European Legislation and its Role in the Fight against CBRNE

Abstract:

Nowadays, with the potential employment of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Explosives (CBRNE), terrorism poses a threat to all countries over the world, it becomes scary phenomenon at a global scale. The author introduces key agreements dealing with this subject: Chemical Weapons Convention, European Agreement concerning the international carriage of Dangerous goods by Road, European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways, Regulations concerning the International carriage of Dangerous Goods by rail, and so on. The main objective of the EU is to introduce such legal measures so that it would be extremely difficult for terrorist groups to legally gain CBRNE materials. The purpose of this essay is to analyse legal frame of CBRNE materials and to stress the protection against their misusing within an authority of the ACR.

Ltc. Ing. Martin Klusáček, born in 1982, Military University of the Ground Forces (VVŠ PV) Vyškov, Faculty of Military Systems Control, (commander-manager of field engineering programme, University of Defence Brno, Faculty of Economics and Military Management (FEM). In 2005 he completed the ENTEC course at Euro NATO Training Engineer Centre, Federal Republic Germany. From the year 2005, with the exception of period 2007-2008 at the University of Defence Brno, he was employed as a service commander in the engineer units of Czech forces. Since 2008, he has been serving in EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) units. He is occupied with the analyses of new military trends. He published only in the review Vojenské rozhledy.

Country: Czech Republic

12/07/2010

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