DGAIR

European Carrier Variations Catalogue Technical Arrangement (ECVC – TA)

The aim of this project was the harmonisation of existing procedures for the transport of dangerous goods by Air amongst the EAG Nations.
The outcome of the study is a document known as the European Carrier Variations Catalogue, (ECVC) for non-ICAO/IATA compliant Dangerous Goods (DG). The consequent TA, signed by six EAG Nations (BEL, DEU, ESP, GBR, ITA and NLD), provides a multi-national framework to facilitate the transport of DG items forbidden by ICAO/IATA Regulations, of any (Requesting) Nation on board another (Providing) Nation’s AT aircraft, in order to improve operational capabilities and interoperability for multinational deployed operations.
The ECVC applies to an identified list of DG items most commonly transported by national MODs (initial agreement on 30 items Class 1). It includes an agreed set of procedures promulgated for the direction and guidance of all personnel concerned with the preparation and movement of DG in AT aircraft, and mandatory controls for the safe carriage of hazardous consignments in all such aircraft. To this end, the ECVC is a living document and therefore needs to be revalidated and amended continuously by partner nations.
The longer term aspiration is the broadening of the ECVC both in its inclusion of more DG items as well as increasing the number of nations signing the TA. The Catalogue is expected to evolve under the direction of the ECVC Commitee, composed of national SMEs that will be nominated by signatory Nations.

AASTP-2

The EAG has been recognized by the CNAD AC 326/Sub Group 4 as further advanced in its work to deliver a solution for the conveyance of DG by Air. NATO is in the process of writing the Air Chapter to the Allied Ammunition Storage and Transportation Procedure – 2 (AASTP-2) and members of the CNAD accepted that much of the work for this had already been carried out by the EAG in the form of its ECVC.  It was therefore decided to ask the EAG to contribute its expertise in this area to the development of the Air Chapter of AASTP-2.

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