Customs Cooperation

Customs cooperation encompasses the work carried out by customs authorities in order to ensure the functioning of the Customs Union, a foundation of the European Union and an essential element in the functioning of the single market (art 33 TFEU). It includes as well the work carried out by customs authorities in order to contribute to safeguarding an area of freedom, security and justice for the Union's citizens (art 87 TFEU).

NAPLES II Convention

 

Forms
  • Standard form for request for assistance and cooperation icon-word
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  • Standard form for communication of information icon-word
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Reference documents

Convention of 26.7.95 on the use of information technology for customs purposes (CIS Convention)

▪ Protocol, drawn up on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union, on the interpretation, by way of preliminary rulings, by the Court of Justice of the European Communities of the Convention on the use of information technology for customs purposes - OJ C 151, 20.5.1997, p. 16.

▪ Protocol, drawn up on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union, on the scope of the laundering of proceeds in the Convention on the use of information technology for customs purposes and the inclusion of the registration number of the means of transport in the Convention - OJ C 91, 31.3.1999, p. 2.

▪ Protocol, established in accordance with Article 34 of the Treaty on European Union, amending, as regards the creation of a customs files identification database, the Convention on the use of information technology for customs purposes, OJ C 139, 13.6.2003, p. 2.

 

Council Regulation (EC) 515/97 of 13.3.97 on mutual assistance between the administrative authorities of the Member States and cooperation between the latter and the Commission to ensure the correct application of the law on customs and agricultural matters

▪ Regulation (EC) No 766/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 515/97 on mutual assistance between the administrative authorities of the Member States and cooperation between the latter and the Commission to ensure the correct application of the law on customs and agricultural matters, OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 48-59

 

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