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The section contains downloadable resources such as TG deliverables, conference presentations and ERNCIP Office documents. The list is presents the most recent uploaded documents first.

Chemical and Biological (CB) Risks to Drinking Water

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Review of methods for the rapid identification of pathogens in water samples

Wed, 2015-01-14

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Microbiological water contaminants represent an acute health risk in drinking water. There are a wide variety of bacteria and viruses that can potentially be found in drinking water resulting from either an attack or a natural contamination incident. Whatever the origin of the contamination, rapid identification is needed to ensure water quality and subsequent citizen safety. Currently, various detection and identification methods exist, but they are mostly time-consuming and unsuited to emergent harmful micro-organisms. New developments are occurring to deal with this concern.
In this desk study, the main basic technologies to identify pathogens (such as immunological and genetic methods as well as mass spectrometry, microarrays and physical approaches) are reported, as well as their applications in the drinking water area. Then, some promising technologies under development are presented, especially integrated tools or new concepts in mass spectrometry. However, bottlenecks still exist, such as sample preparation or live and dead pathogen discrimination. Additionally, different projects founded by the European Commission are briefly reported in this study, as they allow a clear vision of the scientific teams and networks working on this concern.
Finally, European standards are being established as well as national initiatives that currently remain unofficial.

Newsletters

Explosives Detection Equipment (non-Aviation)

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Statement of User Needs Final Report

Wed, 2014-12-17

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This report for Task 1 of the ERNCIP DEMON Group, identifies user needs in the area of explosives detection for infrastructure protection applications (outside of aviation security). It spans guidance, training, equipment development, canine capability, and assurance, and considers various categories of infrastructure sites reflecting different detection needs.

For further details, please contact the ERNCIP Office.

List-Mode Digital Data Acquisition

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List-mode data acquisition based on digital electronics - State-of-the-art report

Fri, 2014-12-05

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This report deals with digital radiation detection systems employing list-mode data collection, which improves data analysis capabilities. Future data acquisition systems shall also ultimately enable the movement of detection data from first responders electronically to analysis centres rather than the costly and time consuming process of moving experts and/or samples. This new technology is especially useful in crisis events, when time and resources are sparse and increased analysis capacity is required. In order to utilise the opportunities opened by these new technologies, the systems have to be interoperable, so that the data from each type of detector can easily be analysed by different analysis centres. Successful interoperability of the systems requires that European and/or international standards are devised for the digitised data format. The basis of such a format is a list of registered events detailing an estimate of the energy of the detected radiation, along with an accurate time-stamp for recorded events (and optionally other parameters describing each event). 

2nd ERNCIP Operators Workshop: May 19th and 20th, 2014

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Second ERNCIP Operators Workshop - Workshop Report

Tue, 2014-09-16

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In order to intensify the collaboration with operators of critical infrastructure, ERNCIP has so far organised two cross-sectoral Operators’ Workshops; the first one took place in Brussels on 12-13 September, 2013 and the second one took place in Ispra on 19-20 May 2014. This document is co-written by the three moderators for the second Operators’ Workshop; Carmine Rizzo, Klaus Keus and Alois J. Sieber. The report summarises and analyses the discussions and also presents some recommendations based on the outcome.

Reports

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Technology Certification for Critical Infrastructure Protection

Tue, 2014-09-09

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Within Europe, there is a very high level of knowledge and experience in product and facility certification necessary or useful for CIP. The European Union New Legislative Framework has helped to drive the development of the sector, because of the important role given to “notified bodies”: organisations selected by the Member States to carry out assessments of conformity with harmonized standards.

Aviation Security Detection Equipment

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Detection Requirements and Testing Methodologies for Aviation Security Screening Devices in the EU and EFTA (JRC81650) For further details please contact us.

Tue, 2014-09-02

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The European Commission is laying down legally binding technical specifications and performance requirements for aviation security screening equipment used at the EU airports. Introducing such performance standards in legislation requires a harmonised single European conformity assessment mechanism. As preparation for such a certification scheme, a study was carried out to get a better view of the performance requirements and testing methodologies for screening equipment at civil airports employed in the EU and EFTA Member States today, including the process of acquiring equipment. The study was organised by the European Reference Network for Critical Infrastructure Protection (ERNCIP) thematic area on Detection Equipment for Civil Aviation Security (ERNCIP-AVSEC) and is based on a questionnaire that was distributed via the Regulatory Committee on Aviation Security to EU and EFTA states' authorities in November 2012. The results from the study show that 18 of the 27 countries that responded to the questionnaire have an approval procedure in place for aviation security equipment regarding threat detection performance. Only four countries, however, issue product certificates. Procurement of equipment for passenger and hold baggage screening is typically handled by airports while for in-flight supplies and cargo it is sometimes handled by regulated agents. On-site acceptance tests are required in 11 of the countries while 19 countries conduct daily tests. Mainly two entities are responsible for adjusting sensitivity settings: the airport operators and the appropriate authorities.

For further details, please contact the ERNCIP Office.​

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Technical Considerations on Explosives Trace Detection in EU Legislation (JRC85509) For further details please contact us.

Tue, 2014-09-02

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Explosives trace detectors (ETD) are security detection equipment which indicates presence of explosives by detecting trace amounts of explosives, either in the form of particulate material or as a vapour. Due to its high sensitivity, ETD is today regarded as an essential tool for airport security screening. The EU Regulator has also included ETD as eligible equipment, sometimes as a supplementary technique, for practical all regulated screening situations at EU airports. However, detailed measures for its actual use are rather sparse and not consistent across the various chapters of the Regulation. There are measures detailed for its use in some situations but not for other. Guidelines on sampling are not consistent and sometimes missing. Furthermore, detection performance standards remain to be defined. The aim of this study is to give an overview of the implementation of ETD in Regulation as of today and to provide an expert assessment of how it may be improved, particularly regarding guidance on sampling.

For further details, please contact the ERNCIP Office.​