Customs 2020, Fiscalis 2020

Customs 2020 Programme and Fiscalis 2020 Programme

 

The Customs 2020 and Fiscalis 2020 programmes support cooperation between EU countries' customs and tax authorities. The programmes promote networking, knowledge-sharing and fund a highly secured communication network connecting national customs and tax administrations.

  • Customs 2020 will support cooperation between customs authorities in the EU to help maximise their efficiency and avoid mismatches in their work, which could hinder the functioning of the Customs Union.
  • It will facilitate networking, joint actions and training amongst customs personnel, while also funding IT systems to enable the development of  a fully fledged electronic customs in Europe.
Status
running
Target Group
Organizations
Activities
Exchange activities, Promotion and Networking activities
Subjects
Development, Justice and Internal Affairs
Source Regions
European Union
Source Countries
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Eligible Regions
European Union
Eligible Countries
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Grant Types
Cooperation, collaboration
Funding Bodies
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Languages
Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish Gaelic, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish
Support Types
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Deadline Date
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Programme
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Programme Owner
About
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Services
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Legal Source
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing an action programme for customs and taxation in the European Union for the period 2014-2020 (FISCUS) and repealing Decisions
Supporting Programme
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Resources
http://
Refering Grants
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Annual
yes

Focus

Objectives (Fiscalis)

  • to implement, improve, operate and support the European Information Systems for taxation;
  • to support administrative cooperation activities;
  • to reinforce the skills and competence of tax officials;
  • to enhance the understanding and implementation of Union law in the field of taxation;
  • to support the improvement of administrative procedures and the sharing of good administrative practices.

Objectives (Customs Programme)

  • to support the preparation, coherent application and effective implementation of Union law and policy in the field of customs;  
  • to develop, improve, operate and support the European Information Systems for customs; 
  • to identify, develop, share and apply best working practices and administrative procedures, in particular further to benchmarking activities;  
  • to reinforce the skills and competences of customs officials;  
  • to improve cooperation between customs authorities and international organisations, third countries, other governmental authorities, including Union and national market surveillance authorities, as well as economic operators and organisations representing economic operators.

Duration

2014-2020


Proposal Submission

Implementation
 

The Commission shall implement the Programme by means of an annual work programme for each sector of the Programme, including the priorities for the Programme, the breakdown of the budget and the evaluation criteria for the grants for actions. 

Participating countries shall ensure that officials with the adequate profile and qualifications are nominated to participate in the joint actions.Participating countries shall take the necessary measures for the implementation of the joint actions, in particular by raising awareness within their customs or tax authorities on those actions and by ensuring an optimal use is made of the outputs generated.

Supported activities (Fiscalis 2020)

1. joint actions:

  •   seminars and workshops;
  •   project groups, generally composed of a limited number of countries, operational during a limited period of time to pursue a predefined objective with  a precisely described outcome;
  •   bilateral or multilateral controls and other activities provided for in Union law on administrative cooperation, organised by two or more participating  countries, which include at least two Member States ;
  •   working visits organised by the participating countries or another country to enable officials to acquire or increase their expertise or knowledge in tax  matters;
  •   expert teams, namely structured forms of cooperation, with a non-permanent character, pooling expertise to perform tasks in specific domains, in  particular in the European Information Systems , possibly with the support of online collaboration services, administrative assistance and  infrastructure and equipment facilities;
  •   public administration capacity-building and supporting actions;
  •   studies;
  •   communication projects;
  • any other activity in support of the overall, specific and operational objectives and priorities set out in Articles 5 and 6, provided that the necessity for such other activity is duly justified;

2.  European Information Systems building: the development, maintenance, operation and quality control of Union components of the European Information Systems set out in point A of the Annex and new European Information Systems established under Union law, with a view to interconnecting tax authorities efficiently;
3.  Common training activities: jointly developed training actions to support the necessary professional skills and knowledge relating to taxation.

Supported activities (Customs 2020)

1.joint actions:
  seminars and workshops;

  •   project groups, generally composed of a limited number of countries, operational during a limited period of time to pursue a predefined objective with a precisely defined outcome, including coordination or benchmarking ;
  •   working visits organised by the participating countries or another country to enable officials to acquire or increase their expertise or knowledge in customs matters; for working visits organised within third countries only travel and subsistence (accommodation and daily allowance) costs are eligible under the Programme;
  •   monitoring activities carried out by joint teams made up of Commission officials and officials of the participating countries to analyse customs practices, identify any difficulties in implementing rules and, where appropriate, make suggestions for the adaptation of Union rules and working methods;
  •   expert teams, namely structured forms of cooperation, with a non-permanent or permanent character, pooling expertise to perform tasks in specific domains or carry out operational activities, possibly with the support of online collaboration services, administrative assistance and infrastructure and equipment facilities;
  •   customs administration capacity building and supporting actions;
  •   studies;
  •   jointly developed communication actions ;
  •   any other activity in support of the general, specific and operational objectives;

2. IT capacity building: development, maintenance, operation and quality control of Union components of the European Information Systems set out in Section A of Annex II and new European Information Systems established under Union law;
 3. human competency building: common training actions to support the necessary professional skills and knowledge relating to customs.

Support within Fiscalis and Customs Program will be given in the form of:

   (a) grants;
   (b) public procurement contracts;
   (c) the reimbursement of costs incurred by external experts

The co-financing rate for grants shall be up to 100 % of the eligible costs in the case of travel and accommodation costs, costs linked to the organisation of events and daily allowances.


Terms And Conditions
Legal basis:Amended proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL  establishing an action programme for customs in the European Union for the period 2014-2020 (Customs 2020) and repealing Decision N°624/2007/EC 

Link: Proposal (pdf), Proposal (Fiscalis), http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/customs/cooperation_programmes/fiscus/index_en.htm, Regulation (Fiscalis), Regulation (Customs 2020), Calls for Grants, Calls for Tender


Budget

€ 547.3 million (Customs 2020),  € 234.3 million (Fiscalis 2020)


Available Calls
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Total Funding Amount

€ 547.3 million (Customs 2020),  € 234.3 million (Fiscalis 2020)

 


Selection Criteria

Eligibility
 

The Fiscalis and Customs 2020 Programme will be open to:

 - acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidate countries benefiting from a preaccession strategy, in accordance with the general principles and general terms and conditions for the participation of those countries in Union programmes established in the respective framework agreements, Association Council decisions or similar agreements
- partner countries of the European Neighbourhood Policy provided that those countries have reached a sufficient level of approximation of the relevant legislation and administrative methods to those of the Union.

Open To

EU countries.


Notes
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