft operator, who
must:

1) Apply access control and inspection of people and objects entering the aircraft in service, as well as
establish appropriate safety measures while parked out of service or under maintenance.

2) Conduct safety inspections or verifications of aircraft. The determination of the same will be based on a
security risk assessment conducted by the Aeronautical Authority.

3) Ensure the sterility of the aircraft, once inspected and verified, until the start of the flight.

4) Prevent unauthorized persons from entering the flight crew compartment during the flight.

They will take appropriate measures to ensure that passengers disembarking at transit stops do not
they leave objects on board.

6) Establish security controls for aircraft that are out of service, on overnight stay, or under maintenance.

Cockpit Security

Article 42. The cockpit door must remain closed and secured at all stages of the
flight, in accordance with the regulations established by the Aeronautical Authority, the presence of individuals will also not be permitted
unauthorized in the aircraft cockpit.

Aircraft operators must establish appropriate security procedures in the program of

safety, to allow cabin crew access to the cockpit during any phase of the flight
of command, as well as the means for the cabin crew to discreetly notify the flight crew.
in case of suspicious activities or security breaches in the cockpit.
Transportation of weapons
Article 63. The transportation of firearms will be allowed on board aircraft designated for air transport.
passengers, only when an authorized and competent person has determined that they are not supplied, and still,
The transfer must be guarded and stored in special compartments to which no one has access.
person during the phases of flight.

The aircraft operator must establish in its Security Program its policies and procedures for the
transport of weapons by air.

The requirements for transporting firearms on passenger air transport aircraft are
established by the Aeronautical Authority in the corresponding regulation.

Carrying weapons by state security officials in the capacity of escorts

Article 64. Only state security personnel will be allowed to carry weapons on board an aircraft.
commercial passenger air transport on national or international routes, when service requirements necessitate
listen to individuals subjected to judicial processes, based on the risk category in accordance with established regulations
by the Aeronautical Authority.

For this, a special authorization from the Aeronautical Authority will be required. The aircraft operator will notify the
pilot in command of the aircraft, regarding the identity, quantity, and location of armed state security personnel
in the passenger cabin.

The aircraft operator must establish in their Security Program their policies and procedures for
transport State security personnel who must travel carrying weapons, exclusively for the purpose of
listen to people subjected to judicial processes. Likewise, the exploiter of the Aerodrome or Airport must
establish this procedure in your local security program.

Transportation of armed state security personnel for the protection of the flight against possible acts of
illegal interference

Article 65. For the purpose of fulfilling the functions of flight protection against possible acts of unlawful interference, the
The Venezuelan state may request other states that governmental security officials be allowed to travel.
armed from and to the national territory, aboard aircraft included in the operational specifications of
Venezuelan exploiters, regardless of the registration state they possess. It will also consider the
requests made by other States in this particular, prior authorization and coordination with the Authority
Aeronautics, the authority with competence in internal relations and justice, external relations and defense.

If required and if the threat level justifies it, the Aeronautical Authority may authorize within a period
established, in coordination with the Ministry responsible for Internal Relations and Justice, the transport of
State security personnel carrying weapons on one or several flights of aircraft included in the specifications
operational of Venezuelan operators, regardless of the registration state they have, to comply
flight protection functions against possible acts of unlawful interference.

The aircraft operator will notify the pilot in command of the aircraft about the number and location of the personnel.
State security armed in the passenger cabin.

In any of the previously mentioned cases, authorization will only be permitted when it is certified that the
government officials designated to travel armed will be specially selected and trained
taking into account operational safety and aviation safety aspects on board an aircraft.

Venezuelan Aeronautical Regulations.

RAV 107Seguridad de la aviación civil en aeródromos y aeropuertos.

RAV 108 Aircraft Security in Civil Aviation.

RAV 109 Safety in the operations of Cargo, mail, Provisions and Supplies in civil aviation.

RAV 112 Certification of civil aviation security service companies.

Aviation Security Circulars:

CSA-28-109: Security of Company Provisions, Supplies, and Materials.

CSA-26-107: Provisions for an Access Control System.

CSA-27-107: Security Measures for Checked or Hold Baggage.

CSA-28-107: General Principles of Unpredictability.

CSA-31-107: Provisions for the Installation, Use, and Maintenance of Equipment and Inspection Methods.

CSA-37-107: Safety Media and Materials.

CSA-40-107: Provisions for the Carrying and Transporting of Firearms on Aircraft.

CSA-41-107: Provisions for the Inspection of Passengers, their Carry-On Luggage, Non-Passenger Persons and
his/her belongings.

CSA-34-108: Aircraft Safety Procedures.

CSA-43-108: Security Countermeasures.

CSA-44-108: Procedures Upon Bomb Threat.

CSA-35-109: General Principles of Security for Air Cargo and Mail.

CSA-53-109: Provisions for the treatment of disobedient, disruptive, and submissive passengers
Judicial or Administrative Procedures.

Complementary Regulations.

NC-03-107: Provisions for the approval of AVSEC Heads.

NC-36-107: Certification of Civil Aviation Security Instructors.

NC-36-107-1: Submission of Files for the Certification of Civil Aviation Security Instructors.

NC-46-107-1: Submission of Files for the Certification of Security Personnel Competencies

Civil Aviation.

NC-46-107: Provisions for the Certification of Competencies of Civil Aviation Security Personnel.

NC-51-107: Provisions for the Transportation of Articles in the Cabin and Cargo Hold of Aircraft

Access control for people and vehicles.

Access control is of utmost importance, because with its correct application, we can prevent unauthorized entry.
authorized individuals who can commit acts of unlawful interference.

In this regard, we must comply with this procedure at the most important points during the operation, such as
son:

Presentation Counter.
Baggage Classification Area. (CAROUSEL)
Passenger Cabin.
Cargo Holds in the Aircraft.
 Boarding Gate (Passengers and People who are at the Airport).

ACCESS MUST BE DENIED TO ANY PERSON WHO DOES NOT HAVE A LEGITIMATE NEED TO ENTER OUR
OPERATIONS.

Every airport and aerodrome operator, air service provider, security service company, accredited agent,
accredited postal agent, dealer and other agencies are responsible for controlling access to the area of
restricted security will take into account the following minimum requirements:

a) Passengers will be allowed access to the restricted security areas designated for their use.
during the boarding procedure, as long as they have a boarding pass and undergo
an inspection.
b) Access by personnel and vehicles to the designated restricted security areas will be allowed in accordance with
with the permit and pass system for restricted security areas described in the security program
local of the airport approved by the Aeronautical Authority.
c) In any case, personal permission is not valid for entering a vehicle into the security zone.
Restricted. Every vehicle must have its pass duly authorized by the airport operator.
Similarly, the pass issued for a vehicle does not authorize its occupants to enter without having a permit.
valid.
d) Every person and vehicle that accesses a restricted security zone must be inspected and/or registered.
according to the principles established in RAV 107.
e) Any person holding a provisional or temporary pass, with access to a restricted security area, must
to be inspected along with their belongings before being allowed access to those areas. Their access will only be
accepted, if accompanied by a person holding a permanent permit, who must escort him
permanently, and will be responsible for this, as long as they remain in the restricted safety zone.

To prevent unauthorized access, the aircraft operator must establish surveillance of the aircraft.
while they carry out the preparations for each flight or maintenance tasks, cleaning, among others. The staff
of the operator's safety, the aircraft crew, the ground operations personnel, and the staff of
maintenance that provides services to the aircraft must monitor all individuals who approach or attempt to
have access to the aircraft and ask them to confirm the legitimacy of their presence and in case there is any
Doubt, suspicion, or certainty about unauthorized persons should alert the security staff.

Si se detectan que personas no autorizadas tuvieron acceso a la aeronave, o si después de la verificación o inspección de
aircraft security was interrupted or access control was not applied, the aircraft operator must
inspect the entire aircraft before it is prepared for new services.

Aircraft Security Verification

It is the inspection of the interior of an aircraft that passengers may have had access to, as well as the cargo hold.
in order to discover suspicious objects, weapons, explosives or other artifacts, objects or hazardous substances.

This procedure must be applied whenever an aircraft from Turpial Airlines arrives, during the application of this
procedure, entry of unauthorized persons to the AVSEC staff should not be allowed until the Verification of
Aircraft security has been completed.

THIS MUST BE FULFILLED SINE QUA NON.

Aircraft Security Inspection

Complete inspection of the interior and exterior of an aircraft for the purpose of discovering suspicious objects, weapons,
explosives or other devices, objects, or hazardous substances.

Company material security, provisions and supplies

The aircraft operator must include in their safety program the measures that ensure the safety of the
materials of the company to be transported by air.

The premises used for the preparation and storage of the provisions, supplies, and materials of the company,
they must have sufficient material safety measures to ensure that they are protected at all times
moment of unauthorized intrusions.

For access control to the facilities, the following must be planned:

a) A system of individual identification cards or passes that must be displayed on the outside of the
clothing at all times, when any person is inside the controlled area.
b) A parking area for staff and visitor vehicles, located outside the surrounding fence.
the preparation and storage buildings.
c) The staff shift change and rest rooms, located outside the main work areas,
there should be provisions for personal lockers protected with locks and/or padlocks so that it is not
It is necessary to bring personal items to the workplace.

If there were any signs of interference or undue manipulation in the delivery of provisions, supplies and
materials of the company, a manual record of products, items, and materials must be kept, to
confirm that they do not contain prohibited or suspicious items.

Seals must be used to protect the carts or containers where they are stored and transported.
provisions, supplies, and materials of the company that must be loaded onto an aircraft, the companies must
use only tamper-evident and numbered seals, in order to prevent any unauthorized use and establish
appropriate procedures for inventory control and verification.

In the same way, permanent custody must be maintained by the aviation security personnel during the
transfer of the company's provisions, supplies, and materials to prevent the introduction of items, substances
or materials that could be used to commit acts of unlawful interference.

All provisions, supplies, and materials of the company must have a safety statement.
sent, document that certifies that the company's provisions, supplies, and materials have been subject to controls
sufficient security preventing the introduction of items, substances, or materials that could be used for
commit acts of unlawful interference.
Inspection and Registration of passengers.

The inspection of passengers and their carry-on luggage, as well as non-passengers and their belongings, is
they consider an essential element of the security measures in aviation established by the Aviation Organization
International Civil (ICAO) and adopted by the State, in order to ensure that no one is introduced into a security zone.
restricted from an aerodrome or airport as well as on an aircraft, unauthorized persons or prohibited items.

Passengers and their carry-on luggage, including passengers and their transfer or transit baggage, and people
that are not passengers and their belongings must undergo proper security screening before they
allow access to an aircraft, sterile area or restricted security area, except in cases where there is an agreement
Unique security control in effect for passengers in transfer or transit.

All inspections of passengers and their carry-on luggage, as well as persons who are not passengers and their belongings,
that must enter a restricted security zone will be carried out using metal detectors,
X-ray equipment, portable metal detectors, trace explosive detectors, manual logging or through a
combination of these manual procedures and equipment, applied by trained personnel who have been certified
by the Aeronautical Authority.

To reinforce the overall results of passenger inspection positions, manual recording must be applied.
randomly to the already inspected passengers.
In addition to manually registering passengers who trigger an alarm, random registration must also be carried out.
a certain proportion of passengers that do not trigger the alarm of the equipment.

The body scanner can be used as a primary method for inspecting passengers or to complement others.
primary inspection methods (portal detectors), when used to complement, the body scanner should
to apply to the passengers who trigger an alarm or to several passengers who do not activate the alarm.

The passenger who activates the alarm of an inspection device and whose issue cannot be resolved through the process of
normal inspection, it should be directed for manual recording or subjected to another inspection method. It should
deny entry to restricted security areas to any passenger who cannot be satisfactorily screened
after completing the inspection process, including manual registration if applicable.

The passenger who shows nervousness or seems to be trying to avoid inspection or search, or behaves in a
In a way that suggests hiding a prohibited item, in addition to mandatory records, an inspection must be carried out.
additional, including a manual record.

Boarding must be denied to anyone who refuses to undergo an inspection before boarding or
enter the aircraft and must not be allowed to enter through the inspection point, so all operators of
airfield and airport, aircraft operator and security service companies, must guide the staff
about the security procedures and the measures that must be adopted for these cases.

It will be the responsibility of an official from the State Security Authority for the person who is denied access to the
restricted security zone for refusing to submit to inspection or for security reasons. This fact must be
to communicate to all aircraft operators, in order to anticipate the situation that such passenger changes their
plans and travel by another airline.

Procedures when prohibited items are discovered:

The aerodrome or airport operator and the aircraft operator with responsibility for the inspection of
passengers and their carry-on luggage must establish procedures in their security program regarding
discovery of prohibited items, either in passengers or in their carry-on luggage, during the process of
inspection.
It is important that the security personnel remain calm if they find something during the inspection or search.
Prohibited article and do not provoke the panic of other passengers, which may lead to the situation worsening.
The security supervisor of the inspection station should be called discreetly, who in turn will adopt
security measures to request the assistance of the competent State Security Agency.
When security personnel discover a weapon in a passenger's carry-on luggage, they must close the
luggage and set it apart from the passenger or keep the luggage inside the X-ray machine tunnel, this action
it should not be treated as a suspected explosive device, as it would severely hinder the work of
the explosives experts, the competent State Security Organization should be called to respond
to the incident.
If it is confirmed that the item is a suspected explosive device, it should not be handled, it should be left in the
X-ray machine tunnel and continue with the established procedures for incident management.
agreement with the contingency plan of the airport or aerodrome operator.

Luggage inspection with X-rays and manually

An automated threat detection system improves the accuracy and efficiency of operations at the station.
inspection, increasing staff performance and improving the flow of passengers and their items, no
they require a physical change in the inspection post infrastructure and can be installed in various locations,
ensuring uniform detection of threats in locations with multiple inspection points.

Inspection posts at airfields and airports may be equipped with software support for the
automatic identification of liquids, this system interprets standard X-ray tomography to identify possible
liquid threats without the need to open the containers. Conventional X-ray systems for positions
inspection, can be improved with this capability, which helps security personnel locate substances
potentially explosive between materials and seemingly innocuous liquids that could pose a threat if they
they will mix.

The baggage that concerns the X-ray equipment operator must be manually recorded with the support of equipment.
detection of explosive traces however, the detection of explosive traces is only suitable to use as
part of a broader system, in support of other technologies, and cannot be used as the sole equipment for
determine if the luggage contains explosives or an incendiary explosive device.

The use of trace explosive detection equipment can greatly assist in the inspection process.
particularly when examining objects and areas within luggage to facilitate manual registration related to:

Objects inside luggage that are difficult to inspect effectively through manual checking or equipment
X-rays, such as laptops and other electrical or battery-operated objects.
Objects specifically sent for manual registration by the X-ray operator or due to generation of
alarm, which are the majority of objects that appear opaque to X-ray operators.
The inner lining of the luggage, particularly the seams, joints, and closure points, as well as in the areas or parts
suitable for large dimensional luggage, heavy weight, or unusual shape.

The X-ray operator must:

Verify that the color of the luggage image is uniform everywhere, the lighter edges may
indicate the presence of an explosive in a sheet that is not completely aligned with the top or with
the bottom of the box.
Pay as much attention as possible to both the structure and additional parts as well as the content.
Examine all the metallic or grooved parts of a box to see curves or bumps that could be hidden.
partially the components of an explosive device.
Understanding that every object or dark area indicates that the X-ray does not penetrate, since the dark areas
they could hide a weapon or an artifact, that piece of luggage must be manually inspected.
if after twelve (12) seconds of inspection, it cannot be confirmed that a piece of carry-on luggage
suspicious contains restricted items, the luggage must be sent to a secondary inspection area for
that a thorough inspection be carried out outside of the general circulation of the inspection post.

When baggage items are inspected using conventional X-ray equipment, the images of each
part of the article subject to inspection must be presented and carefully interpreted on the screen, moreover the
The equipment operator must:

Check that the shadow of the package image is completely uniform, lighter edges may indicate
the presence of explosives that do not draw a complete line on the top or bottom of the box.
Pay the same attention to the frame and the accessories of the content.
Make sure that any metal or grooved part of a box that could partially hide the component
an explosive device has been examined to discover obvious bulges or protrusions.
If a dark object or area in an X-ray image indicates an object or area through which they cannot
penetrate the X-rays, this could hide an artifact and, consequently, such packages must be subject to
a manual record.
For the operation of X-ray equipment, the aerodrome or airport operator and the operator of
aircraft that perform the function of inspecting passengers and their carry-on luggage must meet the
principles and procedures established in the Aviation Security Circular that dictates the Provisions
for the installation, use, and maintenance of equipment and inspection methods.

Manipulation and Recording of Confiscated Articles:

 The items confiscated at an inspection post by security personnel or another authority
competent police must be manipulated and eliminated, in accordance with the provisions of the program
local airport or airfield security (in the case of prohibited items, such as knives, scissors, objects
penetrating punctures, among others.
The inspection security personnel must ensure that an accurate record of such items is maintained.
as well as those who are found abandoned at the airfield, airport, or on an aircraft.
The aerodrome or airport operator must place containers at the inspection points so that the
people who enter with items that cannot be transported in carry-on luggage, deposit them in the
containers and inventory them to be eliminated later.

Security for the checked baggage.

Procedures for matching checked baggage or hold baggage with the passenger.

Aircraft operators must ensure that checked or hold baggage transported on an aircraft
belongs to the passengers or to the crew members traveling on that flight.

In the passenger screening procedures, it must also be ensured that only those boarding the aircraft are allowed.
passengers with legitimate documents, and that all transit passengers on a flight that leave the aircraft in the
transit point, they board the aircraft again afterwards.

Checked baggage or cargo should not be loaded onto an aircraft unless:

It is adequately marked on the outside to allow comparison with the passenger or crew member.
The passenger or crew member to whom the baggage belongs has presented themselves for the flight at the
which must be transported.
Before loading it, the luggage must have been inspected and secured in an area of the airport to which
Only authorized persons have access.
It has been identified as accompanied or unaccompanied luggage.

Identification of checked or hold luggage.

Every aircraft operator must ensure that each baggage tag has a detachable label.
indicating:

The flight number

Flight date
Baggage claim tag number or warehouse number.

Every aircraft operator must ensure that as each checked or hold baggage is loaded into the
baggage cart or unit load device (ULD) in the baggage sorting area, the handler of the
baggage must:

Remove the separable label

Place it on a luggage registration card for the flight.

As more luggage tag labels are attached to the card, a luggage manifest is created.
billed or warehouse detailing each package loaded for that particular flight. Before the flight door closes, the
Baggage claim tags must be delivered to the designated person.

Confirmation of passenger and crew boarding.

Every aircraft operator must ensure that:

Checked baggage of each person has been registered as such in custody of the
aircraft operator
 Effective procedures are applied at the boarding gate so that if the passenger does not board
the aircraft can be easily checked in order to verify that the passenger does not have luggage
invoiced or from the warehouse that needs to be unloaded.
An electronic system, manual or another system for this purpose that
allow to identify the seat number or sequence on each boarding pass presented at the gate
when a passenger boards the aircraft, it is considered as entry into the system to confirm what they are
passengers who have boarded.
If the path from the boarding gate to the aircraft offers passengers the opportunity to hide, or
innocently getting lost, the passenger is effectively monitored to ensure that they actually arrive at the aircraft and
is boarding.
Each piece of checked baggage loaded as accompanied but whose status changes to not.
accompanied because the owner does not board the aircraft, must retreat from the aircraft. Only
if the checked or hold luggage is subsequently subjected to enhanced security checks
requeridos después de ser descargado puede volverse a cargar en el vuelo.

The designated person must try to confirm that all flight crew members are on board and
Cabin has delivered luggage to be transported in the hold.