Professional paper
Explosives Precursors (Home – Made Explosives): Regulations and Supervision
Avgustin Pavičić
; The Civil Protection Headquarters of the Republic of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia
Mirjana Kondor-Langer
; Police College, Police Academy, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
To cause crisis or emergency situations, or to commit the most serious crimes, the perpetrator often uses explosive substances of military or economic use. Various chemicals which are in use in various industries and also chemicals that are used almost daily by citizens (individuals) are increasingly used for the purposes of the illicit manufacture of explosive devices (home-made explosives). Chemicals used to make explosives (home-made explosives) are called explosives precursors, and a large number of such chemicals are commercially available. Due to the high-security risk resulting from the illicit manufacture of explosives by the use of various chemicals, i.e. precursors of explosives the European Parliament and the Council 15 January 2013 brought Regulation (EU) No 98/2013 on the marketing and use of explosives precursors (OJ L 39, 9.2.2013). Regulation (EU) No 98/2013 establish rules for the market placing and use of explosives precursors. In connection with the aforementioned Regulation, in 2016, the Law on its implementation was adopted in the Republic of Croatia. Due to the extensive legitimate use of various explosives, especially explosives precursors, and the rapid development in the misuse of these substances, constant efforts are needed to improve the control system for the production, traffic and use of explosive substances and explosives precursors. The only way to make it difficult, or to minimise the possibility of illicit production of explosives, is to monitor the substances from which such explosives are produced constantly.
Keywords
explosives precursors; Regulation (EU) No 98/2013; legitimate processes; supervision
Hrčak ID:
237973
URI
Publication date:
12.5.2020.
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