EU programming period 2014-2020

The main international sources of funding for Finnish Customs are the Hercule III programme of the European Anti-fraud Office (OLAF), the Internal Security Funds of the EU (ISF-Police and ISF-Borders aid instruments), the ENI-CBC programmes (European Neighbourhood Instrument-Cross Border Cooperation) and Eurostat.

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Hercule III programme of the European Anti-fraud Office (OLAF)

The aim of the programme was to limit the opportunities for fraud and irregularities in the EU territory. Funding under the programme focused on actions pertaining to analysis, storage and destruction of seized substances, vehicle recognition systems and control and detection equipment.

MobileX, procurement of a scanning vehicle and other equipment

Project schedule: 1.4.2016 - 31.12.2017

Granted funding: 1 618 800 € (80% of the budget)

The instrument for financial support for police cooperation, preventing and combating crime, and crisis management (ISF-Police)

The instrument provided support for police cooperation and efforts to prevent and fight crime. The funding was concentrated on the fight against organised cross-border crime, terrorism, corruption, human trafficking and cybercrime. The support helped to improve the exchange of information and the access to information, and to promote protection of people and critical infrastructure.

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TOIVO

Project schedule: 1.2.2016 - 31.3.2017

Granted funding: 600 000 € (75% of the budget)

Procurement of GC-FTIR equipment

Project schedule: 1.7.2016–31.12.2017

Granted funding: 146 250 € (75% of the budget)

Investigation of open sources of information

Project schedule: 1.8.2016 - 31.12.2017

Granted funding: 146 250 € (75% of the budget)

Procurement of RAMAN spectrometers

Project schedule: 5.2.2018 - 31.12.2018

Granted funding: 230 846 € (75% of the budget)

Follow-up project for procurement of FTIR equipment

Project schedule: 1.9.2020 - 30.6.2021

Granted funding: 122 111 € (75% of the budget)

Instrument for financial support for external borders and visa (ISF-Borders)

The aim of the instrument was to preserve the operational capacity of the border control authorities and to promote legal entry and prevent illegal entry. Actions funded under the instrument served to develop border control and contributed to the development of a European common integrated border management system in order to ensure a uniform and high-quality external border control and to facilitate legitimate travel across borders.

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Procurement of VIS mobile devices

Project schedule: 1.3.2016 - 31.5.2017

Granted funding: 75 000 € (75% of the budget)

Procurement of VIS mobile devices II

Project schedule: 1.9.2018 - 31.3.2019

Granted funding: 75 000 € (75% of the budget)

Acquisition and implementation of EES equipment

Project schedule: 4.2.2021 - 31.10.2022

Granted funding: 125 468 € (66% of the budget)

EU Cross Border Cooperation programmes (European Neighbourhood Instrument – Cross Border Co-operation, ENI-CBC)

In the period from 2014 to 2020, three EU Cross Border Cooperation programmes (ENI-CBC) were carried out on the Finland-Russia border: Kolarctic, Karelia and South-East Finland-Russia. The joint priorities of all the programmes were business development, environmental protection, border management and border security. 

Cross-border cooperation aimed to support social and economic development along EU’s external borders, to provide a response to joint challenges in such areas as the environment, health and crime and to facilitate the movement of people, goods and capital.

ENI-CBC projects

Kotka-Hamina harbour 1.6.2019 - 31.8.2022, granted funding 146 800 € (80% of the budget)

Vaalimaa 1.5.2019 - 30.6.2023, granted funding 2 618 065 € (80% of the budget)

Vainikkala 1.3.2019 - 30.6.2023, granted funding 580 645 € (80% of the budget)

Imatra 1.3.2019 - 30.6.2023,, granted funding 2 076 774 € (80% of the budget)

Parikkala 1.5.2019 - 30.6.2023,, granted funding 116 129 € (80% of the budget)

Vartius 1.1.2019 - 30.6.2023,, granted funding 346 210 € (90% of the budget)

Raja-Jooseppi 1.3.2019 - 30.6.2023,, granted funding 428 226 € (90% of the budget)

Eurostat

As a service of the European Commission, Eurostat finances measures linked to the compilation of EU statistics by Member States. Customs Statistics receives funding for development projects concerning statistics on the foreign trade of goods.

Development of a national Intrastat-tool 2016

Project schedule: 11.1.2016 - 31.12.2016

Granted funding: 21 146 € (100% of the budget)

Development of a national Intrastat-tool 2017

Project schedule: 9.1.2017 - 31.12.2017

Granted funding: 70 411 € (100% of the budget)

Information security audit of the statistics system (2018-FI-SECUT-IT)

Project schedule: 26.11.2018 - 21.11.2019

Granted funding: 106 722 € (70% of the budget)

Intrastat updates in accordance with EU’s business statistics regulation (2019-FI-B4468-Intrastat)

Project schedule: 2.12.2019 - 2.1.2021

Granted funding: 250 717 € (90% of the budget)

SRSP (Structural Reform Support Programme)

 

Improving Project Portfolio Management at the Finnish Customs

Project schedule: 1.6.2020 - 31.5.2021

Granted funding: 250 000 € (100% of the budget)