EU security standards face likely delay in UK

Final agreement over the way the European Union’s new “common basic standards for aviation security” are implemented in the UK will not be achieved by the

By Charles Alcock • Managing Editor

March 30, 2010

Final agreement over the way the European Union’s new “common basic standards for aviation security” are implemented in the UK will not be achieved by the existing April 29 deadline and could well be delayed at least until late June due to the country’s general election, which at press time is widely expected to be held on May 6. The EU is requiring all 27 of its member states to implement the new security standards through a National Aviation Security Program (Nasp). It remains unclear how consistent these will be among countries as each makes the changes on a different schedule.

Steve Marshall-Camm, assistant director for aviation security with the UK Department of Transport’s Transec division, told the March 9 annual meeting of the British Business and General Aviation Association (BBGA) that the consultation process is taking longer than expected. He also indicated that, subject to detailed risk assessment, UK officials will exercise the latitude they have to allow some groups of operators to adhere to more flexible alternate security measures (ASMs) rather than the full EU Nasp requirements.

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