EU SECURITY SPECIALISTS CALL FOR MORE DETAILED RULES ON AIRPORT PROTECTION
May 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
CONTRARY to the usual light touch regulation favoured by businesses worldwide, the European Union (EU) security sector seems to want the EU to tighten its airport rules. There is an EU regulation on airport security, but at a Brussels conference hosted by think tank Security & Defence Agenda (SDA), specialists said its text was so loose, airports often bought the cheapest security equipment and specifications varied widely. Jacques Cipriano, European affairs chief for French security firm Safran told delegates: "There is no way of ...
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