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EU seeks to simplify certification procedure for aviation security equipment

Xinhua, September 7, 2016 Adjust font size:

The European Union (EU) mulls to unify the bloc's various certification procedures among member states on aviation security equipment and enhance its competitiveness in a global market worth 14 billion euros(15.74 billion U.S. dollars).

The European Commission, the bloc's executive body, proposed to establish a single EU certification procedure, it said in a statement on Wednesday, adding the move aims to end the current market's fragmentation due to national certification procedures.

The introduction of an EU certificate would allow security equipment approved in one member state to also be put on the market in others, the commission said.

The move was as well expected to increase the competitiveness of the bloc's security industry in global arena, which according to EU data, had an annual global turnover of 14 billion euros, of which 4.2 billion euros was in the EU alone. Endit