When will French airports scrap their 100ml liquid limit rules?
A spokesperson for Groupe ADP (
Aeroports de Paris
), which manages the international airports of Charles de Gaulle-Roissy, Orly and Le Bourget, told The Local on Friday: "I can confirm that, for the time being, nothing has changed regarding liquids in hand baggage and security checks."
They did not give any indication whether (or when) these rules would change.
France's regional airports are also still enforcing the 100ml liquids rule.
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Recently the ECAC (European Civil Aviation Conference) has granted authorisation to use new high-tech EDSCB (Explosive Detection Systems for Cabin Baggage) scanners - which do away with the 100ml liquid limit. Use of this system also means that passengers no longer have to display liquids in a see-through bag, or unpack liquids and electronic items from their hand baggage during the security checks.
So far, several airports, including
five in Italy
, as well as
Denmark's Billund Airport
, have scrapped the 100ml liquid limit for hand baggage, following authorisation for use of the EDSCB scanners.
Other countries, like
Germany
, have been slower to change their liquid limit rules.
In France only two airports - Paris Charles de Gaulle and Paris Orly - have so far installed the scanners. They experimented with scrapping the liquids rule in 2024, but an EU ruling over safety concerns meant they had to reinstate it.
Has anything changed at Paris airports?
The Groupe ADP spokesperson pointed to the organisation's recent
LinkedIn post
, which indicated that Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Paris-Orly would begin offering simplified and quicker security inspections with the scanners.
"Thanks to the 3D scanners at security checkpoints, hand baggage can be analysed without needing to remove its contents.
"This technology guarantees improved comfort (no need to take electronics or liquids out of carry-on luggage) and time saved (with a one-third reduction in clearance time), as well as an increased level of safety."
The new scanners have been deployed at security checkpoints at Charles de Gaulle airport at Terminals 2B-D, 2E hall K, 2F and Terminal 1.
They have also been deployed at Paris-Orly Terminal 3.
Although passengers at these terminals will no longer need to unpack their hand baggage, the 100ml liquid rule remains in place.
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What about other French airports?
So far, the specialised scanners have only been introduced to France's Paris Charles de Gaulle and Paris Orly airports.
They were used in test phases at Orly from 2023 and at Charles de Gaulle from March 2024 until the ECAC
halted their use in September 2024
.
Orly and Charles de Gaulle airports at the time were able to relax liquid limits, but after months of testing, the European Commission decided that flaws in the devices necessitated a temporary return to the old rules for liquids, which have been in place since 2006. Earlier this summer, after further security testing, the Commission allowed airports to once again scrap the liquid rule.
Therefore, as things stand, all French airports will continue operating with the existing liquid limit rules. While this could change in the future for the airports equipped with the EDSCB scanners, the old rules are expected to remain in place at any airports that have not deployed EDSCB equipment.
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