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A search for double electron capture of 106Cd was performed at the Modane Underground Laboratory (4800 m w.e.) using a low-background and high-sensitivity multidetector spectrometer TGV-2 (Telescope Germanium Vertical). New limits on β +/EC, EC/EC decays of 106Cd were obtained from preliminary calculations of experimental data accumulated for 4800 h of measurement of 10 g of 106Cd with enrichment of 75%. They are % MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafiart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr% 4rNCHbGeaGqiVy0de9vqqrpepC0xbbL8F4rqqrFfpeea0xe9Lq-Jc9% vqaqpepm0xbba9pwe9Q8fs0-yqaqpepae9pg0FirpepeKkFr0xfr-x% fr-xb9adbaqaaeGaciGaaiaabeqaamaabaabaaGcbaGaamivamaaDa% aaleaadaWcgaqaaiaaigdaaeaacaaIYaaaaaqaaiaaikdacqaH9oGB% cqaHYoGydaahaaadbeqaaiabgUcaRaaaieaaliaa-veacaWFdbaaaa% aa!3EF4! $$T_{{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}}^{2\nu \beta ^ + EC} $$ > 9.1 × 1018 yr, % MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafiart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr% 4rNCHbGeaGqiVy0de9vqqrpepC0xbbL8F4rqqrFfpeea0xe9Lq-Jc9% vqaqpepm0xbba9pwe9Q8fs0-yqaqpepae9pg0FirpepeKkFr0xfr-x% fr-xb9adbaqaaeGaciGaaiaabeqaamaabaabaaGcbaGaamivamaaDa% aaleaadaWcgaqaaiaaigdaaeaacaaIYaaaaaqaaiaaikdacqaH9oGB% daWcgaqaaGqaaiaa-veacaWFdbaabaGaa8xraiaa-neaaaaaaaaa!3DD8! $$T_{{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}}^{2\nu {{EC} \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{EC} {EC}}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {EC}}} $$ > 1.9 × 1019 yr for transitions to the first 2+, 511.9 keV excited state of 106Pd, and % MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafiart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr% 4rNCHbGeaGqiVy0de9vqqrpepC0xbbL8F4rqqrFfpeea0xe9Lq-Jc9% vqaqpepm0xbba9pwe9Q8fs0-yqaqpepae9pg0FirpepeKkFr0xfr-x% fr-xb9adbaqaaeGaciGaaiaabeqaamaabaabaaGcbaGaamivamaaDa% aaleaadaWcgaqaaiaaigdaaeaacaaIYaaaaaqaaiaaikdacqaH9oGB% cqaHYoGydaahaaadbeqaaiabgUcaRaaaieaaliaa-veacaWFdbaaaa% aa!3EF4! $$T_{{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}}^{2\nu \beta ^ + EC} $$ > 1.3 × 1019 yr, % MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafiart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr% 4rNCHbGeaGqiVy0de9vqqrpepC0xbbL8F4rqqrFfpeea0xe9Lq-Jc9% vqaqpepm0xbba9pwe9Q8fs0-yqaqpepae9pg0FirpepeKkFr0xfr-x% fr-xb9adbaqaaeGaciGaaiaabeqaamaabaabaaGcbaGaamivamaaDa% aaleaadaWcgaqaaiaaigdaaeaacaaIYaaaaaqaaiaaikdacqaH9oGB% daWcgaqaaGqaaiaa-veacaWFdbaabaGaa8xraiaa-neaaaaaaaaa!3DD8! $$T_{{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}}^{2\nu {{EC} \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{EC} {EC}}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {EC}}} $$ > 6.2 × 1019 yr for transitions to the ground 0+ state of 106Pd. All limits are given at 90% C.L. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]