Commission publishes performance requirements for X-ray equipment used to protect public spaces

On 23 June 2022, the Commission adopted a Recommendation on voluntary performance requirements for X-ray equipment used in public spaces. These performance requirements will encourage the procurement of high-quality, X-ray scanners, and will establish a benchmark for a high level of protection from security threats in public spaces across the Union. This Recommendation for X-ray equipment is the first ever set of harmonised European requirements for threat detection equipment outside aviation, and it is anticipated that additional Commission Recommendations will follow for other categories of detection equipment used by frontline security personnel, such as metal detectors and handheld detectors of chemicals and explosives. 

Link to Commission Recommendation (EU) 2022/1341 of 23 June 2022: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32022H1341