Schlagwort: OLAF
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New freight information system: EU Commission launches pre-declaration with risk analysis
For „safety and security“ purposes, imports into the European Union must be pre-declared in future. This advance data contains information on all persons, companies and means of transport involved in the sale, transport or shipment of the goods. In two years at the latest, all persons wishing to enter the European Union will have to […]
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Proposals for new Europol Regulation
The EU police agency is to process more „big data“ and receive personal data from private companies. Preventive cooperation with third countries will be expanded, this also concerns secret services. On 9 December last year, the EU Commission presented a proposal to extend Europol’s mandate. The police agency could therefore initiate investigations itself without waiting […]
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Customs Union: 27 countries „work together as if they were one“
Customs authorities are seen as „gatekeepers of EU borders for the flow of goods“. They increasingly rely on „risk analysis“ and new information systems. Now the EU customs cooperation with police and border authorities will be enhanced. Since 1968, the European Economic Community has been a Customs Union for industrial products, and from 1970 for agricultural […]