This Decision lays down the work programme as provided for in Article 280(1) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (‘the Code’).
The work programme is annexed to this Decision.
1.The Commission and the Member States shall take the necessary actions to cooperate and implement the work programme.
2.The projects specified in the work programme and the preparation and implementation of the related electronic systems shall be managed in a manner consistent with the work programme.
3.The Commission shall undertake to search for a common understanding and agreement with the Member States on the project scope, design, requirements and architecture of the electronic systems in order to initiate the projects of the work programme. Where relevant, the Commission shall also consult and take the views of the economic operators into account.
1.The work programme shall be subject to regular updates in order to ensure alignment and adjustments with the latest developments in the implementation of the Code and to take into account the actual progress made in the preparation and development of the electronic systems, and in particular as regards the availability of commonly agreed specifications and the realisation of the entering into operation of the electronic systems.
2.In order to ensure synchronicity between the work programme and the multi-annual strategic plan (‘MASP’) the work programme shall be updated at least every year.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 29 April 2014.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel Barroso