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EN 17483-4:2026

Private security services - Protection of critical infrastructure - Part 4: Energy sector security services

Edition date: 2026-04-22
In Force
Summary: This document gives the sector specific requirements for the provision of private security services in the energy sector that are additional to the requirements of EN 17483-1. This document specifies service requirements for quality in organization, processes, personnel and management of a security service provider and/or its independent branches and establishments under commercial law and trade as a provider with regard to security services in the energy sector. This document defines quality criteria for the delivery of security services in the energy sector requested by public and private clients. This document is suitable for the selection, attribution, awarding and reviewing of the most suitable provider of security services in the energy sector. NOTE 1 This document is the Part 4 of a series of standards on the provision of private security services for critical infrastructure. See Figure 2. NOTE 2 It is important that the selection of a private security service provider always represents the best balance between quality and price. This document sets out the minimum requirements that providers are expected to comply with in order for this balance to be struck. This document is not applicable to private security services in nuclear power plants. A list of activities for Private Security Companies (PSC) in Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) in the energy sector comprises: 1. Perimeter Protection and Surveillance: - human - reception services, static guarding, patrols, dog-handler; - technology – CCTV, unmanned vehicles (air/ground/sea); others; - operation of a control/monitoring room; - operation of an alarm monitoring centre; - access Control and Management (turnstiles, barriers, authorization and badges). 2. Human and technology, e.g. use of screening and detection equipment for: - vehicles; - goods; - visitors; - staff; - contractors; 3. Site security and mobile patrolling/ Static guarding activities required to secure a specific facility/area and mobile patrolling on-site and in buildings within the site; 4. Emergency response; - alarm response; - first aid response.

Le présent document fournit les exigences sectorielles relatives à la prestation de services de sécurité privée dans le secteur de l'énergie, qui viennent compléter les exigences de l’EN 17483 1. Le présent document spécifie les exigences de qualité de service relatives à l’organisation, aux processus, au personnel et à la gestion d’un prestataire de services de sécurité et/ou de ses succursales et établissements indépendants en vertu du droit commercial, agissant en tant que prestataire de services de sécurité dans le secteur de l'énergie. Le présent document définit les critères de qualité relatifs à la prestation de services de sécurité dans le secteur de l'énergie demandés par des clients publics et privés. Le présent document est adapté à la sélection, l’attribution, l’adjudication et la revue du prestataire de services de sécurité le plus approprié dans le secteur de l'énergie. NOTE 1 Le présent document constitue la quatrième partie d’une série de normes sur la prestation de services de sécurité privée pour les infrastructures critiques. Voir la Figure 2. Figure 2 — Structure des normes sectorielles NOTE 2 Il est important que le choix d’un prestataire de services de sécurité privée représente toujours le meilleur équilibre entre la qualité et le prix. Le présent document définit les exigences minimales auxquelles les prestataires sont tenus de se conformer pour que cet équilibre soit atteint. Le présent document ne s'applique pas aux services de sécurité privée dans les centrales nucléaires. Une liste des activités pour les prestataires de services de sécurité privée dans le cadre de la protection des infrastructures critiques dans le secteur de l'énergie comprend: 1. la protection et la surveillance du périmètre: — humains – services d'accueil, garde statique, patrouilles, maîtres-chiens; — technologie – vidéosurveillance, véhicules autonomes (aériens/terrestres/ maritimes), autres; — exploitation d'une salle de contrôle/surveillance; — exploitation d'un centre de téléassistance; — contrôle et gestion des accès (tourniquets, barrières, autorisations et badges). 2. l'homme et la technologie, par exemple l'utilisation d'équipements de filtrage et de détection pour: — les véhicules; — les biens; — les visiteurs; — le personnel; — les contractants. 3. les activités relatives à la sécurité du site et les patrouilles mobiles/activités de gardiennage statique requises pour sécuriser une installation/zone spécifique et les patrouilles mobiles sur site et dans les bâtiments au sein du site; 4. les réponses en situation d'urgence; — réponse en cas d'alarme; — réponse des premiers secours.

Dieses Dokument enthält die branchenspezifischen Anforderungen für die Erbringung von privaten Sicherheitsdienstleistungen im Energiesektor an, die zusätzlich zu den Anforderungen von EN 17483 1 gelten. Dieses Dokument legt Dienstleistungsanforderungen an die Qualität in Bezug auf Organisation, Prozesse, Personal und Verwaltung eines Sicherheitsdienstleisters und/oder seiner unabhängigen Zweigstellen und Niederlassungen nach Handelsrecht als Anbieter von Sicherheitsdienstleistungen für den Energiesektor fest. Dieses Dokument legt Qualitätskriterien für das Erbringen von Sicherheitsdienstleistungen im Energiesektor fest, die von öffentlichen und privaten Auftraggebern nachgefragt werden. Dieses Dokument ist geeignet für die Auswahl, Zuordnung, Auftragsvergabe und Überprüfung des am besten geeigneten Anbieters von Sicherheitsdienstleistungen im Energiesektor. ANMERKUNG 1 Dieses Dokument ist Teil 4 einer Normenreihe über die Erbringung von privaten Sicherheitsdienstleistungen für kritische Infrastrukturen. Siehe Bild 2.

ICS: 27.010-Energy and heat transfer engineering in general
CTN: CEN/TC 439 - 1969247

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