Division (a)

In order to be homologated, the IBNS must have passed various tests in a test laboratory that has been approved or recognised by a participating Member State. It must furthermore be accompanied by instructions for its use, which indicate the operating procedures and conditions that ensure the effectiveness of the destruction or neutralisation of the banknotes.

These tests must make it possible to ascertain that the following technical characteristics of the IBNS are satisfactory:

1. (i)

   Main required functions of the monitoring system

   • permanently to monitor and record the instructions concerning the conditions for access to, and use of, the IBNS,

   • continuously to verify compliance with these instructions and detect anomalous situations,

   • automatically and immediately to neutralise the banknotes in the event of non-compliance with the instructions, detection of anomalous situations or opening of the container outside the pre-programmed time periods and/or locations.

2. (ii)

   Location where the monitoring system may be programmed and influence of CIT security staff on how the IBNS operates

   An IBNS must be programmed only in a secured area. An end-to-end IBNS must only be programmed in a secure location.

   CIT security staff must not have any means whatsoever of influencing the operation of the IBNS outside the pre-programmed time periods and/or locations. However, where there is a time-delay system for triggering the neutralisation, the CIT security staff may re-initiate the time delay once.

3. (iii)

   Location where the IBNS may be opened (for end-to-end systems)

   An IBNS must only be opened in the pre-programmed destinations.