The Customs 2020 programme was drawn up to encourage modernisation of the customs union, but several crucial IT systems will not be available by the deadline of the year 2020, explains a new report from the European Court of Auditors published on Wednesday 10 October.
With a total budget of €523 million over seven years, the Customs 2020 programme aims mostly at boosting IT capacity in the European Union. The Court of Auditors examined the programme’s capacity for really keeping its...