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§ 1544.205 

any firearm carried in the baggage is 
unloaded; 

(ii) The firearm is carried in a hard- 

sided container; 

(iii) The container in which it is car-

ried is locked, and only the individual 
checking the baggage retains the key 
or combination; and 

(iv) The checked baggage containing 

the firearm is carried in an area that is 
inaccessible to passengers, and is not 
carried in the flightcrew compart-
ment,. 

(3) Any unauthorized explosive or in-

cendiary. 

(g) 

Ammunition. 

This section does not 

prohibit the carriage of ammunition in 
checked baggage or in the same con-
tainer as a firearm. Title 49 CFR part 
175 provides additional requirements 
governing carriage of ammunition on 
aircraft. 

§ 1544.205

Acceptance and screening of 

cargo. 

(a) 

Preventing or deterring the carriage 

of any explosive or incendiary. 

Each air-

craft operator operating under a full 
program, a full all-cargo program, or a 
twelve-five program in an all-cargo op-
eration, must use the procedures, fa-
cilities, and equipment described in its 
security program to prevent or deter 
the carriage of any unauthorized per-
sons, and any unauthorized explosives, 
incendiaries, and other destructive sub-
stances or items in cargo onboard an 
aircraft. 

(b) 

Screening and inspection of cargo. 

Each aircraft operator operating under 
a full program or a full all-cargo pro-
gram, or a twelve-five program in an 
all-cargo operation, must ensure that 
cargo is screened and inspected for any 
unauthorized person, and any unau-
thorized explosive, incendiary, and 
other destructive substance or item as 
provided in the aircraft operator’s se-
curity program and § 1544.207, and as 
provided in § 1544.239 for operations 
under a full program, before loading it 
on its aircraft. 

(c) 

Control. 

Each aircraft operator op-

erating under a full program or a full 
all-cargo program must use the proce-
dures in its security program to con-
trol cargo that it accepts for transport 
on an aircraft in a manner that: 

(1) Prevents the carriage of any un-

authorized person, and any unauthor-
ized explosive, incendiary, and other 
destructive substance or item in cargo 
onboard an aircraft. 

(2) Prevents unescorted access by 

persons other than an authorized air-
craft operator employee or agent, or 
persons authorized by the airport oper-
ator or host government. 

(d) 

Refusal to transport. 

Except as oth-

erwise provided in its program, each 
aircraft operator operating under a full 
program, a full all-cargo program, or a 
twelve-five program in an all-cargo op-
eration, must refuse to transport any 
cargo if the shipper does not consent to 
a search or inspection of that cargo in 
accordance with the system prescribed 
by this part. 

(e) 

Acceptance of cargo only from speci-

fied persons. 

Each aircraft operator op-

erating under a full program or a full 
all-cargo program may accept cargo to 
be loaded in the United States for air 
transportation only from the shipper, 
an aircraft operator, foreign air car-
rier, or indirect air carrier operating 
under a security program under this 
chapter with a comparable cargo secu-
rity program, or, in the case of an oper-
ator under a full program, from a cer-
tified cargo screening facility, as pro-
vided in its security program. 

(f) 

Acceptance and screening of cargo 

outside the United States. 

For cargo to 

be loaded on its aircraft outside the 
United States, each aircraft operator 
must carry out the requirements of its 
security program. 

(g) 

Screening of cargo loaded inside the 

United States by a full program operator. 

For cargo to be loaded in the United 
States, each operator under a full pro-
gram in § 1544.101(a) must ensure that 
all cargo is screened in the United 
States as follows: 

(1) 

Amount screened. 

(i) Not later than 

February 3, 2009, each operator under a 
full program must ensure that at least 
50 percent of its cargo is screened prior 
to transport on a passenger aircraft. 

(ii) Not later than August 3, 2010, 

each operator under a full program 
must ensure that 100 percent of its 
cargo is screened prior to transport on 
a passenger aircraft. 

(2) 

Methods of screening. 

For the pur-

poses of this paragraph (g), the aircraft 

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