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EU Commission answers to ECA report on AEO: target 2025

 

The EU Commission prublished the “Replies of the European Commission to the European Court of Auditors special report” about the AEO.

The first point underlined by ECA and taken into consideration by the European Commision is that “…ECA concludes that the regulatory framework for the EU AEO programme is generally robust, but it also suggests that more adequate provisions might be needed as regards serious and repeated infringements, consultations between the national customs authorities, the benefit of priority treatment of AEO companies as well as the performance measurement of the AEO programme…”. The Commissions’s answers are:

  • commitment to elaborate further guidance to the national customs authorities on priority treatment of AEO status holders;
  • address concerns to the national customs authorities about the lack of feedback.

About the benefits for the AEO status holder, the EU Commission answered: “…Although in some Member States the benefits were found to be granted as foreseen by the legislative framework, in others the situation was less clear, and more efforts by customs authorities to grant the benefits as well as more efforts from the Commission to monitor customs authorities to ensure that the benefits are granted are envisaged to address the situation…”. 

About the AEO Security, the Commission declared that: “…The Commission is strengthening the awareness raising towards Member States through various channels (e. g. AEO Network, monthly EOS webinars; fact finding visits)…”.

Finally, Commission accepted the recommendations about the: a) the performance measurement of the AEO programme; b) improvement of the management of AEO programme. For both the measures, the target is 2025.