Videoconference, 14-15 June 2023 — The Explosive Detection Dogs (EDD) Study Group met in virtual session to consider the tasks in its 2023 work programme. The participants agreed on a new structure for the EDD documentation, and suggested transferring most of the recent relevant guidance contained in ECAC Doc 30, Part II - Security annexes to the ECAC Aviation Security Handbook. They then reviewed the main EDD guidance document, General Testing Methodology. These proposals will be considered by the Security Programme Management Group.
The meeting took note of the outcome of the first EDD mentoring activity held in London in June 2023, and agreed on the format of a second event planned in Belgium in October 2023. It also established the steps to be followed when reviewing the EDD threat list.