Workshop "EU Customs Control Mechanisms and Their Possible Improvement"

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.

  • Data: 15 giugno 2022 dalle 15:00 alle 17:00

  • Luogo: ONLINE oppure Brussels, European Parliament, Room Altiero Spinelli

  • Modalità d'accesso: Ingresso libero fino ad esaurimento dei posti disponibili

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