WISE PERSONS GROUP TO REFLECT ON FUTURE CUSTOMS UNION
On 17 September, the European Commission announced that it has created a new ‘Wise Persons Group on Challenges facing the Customs Union’, tasked with identifying innovative solutions for the most pressing challenges of the EU Customs Union.
The new special group will advise the EU institutions and the Member States on how to prepare for new business models and technological developments, and how to efficiently manage the Customs Union to ensure agile and robust customs processes to accelerate the twin digital and green transition. The group will also be looking at the governance structure and customs tasks at the EU and national levels. The creation of the group follows a year-long foresight process, on the future of the European Union’s Customs Union, its relevance and its effectiveness in the long-term, run by the Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union and the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre.
The members of the group, coming from politics, industry, trade and academia, will deliver a final report that will inform the inter-institutional debate by Spring 2022. The full list of members is available here.
Source: European Commission