The preliminary results of the recent control visit of the European Commission (EC), which were presented to the Civil Aviation Agency (CAA), show continuity in the application of the highest level of Montenegrin compliance with the European standards of safety in civil aviation of the European Union (EU), the CAA announced.
The announcement adds that this is particularly significant because the Montenegrin status in the system called One stop security, which CAA implemented with the European Air Transport Conference (ECAC) and the EC, was confirmed.
"This is a great success for Montenegro, which has confirmed that it is a country that applies all the security measures implemented by all EU members at airports. This status practically means that the security control, carried out at the airports in Podgorica and Tivat, is treated as if carried out in EU countries", announced the director of ACV, Ivan Šćekić.
The CAA said that representatives of the EC conducted an assessment of the civil aviation security system in Montenegro from May 27 to 31 this year, as part of the "One Stop Security" program.
Šćekić said that Montenegro continues to be a part of that program.
"For passengers, whose initial destination is Montenegro, their luggage and goods, this means in practice that they do not have to go through additional security controls at the airports of EU countries, which apply One Stop Security. Therefore, screening at Montenegrin airports is treated the same as control carried out in one of the European countries," Šćekić explained.
CAA stated that EC representatives controlled the airports in Tivat and Podgorica and reviewed all activities and measures applied by airport operators and other actors involved in air traffic within the civil aviation security system of Montenegro.
"Also, the EC inspectors checked the compliance of national regulations with European legislation in the field of civil aviation safety, in the part of the implementation of European regulations through the National Civil Aviation Safety Program of Montenegro and the Montenegrin Civil Aviation Safety Quality Control Program," the announcement reads.
The CAA also said that the EC's supervision also related to the way of controlling the safety of civil aviation performed by the CAA as a national supervisory authority, as well as to the way of certification of airport operator personnel, which is carried out by the Agency.
"Among the numerous controls of the civil aviation security system are last year's checks by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the US Transportation Security Agency (TSA), which also showed a high degree of compliance of the civil aviation security system with standards in this area. Additionally, constant monitoring, which are carried out by the CAA inspector at the national level through a large number of inspections, tests and audits, have significantly contributed to Montenegro becoming an example of achieved high standards of civil aviation safety for other countries in the region, as well as beyond," the CAA statement concludes.
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