Customs 2013 Programme
Customs 2013 is a programme which gives the national customs
administrations of the EU, together with the European Commission, the
opportunity to co-operate in areas of common and high interest. It runs
from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2013 and provides a legal and
financial base for:
– Reinforcing security and safety within the Community and at the
external border;
– Strengthening the fight against fraud and protecting the financial and
economic interests of the Community and Member States;
– Increasing the competitiveness of European business by speeding up
customs procedures partially through the creation of a European
paperless electronic customs environment.
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Customs 2013 Programme
consists of the following activities:
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Communication and Information exchange systems
Benchmarking
Seminars and workshops
Project groups and steering groups
Working visits
Training activities
Monitoring actions
Any other activities required for the realization of the
activities of the Programme.
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Challenges of the Programme
Through the programme, the national customs
administrations work together to find appropriate answers to
the following challenges:
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Protection of financial and economic Community interests
Trade facilitation and co-operation
Overall strategic and general support
Strengthening security and safety
Enlargement, integration of new Member States and
relations with third countries
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Participation in the Programme
Participating countries in this programme are the Member
States, but it is open to the candidate countries, potential
candidate countries and certain partner countries of the of
the European Neighbourhood Policy.
On 16th of July 2012 the DG of Customs has signed the MoU
with the European Commission on participation of Albania to
Customs 2013 Programme. This MoU is ratified by the
Assembly of the Republic of Albania by the Law 20/2013 dt.
20.12.2012 .
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Importance of Customs 2013
Programme for Albania.
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The Albanian Customs Authority has expressed its interest
to participate in the programme Customs 2013 to ensure
possibilities to identify and develop and apply the best working
practices in order that our customs administration could
operate efficiently and effectively.
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In accordance with the objectives of this programme is
aimed to ensure that custom activities mach the needs of the
internal market, including supply chain security and trade
facilitation, as well as support the strategy for growth and jobs.
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Also ,through this programme is ensured preparation of the
potentially candidate countries for accession, including by
means of the sharing of experience and knowledge with
customs administration of those countries. So, for Albania to
participate in the Customs 2013 Programme is a supporting
instrument to the application for accession in the EU.
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Other participant countries in this Programme are Croatia,
FYROM, Serbia, Turkey and since 2010 even Montenegro. So, for
Albania is important participation even for the fact that all the
Region countries, which are almost in the same process of
adhering in the EU are already members of this programme.
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Successor Programme
Customs 2020
• Taking into account the positive feedback resulting from the
midterm evaluation of the Customs 2013 Programme, a
successor CUSTOMS 2020 Programme is being proposed by
the Commission. In line with the Commission legislative policy
adopted in the framework of the Multi-Annual Financial
Framework, the successor funding programme is proposed as
a regulation.
• In accordance with this proposal, this Regulation on the
CUSTOMS 2020 Programme contains a budgetary framework
of EUR 544 000 000 (in current prices) for the period of 20142020.
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Programme Management
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Steering Groups
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