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REGULATION (EU) No 1294/2013 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 11 December 2013
establishing an action programme for customs in the European Union for the period 2014-2020
(Customs 2020) and repealing Decision No 624/2007/EC
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
employment and rationalise and coordinate the Member
EUROPEAN UNION,
States' actions to protect their financial and economic
interests and those of the Union, the Programme will
actively strengthen the functioning of the customs
union, so that businesses and citizens can benefit from
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
the full potential of the internal market and of global
Union, and in particular Article 33 thereof,
trade.
(3) In
order
to
support
the
process
of
accession
and
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
association by third countries, the Programme should
be open to the participation of acceding and candidate
countries as well as potential candidates and partner
countries of the European Neighbourhood Policy if
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national
certain conditions are fulfilled. Considering the increasing
parliaments,
interconnectivity of the world economy, the Programme
should continue to provide the possibility of involving
external experts, such as officials of third countries,
representatives of international organisations or
Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure ( 1 ),
economic operators in certain activities. The participation
of external experts is considered to be essential whenever
the objectives of a programme cannot be achieved
without the contribution of those experts. The setting
Whereas:
up of the European External Action Service under the
authority of the High Representative of the Union for
Foreign Affairs and Security Policy facilitates policy coor
dination and coherence in an area which is a relevant
(1) The
multi-annual
action
programme
for
customs
which
component of the Union's external strategies and actions,
applied before 2014 has significantly contributed to
both on a bilateral and multilateral basis.
facilitating and enhancing cooperation between customs
authorities within the Union. Many of the activities in the
customs area are of a cross-border nature, involving and
(4) The
objectives
of
the
Programme
should
take
into
affecting all Member States, and therefore they cannot be
account the problems and challenges identified for
effectively and efficiently delivered by individual Member
customs in the next decade. The Programme should
States. A customs programme at Union level, imple
continue to play a role in vital areas such as the
mented by the Commission, offers Member States a
coherent implementation of Union law in the field of
Union framework to develop those cooperation activities,
customs and related matters. Moreover, the Programme
which is more cost–efficient than if each Member State
should focus on protecting the financial and economic
were to set up individual cooperation frameworks on a
interests of the Union and safeguarding safety and
bilateral or multilateral basis. It is therefore appropriate
security. This should encompass, inter alia, cooperation
to ensure the continuation of the previous multi-annual
and information pooling between national and Union
action programme for customs by establishing a new
market monitoring authorities and the customs auth
programme in the same area, the Customs 2020
orities. The Programme should also be dedicated to
programme ('the Programme').
trade facilitation, inter alia, through collaborative efforts
to fight fraud and increasing the administrative capacity
of customs authorities. In that perspective, a cost-benefit
analysis of detection equipment and related technology
(2) The
activities
under
the
Programme,
namely
the
should be carried out in order to facilitate the acquisition
European Information Systems, the joint actions for
of modern customs control tools by customs authorities
customs officials and the common training initiatives,
after 2020. Methods facilitating the acquisition of
will contribute to the realisation of the Europe 2020
modern customs control tools, including joint public
Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth by
procurement, should also be explored.
strengthening the functioning of the internal market. In
providing a framework for activities which strive for
more efficient and modernised customs authorities,
(5) The
programme
tools
which
applied
before
2014
have
strengthen the competitiveness of businesses, promote
proven to be adequate and should therefore be retained.
In view of the need for more structured operational
( 1 ) Position of the European Parliament of 21 November 2013 (not yet
cooperation, additional tools should be added, namely
published in the Official Journal)
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to perform tasks jointly in specific domains and public
and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on
administration capacity-building actions which should
cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound
provide specialised assistance to those participating
financial management ( 2 ), for the European Parliament
countries in need of administrative capacity building.
and the Council during the annual budgetary procedure.
(11) In
line
with
the
Commission's
commitment,
set
out
in
its
(6) The
European
Information
Systems
play
a
vital
role
in
Communication of 19 October 2010 entitled 'The EU
reinforcing the customs systems within the Union and
Budget Review', to coherence and simplification of
should therefore continue to be financed under the
funding programmes, resources should be shared with
Programme. In addition, it should be made possible to
other Union funding instruments if the envisaged
include in the Programme new customs-related
activities under the Programme pursue objectives which
information systems established under Union law. The
are common to various funding instruments, excluding
European Information Systems should, where appro
however double financing. Actions under the Programme
priate, be based upon shared development models and
should ensure coherence in the use of the Union's
IT architecture, in order to increase the flexibility and
resources supporting the functioning of the customs
efficiency of customs administration.
union.
(7) Human
competency
building
should
also
be
carried
out (12) The
measures
necessary
for
the
financial
implementation
in the form of common training and should be realised
of this Regulation should be adopted in accordance with
through the Programme. Customs officials need to build
Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European
up and update their knowledge and the skills required to
Parliament and of the Council ( 3 ) and with Commission
serve the needs of the Union. The Programme should be
Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012 ( 4 ).
essential to strengthen human capacities through
enhanced training support that targets customs officials
as well as economic operators. To that end, the current
common training approach of the Union, which was
(13) The
financial
interests
of
the
Union
should
be
protected
mainly based on central eLearning development, should
through appropriate measures throughout the expen
develop into a multifaceted training support programme
diture cycle, including the prevention, detection and
for the Union.
investigation of irregularities, the recovery of funds lost,

unduly paid or incorrectly used, and, where appropriate,
penalties.
(8) The
Programme
should
give
due
importance,
and
allocate
an adequate share of its budget, to the functioning of the
(14) Cooperation
on
intelligent
risk
assessment
is
vital
in
existing European Information Systems for customs and
order to allow compliant and trustworthy businesses to
to the development of new European Information
gain maximum benefit from the simplification of the e-
Systems necessary for the implementation of the Union
administration of customs, and allowing irregularities to
Customs Code. At the same time, the appropriate means
be targeted.
should be dedicated to activities bringing together
officials working with customs and to human
competency building. Moreover, the Programme should
provide for a certain degree of budgetary flexibility in
(15) In
order
to
ensure
uniform
conditions
for
the
implemen
order to respond to changes in policy priorities.
tation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be
conferred on the Commission in respect of the estab
lishment of the annual work programmes. Those
powers should be exercised in accordance with Regu
lation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament
(9) The
Programme
should
cover
a
period
of
seven
years
to
and of the Council ( 5 ).
align its duration with that of the multiannual financial
framework laid down in Council Regulation (EU,
Euratom) No 1311/2013 (
( 2 ) OJ C 373, 20.12.2013, p. 1.

1 ).
( 3 ) Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules
applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing
Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (OJ L 298,
26.10.2012, p. 1).
(10) This
Regulation
lays
down
a
financial
envelope
for
the
( 4 ) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012 of
entire duration of the Programme which is to constitute
29 October 2012 on the rules of application of Regulation
the prime reference amount, within the meaning of point
(EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of
17 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December
the Council on the financial rules applicable to the general budget
2013 between the European Parliament, the Council
of the Union (OJ L 362, 31.12.2012, p. 1).
( 5 ) Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general
( 1 ) Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 of 2 December
principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of
2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the year
the Commission's exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55,
2014-2020 (See page 884 of this Official Journal).
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(16) In order to respond appropriately to changes in policy
States competent authorities, in particular the public
priorities, the power to adopt acts in accordance with
independent authorities designated by the Member
Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the
States. Regulation (EU) No 45/2001 of the European
European Union should be delegated to the Commission
Parliament and of the Council ( 2 ) governs the processing
in respect of amending the list of indicators to measure
of personal data carried out by the Commission within
the achievement of the specific objectives and modifying
the framework of this Regulation and under the super
the indicative amounts allocated to each type of action. It
vision of the European Data Protection Supervisor. Any
is of particular importance that the Commission carry
exchange or transmission of information by competent
out appropriate consultations during its preparatory
authorities should be in accordance with the rules on the
work, including at expert level. The Commission, when
transfer of personal data as laid down in Directive
preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure a
95/46/EC and any exchange or transmission of
simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of
information by the Commission should be in accordance
relevant documents to the European Parliament and to
with the rules on the transfer of personal data as laid
the Council.
down in Regulation (EC) No 45/2001.
(17) Since
the
objective
of
this
Regulation,
namely
estab
(21) This
Regulation
replaces
Decision
No
624/2007/EC
of
lishing a multiannual programme to improve the func
the European Parliament and of the Council ( 3 ). That
tioning of the customs union, cannot be sufficiently
Decision should therefore be repealed,
achieved by the Member States as they cannot efficiently
perform the cooperation and coordination necessary to
carry out the Programme, but can rather, by reason of its
HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
scale and effects, be better achieved at Union level, the
Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the
principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the
CHAPTER I
Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the
principle of proportionality as set out in that Article,
GENERAL PROVISIONS
this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary
in order to achieve that objective.
Article 1
Subject matter
(18) The
Commission
should
be
assisted
by
the
Customs
1. A
multiannual
action
programme "Customs 2020" ("the
2020 Committee for the implementation of the
Programme") is hereby established to support the functioning of
Programme.
the customs union.
(19) To
facilitate
the
evaluation
of
the
Programme,
a
proper
2. The
Programme
shall
cover
the
period
from
1
January
framework for monitoring the results achieved by the
2014 to 31 December 2020.
Programme should be put in place from the very
beginning. A mid-term evaluation looking at the
achievement of the objectives of the Programme, its effi
Article 2
ciency and its added value at the European level, should
Definitions
be carried out. A final evaluation should, in addition, deal
with the long–term impact and the sustainability effects
For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions
of the Programme. Full transparency with regular
shall apply:
reporting on monitoring and evaluation to the
European Parliament and to the Council should be
ensured. Those evaluations should be based on indi
(1) "customs authorities" means the authorities responsible for
cators, measuring the effects of the Programme against
applying rules on customs;
pre-defined baselines. The indicators should, inter alia,
measure the time during which the Common Communi
cation Network is available without system failures, as
(2) "external experts" means:
this is the condition for the proper functioning of all
the European Information Systems, for customs auth
orities to cooperate efficiently within the customs union.
(a) representatives of governmental authorities, including
those from countries not participating in the
Programme, pursuant to Article 3(2);
(20) Directive
95/46/EC
of
the
European
Parliament
and
of
the Council ( 1 ) governs the processing of personal data
( 2 ) Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the
carried out in the Member States in the context of this
Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with
Regulation and under the supervision of the Member
regard to the processing of personal data by the Community insti
tutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data (OJ L 8,
12.1.2001, p. 1).
( 1 ) Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
( 3 ) Decision N o 624/2007/EC of the European Parliament and the
of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to
Council of 23 May 2007 establishing an action programme for
the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such
customs in the Community (Customs 2013) (OJ L 154, 14.6.2007,
data (OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31).
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(b) economic operators and organisations representing
2. The
specific
objectives
shall
be
to
support
customs
auth
economic operators;
orities in protecting the financial and economic interests of the
Union and of the Member States, including the fight against
fraud and the protection of intellectual property rights, to
(c) representatives of international and other relevant
increase safety and security, to protect citizens and the
organisations.
environment, to improve the administrative capacity of the
customs authorities and to strengthen the competitiveness of
European businesses.
Article 3
The specific objectives shall be achieved, in particular by:
Participation in the Programme
1. Participating
countries
shall
be
the
Member
States
and
the
countries referred to in paragraph 2, provided that the
(a) computerisation;
conditions set out in that paragraph are met.
(b) ensuring modern and harmonised approaches to customs
procedures and controls;
2. The
Programme
shall
be
open
to
participation
by
any
of
the following countries:
(c) facilitating legitimate trade;
(a) acceding countries, candidate countries and potential
(d) reducing compliance costs and administrative burden; and
candidates benefiting from a pre-accession strategy, in
accordance with the general principles and general terms
and conditions for the participation of those countries in
(e) enhancing the functioning of the customs authorities.
Union programmes established in the respective framework
agreements, Association Council decisions or similar agree
ments;
3. The
achievement
of
the
specific
objectives
shall
be
measured on the basis of the indicators listed in Annex I.
Where necessary, those indicators may be revised during the
(b) partner countries of the European Neighbourhood Policy
course of the Programme.
provided that those countries have reached a sufficient
level of approximation of the relevant legislation and
administrative methods to those of the Union.
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in
accordance with Article 15 amending the list of indicators laid
down in Annex I.
The partner countries referred to in point (b) of the first
subparagraph shall participate in the Programme in accordance
Article 6
with provisions to be determined with those countries following
the establishment of framework agreements concerning their
Operational objectives
participation in Union programmes.
The operational objectives of the Programme shall be the
following:
Article 4
(a) to support the preparation, coherent application and
Contribution to the activities under the Programme
effective implementation of Union law and policy in the
External experts may be invited to contribute to selected
field of customs;
activities organised under the Programme wherever this is
essential for the achievement of the objectives referred to in
(b) to develop, improve, operate and support the European
Articles 5 and 6. The external experts shall be selected by the
Information Systems for customs;
Commission together with the participating countries, on the
basis of their skills, experience and knowledge relevant to the
specific activities.
(c) to identify, develop, share and apply best working practices
and administrative procedures, in particular further to
benchmarking activities;
Article 5
General objective and specific objectives
(d) to reinforce the skills and competences of customs officials;
1. The general objective of the Programme shall be to
support the functioning and modernisation of the customs
(e) to improve cooperation between customs authorities and
union in order to strengthen the internal market by means of
international organisations, third countries, other govern
cooperation between participating countries, their customs
mental authorities, including Union and national market
authorities and their officials. The general objective shall be
surveillance authorities, as well as economic operators and
pursued through the achievement of specific objectives.
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CHAPTER II
(b) IT capacity building: development, maintenance, operation
and quality control of Union components of the European
ELIGIBLE ACTIONS
Information Systems set out in Section A of Annex II and
new European Information Systems established under Union
Article 7
law;
Eligible actions
The Programme shall provide, under the conditions set out in
(c) human competency building: common training actions to
the annual work programme referred to in Article 14, financial
support the necessary professional skills and knowledge
support for the following types of action:
relating to customs.
(a) joint actions:
Article 8
Specific implementation provisions for joint actions
(i) seminars and workshops;
1. Participation in joint actions referred to in point (a) of
Article 7 shall be on a voluntary basis.
(ii) project groups, generally composed of a limited
number of countries, operational during a limited
2. Participating
countries
shall
ensure
that
officials
with
an
period of time to pursue a predefined objective with
adequate profile and qualifications are nominated to participate
a precisely defined outcome, including coordination or
in the joint actions.
benchmarking;
3. Participating
countries
shall,
when
appropriate,
take
the
(iii) working visits organised by the participating countries
measures necessary for the implementation of the joint
or another country to enable officials to acquire or
actions, in particular by raising awareness on those actions
increase their expertise or knowledge in customs
and by ensuring that an optimal use is made of the outputs
matters; for working visits organised within third
generated.
countries only travel and subsistence (accommodation
and daily allowance) costs are eligible under the
Programme;
Article 9
Specific implementation provisions for IT capacity building
(iv) monitoring activities carried out by joint teams made
up of Commission officials and officials of the partici
1. The
Commission
and
the
participating
countries
shall
pating countries to analyse customs practices, identify
ensure that the European Information Systems referred to in
any difficulties in implementing rules and, where
Section A of Annex II are developed, operated and appropriately
appropriate, make suggestions for the adaptation of
maintained.
Union rules and working methods;
2. The
Commission
shall
coordinate,
in
cooperation
with
the
(v) expert teams, namely structured forms of cooperation,
participating countries, those aspects of the establishment and
with a non-permanent or permanent character,
functioning of the Union components, listed in Section B of
pooling expertise to perform tasks in specific
Annex II, and non-Union components, described in Section C
domains or carry out operational activities, possibly
of Annex II, of the European Information Systems referred to in
with the support of online collaboration services,
Section A of Annex II which are necessary to ensure their
administrative assistance and infrastructure and
operability, interconnectivity and continuous improvement.
equipment facilities;
3. The
Union
shall
bear
the
cost
of
acquisition,
development,
(vi) customs administration capacity building and
installation, maintenance and day-to-day operation of the Union
supporting actions;
components. The cost of acquisition, development, installation,
maintenance and day-to-day operation of the non-Union
components shall be borne by the participating countries.
(vii) studies;
Article 10
(viii) jointly developed communication actions;
Specific implementation provisions for human competency
building
(ix) any other activity in support of the general, specific
1. Participation
in
the
common
training
actions
referred
to
and operational objectives set out in Articles 5 and 6;
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2. Participating
countries
shall,
where
appropriate,
integrate 3. The
co-financing
rate
for
grants
shall
be
up
to
100
%
of
jointly developed training content, including e-learning modules,
the eligible costs in the case of daily allowances, travel and
training programmes and commonly agreed training standards
accommodation costs and costs linked to the organisation of
into their national training programmes.
events.
3. Participating countries shall ensure that their officials
The applicable co-financing rate where actions require the
receive the initial and continuing training necessary to acquire
awarding of grants shall be set out in the annual work
common professional skills and knowledge in accordance with
programmes.
the training programmes.
4. Participating
countries
shall
provide
the
linguistic
training 4. The
financial
allocation
for
the
Programme
may
also
necessary for officials to ascertain a sufficient level of linguistic
cover:
competence for participation in the Programme.
(a) expenses pertaining to preparatory, monitoring, control,
CHAPTER III
audit and evaluation activities which are required for the
management of the Programme and the achievement of
FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK
its objectives, in particular, studies, meetings of experts,
information and communication actions, including
Article 11
corporate communication of the political priorities of the
Union insofar as they are related to the objectives of this
Financial framework
Programme;
1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the
Programme for the period 2014-2020 is set at
EUR 522 943 000 in current prices.
(b) expenses linked to IT networks focusing on information
processing and exchange; and
The annual appropriations shall be authorised by the European
Parliament and the Council within the limits of the multiannual
(c) all other technical and administrative assistance expenses
financial framework.
incurred by the Commission for the management of the
Programme.
2. Within the financial envelope for the Programme,
indicative amounts shall be allocated to eligible actions listed
Article 13
in Article 7, within the percentages set out in Annex III for each
type of action. The Commission may depart from the indicative
Protection of the financial interests of the Union
allocation of funds set out in that Annex, but may not increase
the allocated share of the financial envelope by more than 10 %
1. The
Commission
shall
take
appropriate
measures
ensuring
for each type of action.
that, where actions financed under this Regulation are imple
mented, the financial interests of the Union are protected by the
application of preventive measures against fraud, corruption and
Should it prove necessary to exceed that limit, the Commission
any other illegal activities by effective checks and, if irregu
shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with
larities are detected, by the recovery of the amounts unduly
Article 15 modifying the indicative allocation of funds set out
paid and, where appropriate, by effective, proportionate and
in that Annex III.
dissuasive administrative and financial penalties.
Article 12
2. The
Commission
or
its
representatives
and
the
Court
of
Auditors shall have the power of audit, on the basis of
Types of intervention
documents and on the spot, over all grant beneficiaries,
1. The Commission shall implement the Programme in
contractors and subcontractors who have received Union
accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012.
funds under this Regulation.
2.
Union financial support for eligible actions provided for in
3. The
European
Anti-fraud
Office
(OLAF)
may
carry
out
Article 7 shall take the form of:
investigations, including on-the-spot checks and inspections,
in accordance with the provisions and procedures laid down
in Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European
(a) grants;
Parliament and of the Council ( 1 ) and Council Regulation
(b) public procurement contracts;
( 1 ) Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 11 September 2013 concerning investigations
conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and repealing
Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of
(c) reimbursement of costs incurred by the external experts
the Council and Council Regulation (Euratom) No 1074/1999
referred to in Article 4.
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(Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 ( 1 ) with a view to establishing
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in the
whether there has been fraud, corruption or any other illegal
second subparagraph of Article 5(3) and in the second
activity affecting the financial interests of the Union in
subparagraph of Article 11(2) shall be conferred on the
connection with a grant agreement or grant decision or a
Commission for a period commencing on 1 January 2014
contract funded under this Regulation.
and ending on 31 December 2020.
CHAPTER IV
3. The
delegation
of
power
referred
to
in
the
second
subparagraph of Article 5(3) and in the second subparagraph
IMPLEMENTING POWERS
of Article 11(2) may be revoked at any time by the European
Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an
Article 14
end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It
shall take effect on the day following publication in the Official
Work programme
Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein.
It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in
1. In order to implement the Programme, the Commission
force.
shall adopt annual work programmes by means of imple
menting acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in
accordance with the examination procedure referred to in
4. As
soon
as
it
adopts
a
delegated
act,
the
Commission
shall
Article 16(2).
notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the
Council.
Each annual work programme shall implement the objectives of
the Programme by determining the following:
5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to the second
subparagraph of Article 5(3) and the second subparagraph of
Article 11(2) shall enter into force only if no objection has been
(a) the actions in accordance with the general, specific and
expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council
operational objectives as set out in Articles 5 and 6, the
within a period of two months of the notification of that act to
method of implementation including, where appropriate,
the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry
the modalities for the establishment of expert teams
of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have
referred to in point (v) of point (a) of Article 7 and the
both informed the Commission that they will not object. That
expected results;
period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the
European Parliament or of the Council.
(b) a breakdown of the budget per type of action;
Article 16
(c) the co-financing rate for grants referred to in Article 12(3).
Committee procedure
1. The
Commission
shall
be
assisted
by
a
committee.
That
committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regu
2. In preparing the annual work programme, the lation (EU) No 182/2011.
Commission shall take into account the common approach
regarding the customs policy. That approach shall be regularly
reviewed and established in a partnership between the
2. Where
reference
is
made
to
this
paragraph,
Article
5
of
Commission and the Member States in the Customs Policy
Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.
Group, composed of the heads of customs administrations
from the Member States or their representatives and the repre
sentatives of the Commission.
CHAPTER V
MONITORING AND EVALUATION
The Commission shall keep the Customs Policy Group regularly
informed of measures relating to the implementation of the
Article 17
Programme.
Monitoring of actions under the Programme
1. The
Commission
shall,
in
cooperation
with
the
partici
Article 15
pating countries, monitor the implementation of the
Programme and actions under it on the basis of the indicators
Exercise of the delegation
referred to in Annex I.
1. The
power
to
adopt
delegated
acts
is
conferred
on
the
Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article.
2. The
Commission
shall
make
public
the
outcome
of
the
monitoring.
( 1 ) Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 of 11 November
1996 concerning on-the-spot checks and inspections carried out
by the Commission in order to protect the European Communities'
financial interests against fraud and other irregularities (OJ L 292,
3. The
outcome
of
the
monitoring
shall
be
used
for
the
15.11.1996, p. 2).
evaluation of the Programme in accordance with Article 18.

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Article 18
4. Upon request from the Commission, the participating
countries shall provide it with all data and information
Evaluation
relevant for the purpose of contributing to its mid–term and
1. The Commission shall submit to the European Parliament
final evaluation reports.
and to the Council a mid–term and a final evaluation report of
the Programme regarding the matters referred to in paragraphs
CHAPTER VI
2 and 3. The results of those evaluations, including the identi
fication of major shortcomings, shall be integrated into
FINAL PROVISIONS
decisions on the possible renewal, modification or suspension
of the Programme for subsequent periods. Those evaluations
Article 19
shall be carried out by an independent external evaluator.
Repeal
Decision No
624/2007/EC is repealed with effect from
1 January 2014.
2. The
Commission
shall,
by
30
June
2018,
draw
up
a
mid-
term evaluation report on the achievement of the objectives of
the actions under the Programme, the efficiency of the use of
However, financial obligations related to actions pursued under
resources and the added value of the Programme at the
that Decision shall continue to be governed by it until their
European level. That report shall, additionally, address the
completion.
simplification and the continued relevance of the objectives,
as well as the contribution of the Programme to the Union
Article 20
priorities of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
3. The
Commission
shall,
by
31
December
2021,
draw
up
a that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European
final evaluation report on the matters referred to in paragraph
Union.
2, and on the long–term impact and the sustainability of the
effects of the Programme.
It shall apply from 1 January 2014.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Strasbourg, 11 December 2013.
For the European Parliament
For the Council
The President
The President
M. SCHULZ
V. LEKEVIIUS

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ANNEX I
Indicators
The achievement of the specific objectives referred to in Article 5(2) shall be measured on the basis of the following
indicators:
(a) the feedback from participants in actions under the Programme and users of the Programme index which will
measure the perception of Programme stakeholders regarding the impact of the actions under the Programme
inter alia in terms of:
(i) networking impact of the actions under the Programme;
(ii) cooperation impact of actions under the Programme;
(b) the number of guidelines and recommendations issued following activities under the Programme relating to modern
and harmonised approaches to customs procedures;
(c) the Common Communication Network for the European Information Systems Indicator, which will measure the
availability of the common network which is indispensable for the running of the customs-related European
Information Systems. The network should be available 98 % of the time;
(d) the Union Law and Policy Application and Implementation Index, which will measure the progress in the preparation,
application and implementation of Union law and policy in the field of customs inter alia on the basis of:
(i) the number of actions under the Programme organised in this area, in particular relating to the protection of
intellectual property rights, the issues of safety and security, the fight against fraud and the security in the supply
chain;
(ii) the number of recommendations issued following those actions;
(e) the European Information System Availability Indicator, which will measure the availability of the Union components
of IT customs applications. These should be available 97 % of the time during business hours and 95 % of the time
otherwise;
(f) the Best Practices and Guideline Index, which will measure the evolution in the identification, development, sharing
and application of best working practices and administrative procedures inter alia on the basis of:
(i) the number of actions under the Programme organised in this area;
(ii) the number of guidelines and best practices shared;
(g) the Learning Index, which will measure the progress resulting from actions under the Programme aiming to reinforce
skills and competences of customs officials, inter alia on the basis of:
(i) the number of officials trained by using common training material of the Union;
(ii) the number of times Programme eLearning modules were downloaded;
(h) the Cooperation with third parties Indicator, which will establish how the Programme supports authorities other than
Member States' customs authorities by measuring the number of actions under the Programme supporting that
objective.

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ANNEX II
European Information Systems and their Union and non-Union components
A. The European Information Systems are the following:
(1) the common communications network/common systems interface (CCN/CSI – CCN2), CCN mail3, the CSI
bridge, the http bridge, CCN LDAP and related tools, CCN web portal, CCN monitoring;
(2) supporting systems, in particular the application configuration tool for CCN, the activity reporting tool (ART2),
Taxud electronic management of project online (TEMPO), service management tool (SMT), the user management
system (UM), the BPM system, the availability dashboard and AvDB, IT service management portal, directory and
user access management;
(3) Programmes information and communication space (PICS);
(4) the customs movement systems, in particular the (New) Computerised Transit System ((N)CTS), NCTS TIR for
Russia, the Export Control System (ECS) and the Import Control system (ICS). The following applications/com
ponents are supporting these systems: the system to exchange data with third countries (SPEED bridge), the
SPEED Edifact Converter Node (SPEED-ECN), the Standard SPEED Test Application (SSTA), the Standard Transit
Test Application (STTA), the Transit Test Application (TTA), the Central Services/Reference Data (CSRD2) and the
Central Services/Management Information System (CS/MIS);
(5) the Community Risk Management System (CRMS) covering the Risk Information Forms (RIF) and the Common
Profiles CPCA functional domains;
(6) the Economic Operators System (EOS) covering the Economic Operator Registration and Identification (EORI),
the Authorised Economic Operators (AEO), the Regular Shipping Services (RSS) and the mutual recognition with
partner countries functional domains. The Generic Web Service is a support component for this system;
(7) the tariff system (TARIC3) which is a reference data system for other applications such as the quota management
system (QUOTA2), the surveillance management and monitoring system (SURV2), the European Binding Tariff
Information system (EBTI3) the European Customs Inventory of Chemical Substances (ECICS2). The Combined
Nomenclature (CN) and the suspensions (Suspensions) applications are managing legal information with a direct
link to the tariff system;
(8) the applications for control purposes, in particular the Specimen Management System (SMS) and the Information
System for Processing Procedures (ISPP);
(9) the anti-COunterfeit and anti-PIracy System (COPIS);
(10) the Data Dissemination System (DDS2) managing all information which is accessible to the public via the
Internet;
(11) the Anti-Fraud Information System (AFIS); and
(12) any other systems included in the multiannual strategic plan provided for in Article 8(2) of Decision No 70/
2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 1 ), and the successors of that plan.
B. The Union components of the European Information Systems are:
(1) IT assets such as the hardware, the software and the network connections of the systems, including the associated
data infrastructure;
( 1 ) Decision No 70/2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 on a paperless environment for customs
and trade (OJ L 23, 26.1.2008, p. 21).

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(2) IT services necessary to support the development, the maintenance, the improvement and the operation of the
systems; and
(3) any other elements which, for reasons of efficiency, security and rationalisation, are identified by the Commission
as common to participating countries.
C. The non-Union components of the European Information Systems are all those components which are not identified
as Union components in Section B.

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ANNEX III
Indicative allocation of funds
The indicative allocation of funds to eligible actions listed in Article 7 is the following:
Types of action
Share of the financial envelope
(in %)
Joint actions maximum
20
%
IT capacity building at
least
75
%
Human competency building maximum
5
%

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