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Detection of Illicit Trade
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Location:EU 27
Funding agency:
Grantmaking entity: European Anti-Fraud Office
Grantmaking entity type:Development Institution
Description
Call Updates
Mar 31, 2022 12:00:00 AM
The submission session is now available for: EUAF-2022-TA-04(EUAF-PJG)
Detection of illicit trade
TOPIC ID: EUAF-2022-TA-04
Programme: Union Anti-fraud Programme (EUAF)
Call: Union Anti-Fraud Programme Technical Assistance (EUAF-2022-TA)
Type of action: EUAF-PJG EUAF Project Grants
Type of MGA: EUAF Action Grant Budget-Based [EUAF-AG]
Deadline model: single-stage
Planned opening date: 31 March 2022
Deadline date: 24 May 2022 17:00:00 Brussels time
Topic description
Scope:
The purchase and maintenance of equipment to strengthen beneficiaries’ operational and technical capacity to detect smuggled and counterfeited goods, including cigarettes and tobacco, imported into the Union with the intention of evading VAT, customs duties and/or excise taxes.
Specialised training to enable staff to operate these tools is recommended to be included as part of the action.
Expected Impact:Strengthening and improvement of beneficiaries’ (in particular, customs authorities’) technical capacity to carry out verifications of trucks, containers and (other types of) vehicles, as measured by the number of verifications and ‘hits’ following the use of the equipment.
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grant Background
About the Funding Agency
EuropeAid is an agency responsible for designing European international cooperation and development policy and delivering aid worldwide. Its purpose is to aid in the reduction and eventual abolition of poverty in developing nations by fostering sustainable development, democracy, peace and security. With its partner nations, EuropeAid walks alongside them on their journey to sustainable development, continually adapting its help to their changing requirements. EuropeAid is also concerned with increasing the value and impact of aid money by ensuring that help is provided appropriately.
Under the donor EC - European Commission, DevelopmentAid covers the following entities:
Departments / Directorate Generals
- AGRI - Agriculture & Rural Development
- BUDG - Budget
- CLIMA - Climate Action
- COMM - Communication
- CNECT – Communications Networks, Content & Technology (formerly Digital Agenda)
- COMP - Competition
- ECFIN - Economic & Financial Affairs
- EAC - Education & Culture
- EMPL - Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion
- ENER - Energy
- ENV - Environment
- ESTAT - Eurostat
- FISMA – Financial Stability, Financial Services & Capital Markets Union
- SANTE - Health & Food Safety
- ECHO - Humanitarian Aid & Civil Protection
- HR - Human Resources & Security
- DIGIT - Informatics
- GROW - Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship & SMEs
- DEVCO – International Cooperation & Development - EUROPEAID
- SCIC - Interpretation
- JRC - Joint Research Centre
- JUST - Justice & Consumers
- MARE - Maritime Affairs & Fisheries
- HOME - Migration & Home Affairs
- MOVE - Mobility & Transport
- NEAR – Neighbourhood & Enlargement Negotiations
- REGIO - Regional & Urban Policy
- RTD - Research & Innovation
- SG – Secretariat-General - no procurement opportunities available
- FPI – Service for Foreign Policy Instruments
- TAXUD - Taxation & Customs Union
- TRADE - Trade
- DGT - Translation
Agencies
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
- Eurojust
- European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
- European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
- European GNSS Agency (GSA)
- European Union Agency for Network and Information Security
- The European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy ("Fusion for Energy")
- European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
- European Stability Mechanism (ESM)
- Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency (CHAFEA), Health and Food Safety Unit
- European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)
- European Fisheries Control Agency
- Single Resolution Board
- Office of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC Office)
- The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME)
- European Asylum Support Office
- European Union Intellectual Property Office
- European Union Agency for Railways
- European Environment Agency
- European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice (eu-LISA)
- Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)
- European Defence Agency
- EU Grant Programmes
EU Bodies
- European Parliament
- Council of the European union
- Court of Justice of the European Union
- European Court of Auditors
- European Economic and Social Committee
- European Committee of the Regions
- Publications office of the European Union
- European Patent Office
- European External Action Service
- Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators
- Energy Community Secretariat
About the Sectors
Border Management
Focuses on strengthening secure and efficient border control systems, promoting integrated approaches to regulate cross-border movements of people and goods, and combating transnational threats such as smuggling, trafficking, and terrorism in developing nations and border regions.
Key areas:
- Enhancing border control and surveillance capabilities
- Strengthening inter-agency and international cooperation
- Developing infrastructure and capacities to counter cross-border crime
Public Sector Governance
Covers initiatives that strengthen public institutions, improve service delivery, and support transparent, accountable, and effective governance systems.
Key areas:
- Public administration and civil service reform
- Decentralization and local government strengthening
- Anti-corruption and integrity frameworks in public bodies
- Democratic processes, elections, and political institutions