2022 Universal Registration Document

Presentat i on of the Group 1 Group activities

In 2020, the activity of security service providers was disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic and its repercussions on air traffic. When terminals were closed, passenger checks by the service providers in the facilities concerned were suspended. Nevertheless, surveillance missions were carried out at all facilities and the control of passengers, their luggage and goods maintained in the facilities that remained in operation. The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic continued in 2021. The year 2022 was marked by the gradual reopening of the facilities and the resumption of the security measures necessary for the processing of passengers and their luggage. FUNDING OF SECURITY ACTIVITIES Purpose of the tax Security activities such as those relating to aircraft rescue and fire-fighting services and services for the prevention of animal hazards and those linked to measures employed within the framework of environmental controls are financed by the airport tax for passenger air transport and the tax for goods air transport provided for in Articles L. 422-13 and L. 422-41 of the French Goods and Services Tax Code collected for each departing passenger and each tonne of cargo or mail loaded. Amount and deduction The amount of the safety and security fee for the tax for passenger air transport is determined by decree issued by the ministers responsible for the budget and civil aviation between lower and upper limits, which are set by law. Since 30 December 2022, the 2023 Finance Law has changed the tax ceiling, raising it to €11.80 per departing passenger. However, the new rates can only be applied after the publication of the new interministerial decree during 2023. Moreover, Article L. 422-25 of the French Goods and Services Tax Code stipulates that a reduction of 40% to 65%, the rate of which is set by decree, applies to connecting passengers. The reduction rate has been set at 65% since 1 April 2019, i.e. a price of €3.78 per passenger. Surcharge for the equalisation system Lastly, a surcharge per departing passenger is paid into an equalisation system, which contributes towards funding these public services at smaller French airports whose annual traffic is less than 5 million units, one unit of traffic being equal to one passenger or 100 kilograms of cargo or mail loaded or unloaded. The conditions for this increase are set by Article L. 422-24 which stipulates that: “The airport equalisation tariff provided for in paragraph 4 of Article L. 422-20 is identical for all airports and groupings of Class 1 to 3 aerodromes. It is determined by joint order of the Minister in charge of the Budget and the Minister in charge of Civil Aviation up to the upper limit of €1.25”. The tariff of the surcharge on the civil aviation tax for Aéroports de Paris’ airports (Paris-Orly, Paris-CDG, Paris-Le Bourget and the civil airfields for general aviation) was set at €0.90 per passenger

2014, liquids, aerosols and gels are randomly checked using explosive detection equipment suitable for these types of products. Since 1 September 2015, security checkpoints have new equipment that also allows the detection of traces of explosives on both passengers and cabin baggage; ◆ a security check system for hold baggage that ensures security checks of all hold baggage presented by airlines according to procedures defined by the government authorities, which essentially consists of explosive-detecting apparatus, generally integrated into airport baggage handling facilities, possibly accompanied by specially trained dogs; ◆ security check measures for staff, their personal effects and vehicles at each access point to restricted security areas within airports, as well as access control measures, including biometrics in particular; ◆ security check and screening measures for supplies; ◆ security procedures for the use of facilities made available to the group’s partners (check-in counters, boarding lounges, etc.); ◆ special arrangements inside and outside of the terminals including physical separation of flows with passengers from countries or airports not recognised as having an equivalent security level, facilities that allow a single security check for passengers or baggage during connections for certain flights from countries or airports that apply security measures recognised as equivalent, video-surveillance of security check points and personnel access points, security partitions, secured emergency exits, and anti-return doors and hallways, etc.; ◆ patrolling procedures and monitoring of border security and controls in critical parts of restricted access security areas for airport identification cards and vehicle passes. All of these measures are described in a safety program established at each airport by Aéroports de Paris and submitted for information purposes to the Civil Aviation services. The security programs result in the issuance by the Deputy Prefect of a security approval for a maximum period of five years. For Paris-Le Bourget, the security programwas approved on 28 June 2017 for five years. The programs for Paris-Orly and Paris-Charles de Gaulle were approved on 28 March 2018. The security programs set out the tasks, locations, resources and procedures to be used, and are supplemented by training plans for the hiring and training of staff working in the security field and quality assurance programs that describe in particular Aéroports de Paris’ supervisory mechanisms for overseeing security service providers. Around 300 people are employed by Aéroports de Paris to directly perform security duties, and nearly 4,000 people are employed by external service providers specialising in carrying out security checks and screening. These companies are selected by Aéroports de Paris on behalf of the French government, after a publicised and competitive procurement procedure.

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