Customs Action Plan: Council approves conclusions
Published By Europa [English], Mon, Dec 21, 2020 6:40 AM
On 18 December 2020, the Council approved conclusions on the Commission's communication 'Taking the Customs Union to the Next Level: a Plan for Action'. The action plan sets out a number of initiatives to make EU customs smarter, more innovative and more efficient against the background of a range of challenges, including the rise of digitalisation and e-commerce and the UK's exit from the EU's single market and Customs Union.
In its conclusions, the Council welcomes the Commission's action plan and stresses that complex challenges in the customs area are best tackled by cooperating while fully respecting the competences and the responsibilities of the EU institutions and the member states. The EU Customs Union is, in general, functioning well. Measures to improve its functioning should therefore build on the existing resources, structures and procedures, while taking into account innovation and the changing circumstances in which customs operates. The Council High Level Working Party of the Directors General of Customs will examine the implementation of the customs actions of strategic relevance and their coherence with the conclusions.
As regards specific initiatives put forward by the Commission, the Council:
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