Press Release: Customs: agreement initialled with United States on transport security co-operation

An agreement with the United States to include transport security co-operation within the scope of the EU/US customs agreement was initialled by the European Commission's Director General for Taxation and Customs Union, Robert Verrue, and US Ambassador to the EU, Rockwell Schnabel, on 18 November 2003. The agreement will improve security on a reciprocal basis for both the EU and the US. It will furthermore guarantee the right balance between trade facilitation and security by ensuring that general customs control of legitimate trade takes due account of security concerns and by creating equal levels and standards of controls for US and EC operators.

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