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.
Objectives (Fiscalis)
Objectives (Customs Programme)
2014-2020
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:
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;
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.
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
€ 547.3 million (Customs 2020), € 234.3 million (Fiscalis 2020)
€ 547.3 million (Customs 2020), € 234.3 million (Fiscalis 2020)
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. |
EU countries.