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AEO – customs cooperation to detect, report and react to suspicious activities: comunicazione degli eventi sospetti alla dogana tra compliance e prove per il trust and check trader
L’Agenzia delle dogane e monopoli con un proprio avviso ha informato gli operatori che la DG TAXUD ha pubblicato le linee guida “AEO – customs cooperation to detect, report and react to suspicious activities”. Lo scopo di questo documento è promuovere la cooperazione e lo scambio di informazioni tra l’operatore economico, la sua supply chain e le autorità doganali. Si legge infatti: “ The present initiative is building on the existing cooperation between Authorised Economic Operators (AEOs) and customs authorities, aiming to deepen the level of collaboration and information sharing, enabling customs authorities to better target and prevent illicit activities. Nevertheless, all economic operators are encouraged to follow the same…
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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…
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AEO, compliance and special report 2023 European Court Auditors
On 5.05.2023 the European court of auditors published the “Special report 13/2023: Authorised Economic Operators – Solid customs programme with untapped potential and uneven implementation”. In this document, the Court highlights: About the process: “… The AEO programme is implemented by Member States, whose customs authorities are responsible for granting and managing AEO authorisations in the EU. Member States customs authorities can grant AEO status to any economic operator established in the EU’s customs territory, if the economic operator meets certain EU-wide criteria established in the UCC…” and “…Member States must have clear authorisation processes in place, with detailed national instructions and procedures…”. About the measuring the performance: “…The legislation…