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Document 32021R1077
EU instrument for financial support for customs control equipment (2021–2027)
The fund’s general objectives are to support customs authorities’ efforts to:
The fund’s specific objective is to contribute to adequate and equivalent customs controls by purchasing, maintaining and upgrading state-of-the-art customs control equipment that is reliable, secure, safe and environmentally friendly.
The budget for the 7-year fund is €1,006,407,000 (current prices). The financing may be used for preparation, monitoring, control, audit, evaluation and other activities, including legitimate expenses such as information technology networks.
To be eligible for funding, activities must:
Eligible costs
The fund may finance up to 80% of total eligible costs.
The following are not eligible:
Recipients of the fund’s support must acknowledge the origin and ensure the visibility of the financing.
The European Commission :
It has applied since 1 January 2021.
The customs control equipment fund is one component of the EU’s integrated border management fund; the other is the border management and visa instrument set up under Regulation (EU) 2021/1148 (see summary). The first relates to checks on goods, the second to checks on people.
The fund contributes to implementing the customs action plan adopted in September 2020 and to the customs programme (2021–2027) set up under Regulation (EU) 2021/444 (see summary).
For further information, see:
Regulation (EU) 2021/1077 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 establishing, as part of the Integrated Border Management Fund, the instrument for financial support for customs control equipment (OJ L 234, 2.7.2021, pp. 1–17).
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1528 of 4 July 2022 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1077 of the European Parliament and of the Council with provisions on the establishment of a monitoring and evaluation framework (OJ L 238, 15.9.2022, pp. 1–3).
Regulation (EU) 2021/1148 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2021 establishing, as part of the Integrated Border Management Fund, the Instrument for Financial Support for Border Management and Visa Policy (OJ L 251, 15.7.2021, pp. 48–93).
Regulation (EU) 2021/444 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2021 establishing the Customs programme for cooperation in the field of customs and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1294/2013 (OJ L 87, 15.3.2021, pp. 1–16).
Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee – Taking the Customs Union to the Next Level: a Plan for Action (COM(2020) 581 final, 28.9.2020).
Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, pp. 1–101).
Successive amendments to Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 have been incorporated in the original text. This consolidated version is of documentary value only.
last update 16.09.2022