'Modern, Reliable' Customs Equipment Funded by EU

The European Council and European Parliament signed a regulation to fund customs control equipment, a June 24 EC news release said. The new funding will support the purchase, maintenance and upgrade of such items as X-ray scanners, radiation detectors, automated number plate recognition systems and mobile laboratories for goods sample analysis. The increased funding is part of the European Union's 2021-2027 budget and has a ceiling of around 1 billion euros.