Chapter IV, Article 11 · Regulation (EU) 2021/1077

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Article 11Work programme#

1.The Instrument shall be implemented through work programmes as referred to in Article 110(2) of the Financial Regulation.

2.The Commission shall adopt implementing acts establishing those work programmes. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 15(2).

3.The work programmes shall aim to achieve the objectives set out in Article 3 through actions in accordance with Article 6. The work programmes shall set out the total amount of the financing plan for all actions. In addition, they shall set out:

(a)for each action:

(i)the objectives pursued and the expected results, in accordance with the general and specific objectives set out in Article 3;

(ii)a description of the actions to be financed;

(iii)where appropriate, an indication of the amount allocated to each action; and

(iv)the method of implementation and an indicative implementation timetable;

(b)for grants, the maximum rate of co-financing referred to in Article 8.

4.The preparation of the work programmes referred to in paragraph 1 shall be supported by an assessment of the needs of the customs authorities. That assessment of needs shall be based on the following:

(a)a common categorisation of border crossing points;

(b)a comprehensive description of available customs control equipment;

(c)a common list of customs control equipment that should be available, by reference to the category of border crossing points; and

(d)an estimate of financial needs.

The assessment of needs shall be based on actions carried out under the Customs 2020 programme established by Regulation (EU) No 1294/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council^note or under the Customs programme, and shall be updated regularly at least every three years.

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customs authorities
means the customs authorities as defined in point (1) of Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013;
customs control equipment
means equipment intended primarily for performing customs controls;
customs controls
means the customs controls as defined in point (3) of Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013;
maintenance
means preventive, corrective and predictive interventions, including operational and functional checks, servicing, repair and overhaul of a piece of customs control equipment necessary in order for it to retain, or to be restored to, its specified operable condition with a view to it achieving its maximum useful life, but excluding any upgrading;
mobile customs control equipment
means any means of transport that, beyond its mobile capacities, is itself intended to be a piece of customs control equipment or that is fully equipped with customs control equipment;
upgrade
means evolutive interventions necessary for bringing an existing piece of customs control equipment from an outdated to a state-of-the-art specified operable condition.