Seminar Workshop "EU Customs Control Mechanisms and Their Possible Improvement"
15 June 2022
Il prof. Giangiacomo D'Angelo parteciperà a questa iniziativa del Parlamento Europeo. Il workshop è organizzato dal Dip. tematico Affari di bilancio della commissione per il controllo dei bilanci.
- 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
- In person : ONLINE oppure Brussels, European Parliament, Room Altiero Spinelli
- In Italian
How to partecipate
Free admission subject to availability
Program
PROGRAMME
Opening remarks and Introduction
15:00-15.10
- Monika Hohlmeier MEP, Chair of the Committee on Budgetary Control
- Katalin Cseh MEP and Tomáš Zdechovský MEP, Rapporteurs
Customs control in the EU, challenges and responses
15:10-15:20
- Gerassimos Thomas, Director General, Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission
Customs control mechanisms – current challenges and weaknesses, tackling fraud (also including in intervention links to police cooperation/Europol), views on a common customs agency, Commission efforts and coordination activities, next steps in policy development)
15:20-15:30
- Mateja Vraničar Erman, Vice-Chair, Wise Persons Group on the Reform of the EU Customs Union
Putting more Union in the European Customs – ten proposals by the Customs Wise Persons Group
15:30-15:40
- Ioanna Metaxopoulou, Director in Chamber IV - Regulation of markets and competitive economy (European Court of Auditors)
- James Sweeney, Head of Unit, Customs and Trade - Operations and Investigations (European Anti-Fraud Office)
Questions and answers
15:40 - 15.55
- Questions & answers
Sharing evidence and practical experiences
15:55-16:05
- Professor Giangiacomo D'Angelo, Principal Investigator, ECCE - European Common Customs Evaluation, Associate Professor in Tax Law, Department of Legal Studies, University of Bologna
Customs controls in the European Union: towards a greater convergence
16:05-16:15
- It. colonel András Bartha, Head of Customs Eastern and South-Eastern Land Border Expert Team (CELBET)
CELBET: customs cooperation in action
16:15-16:25
- Luisa Santos, Deputy Director-General for International Relations, BusinessEurope
Balancing controls with efficient (legitimate) traffic of goods – perspective of the business community)
16:25-16:35
- Ioanna Metaxopoulou, Director in Chamber IV - Regulation of markets and competitive economy (European Court of Auditors)
- James Sweeney, Head of Unit, Customs and Trade - Operations and Investigations (European Anti-Fraud Office)
Questions and answers
16:35-16:50
- Questions & answers
Conclusions and closing remarks
16:50-17:00
- Katalin Cseh MEP, Rapporteurs
- Tomáš Zdechovský MEP, Rapporteurs
- Monika Hohlmeier MEP, Chair of the Committee on Budgetary Control