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Call: Detection and Identification tools

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Programme
Type of Fund Action programme
Description of programme
"Hercule III"		 The general objective of the Hercule III Programme shall be to protect the financial interests of the Union thus enhancing the competitiveness of the Union's economy and ensuring the protection of the taxpayers' money. The specific objective of the Programme shall be to prevent and combat fraud, corruption and any other illegal activities affecting the financial interests of the Union. Hercule III focuses on the following 5 operational objectives:
  1. to improve the prevention and investigation of fraud and other illegal activities beyond current levels by enhancing transnational and multi-disciplinary cooperation
  2. to increase the protection of the financial interests of the Union against fraud, facilitating the exchange of information, experiences and best practices, including staff exchanges
  3. to strengthen the fight against fraud and other illegal activities providing technical and operational support to national investigation, and in particular customs and law enforcement, authorities
  4. to limit the currently known exposure of the financial interests of the Union to fraud, corruption and other illegal activities with a view to reducing the development of an illegal economy in key risk areas such as organised fraud, including cigarette smuggling and counterfeiting
  5. to enhance the degree of development of the specific legal and judicial protection of the financial interests of the Union against fraud by promoting comparative law analysis
Eligible actions under this programme are:
  1. Technical Assistance
  2. Training
  3. Any other action
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Call
Detection and Identification tools
Description of call
"Detection and Identification tools"		 Applicants under this call can apply for funding for the purchase of devices for inspecting containers, trucks, railway carriages and vehicles in order to strengthen the beneficiaries’ operational and technical capacity to detect smuggled and counterfeited goods, in particular cigarettes or tobacco. The costs for animals that are used to detect smuggled goods can also be funded under this call as well as cross-border exchange of information and best practices.
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Thematic Focus Justice, Safety & Security, Digitisation, ICT, Telecommunication
Funding area EU Member States
Origin of Applicant EU Member States
Eligible applicants Federal State / Region / City / Municipality / Local Authority, National Government
Applicant details The bodies eligible to receive grants under this call are national or regional administrations of a Member State which promote the strengthening of action at Union level to protect the financial interests of the Union.
Project duration max 18 months
Type of Funding Grants
Financial details Total budget for parent call (Technical Assistance): 10 million €
Budget per project: min. 100 000 €
EU co-financing rate: max. 80%
Submission Online via Participant Portal
Contact Details https://ec.europa.eu/anti-fraud/contacts/general-contacts_en
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