  A search for the double beta processes in 106Cd was carried out at the Gran
Sasso National Laboratories of the INFN (Italy) with the help of a 106CdWO4
crystal scintillator (215 g) enriched in 106Cd up to 66%. After 6590 h of data
taking, new improved half-life limits on the double beta processes in 106Cd
were established at the level of 10^{19}-10^{21} yr; in particular,
T_{1/2}(2\nu \epsilon \beta^+) > 2.1 10^{20} yr, T_{1/2}(2\nu 2\beta^+) > 4.3
10^{20} yr, and T_{1/2}(0\nu 2\epsilon) > 1.0 10^{21} yr. The resonant
neutrinoless double electron captures to the 2718 keV, 2741 keV and 2748 keV
excited states of 106Pd are restricted to T_{1/2}(0\nu 2K) > 4.3 10^{20} yr,
T_{1/2}(0\nu KL1) > 9.5 10^{20} yr and T_{1/2}(0\nu KL3) > 4.3 10^{20} yr,
respectively (all limits at 90% C.L.). A possible resonant enhancement of the
0\nu 2\epsilon processes is estimated in the framework of the QRPA approach.
The radioactive contamination of the 106CdWO4 crystal scintillator is reported.
