Air Cargo Security

Abstract

Homeland security is all activities to protect, guard and protect people, communities of people, infrastructure and property against asymmetric threats of military or non-military, and those generated by geo-physical, weather-related or other natural and threatening human life, liberty, property and activities of the people and communities, infrastructure and socio-economic activities, and other values at a level of intensity and scope significantly different from the usual state. Internal security for both, citizen safety and public security, border security, energy, transport and supply systems vital resources and critical infrastructure protection.It includes, in terms of structural, societal security and ensuring legal status, countering terrorism and organized crime, security, banking and financial activities, information systems and the communications, environmental protection and disaster. After the attacks of September 11, 2001, the Commission adopted Regulation (EC) no. 2320/2002 of December 16, 2002, to impose rules, measures and procedures unique to air safety. Regulation covers, inter alia, the following areas: passenger safety checks, safety zones at airports, control staff, safe configuration in the cockpit, training and air-ground communication. Regulation requires Member States to introduce national security programs for civil air traffic. In September 2005 the Commission submitted a proposal for revision of the Regulation [COM (2005) 429]. In early 2008, the European Parliament and Council have reached agreement on the new Regulation (EC) no. 300/2008 of 11 March 2008, which regulate, among other things, safety during flight, such as access to the cockpit, carrying of weapons or appointing safety attendants (sky marshals).

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Constantin Georgescu

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Constantin Georgescu (2012). Air Cargo Security. International Journal of Academic Research in Accounting, Finance and Management Sciences, 2(1), 340-346. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-247782