Press Release: Customs: Budapest conference 9-11 March

Preview of a conference on the modernisation of the EU Customs Code, hosted by the European Commission together with the Hungarian customs administration, from 9 to 11 March in Budapest, Hungary. The conference was to bring together representatives of the European Parliament, traders and customs and information technology experts from national customs administrations and the European Commission. The conference was the final stage of a purpose of consultation on a draft Commission proposal for a radical overhaul of the customs code so as to facilitate traders in their dealings with customs administrations.