| CUSTOMS CONTROL PURPOSE | CUSTOMS CONTROL EQUIPMENT |
| CATEGORY | APPLICATION |
| 1. | Non-intrusive inspection |
| X-ray scanner – High energy | Containers, trucks, rail wagons and vehicles |
| X-ray scanner – Low energy | Pallets, boxes and parcels |
| Passenger baggage |
| Vehicles |
| X-ray backscatter | Containers |
| Trucks |
| Vehicles |
| Other | Automatic Number Plate/Container Recognition Systems |
| Vehicle weighting scales |
| Forklifts and similar mobile customs control equipment |
| 2. | Indication of hidden objects on humans (1) |
| X-ray based backscatter portal | Mainly used in airports to detect hidden objects on humans (drugs, explosives, cash) |
| Body scanner |
| Millimetre wave-based security scanner |
| 3. | Radiation detection and nuclide identification |
| Radiological and Nuclear Detectors | Personal Radiation Monitor/detector (PRM) |
| Handheld Radiation detector |
| Isotope Identification Device (RIID) |
| Radiation Portal Monitor (RPM) |
| Spectrometric Portal Monitor for isotope identification (SPM) |
| 4. | Analysis of samples in laboratories |
| Equipment for the identification, quantification and verification of all possible goods | Gas and liquid chromatography (GC, LC, HPLC etc.) |
| Spectrometry and techniques combined with spectrometry (IR, Raman, UV-VIS, Fluorescence, GC-MS etc.) |
| X-ray equipment (XRF etc.) |
| NMR spectrometry and Stable isotope analyses |
| Other laboratory equipment (AAS, Distillation Analyser, DSC, Electrophoresis, Microscope, LSC, Smoking machine etc.) |
| 5. | Sampling and field analysis of samples |
| Trace detection based on Ion Mobility Spectrometry (IMS) | Portable equipment to screen traces of specific threat materials |
| Canine trace detection | Applied to a range of risks on small and larger objects |
| Sampling | Tools to take samples, fume hood, glovebox |
| Mobile laboratories | Vehicle fully housing equipment for field analysis of samples |
| Handheld detectors | Analysis of organic materials, metals and alloys |
| Chemical colorimetric tests |
| Raman spectroscopy |
| Infrared spectroscopy |
| X-ray fluorescence |
| Gas detectors for containers |
| Personal hand tools | Pocket tools |
| Mechanics tool kit |
| Telescoping mirror |
| Devices | Endoscope |
| Stationary or handed metal detector |
| Cameras to check the under-side of vehicles |
| Ultrasonic device |
| Density meter |
| Other | Underwater search |
