REGULATORY ROUND UP – EU MINISTERS AND MEPS STRIKE DEAL ON REFORMS TO FIGHT CUSTOMS FRAUD
January 7th, 2015
EUROPEAN Union (EU) governments and MEPs have struck a deal over creating two EU databases containing information on the trade in goods into and out of the EU, to help fight customs fraud. These would be run by the European Commission: one would be a central database for import and export data; and the other, a centralised repository for transit-related data. Information would be accessible by customs and law enforcement teams across the EU and would, said an EU Council of Ministers note “facilitate more efficient analysis and detection of customs fraud”.The ...
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