Amendments to ECAC Doc 30 technical recommendations
Berlin/online, 11-12 October 2022 — The Technical Task Force met to review proposed amendments to ECAC Doc 30, Part II – Security technical recommendations. The proposed updates relate in particular to the adoption of a new standard for chemical substances to be detected by explosive detection systems for cabin baggage (EDSCB) and explosive trace detection (ETD), modification of the concept of operations for security scanners to allow screening without removing outer garments, implementation of requirements to use explosive vapour detection (EVD) for cargo screening, and new recommendations on threat image projection (TIP).
The task force also looked at new and updated Common Testing Methodologies (CTMs). New CTMs for automated prohibited item detection systems (APIDS) and EVD systems were endorsed and will be submitted to Directors General.