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Today, Algirdas Semeta, EU Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Anti-fraud and audit Customs and transport : EU and U.S. engage to improve supply-chain security, together with the Commission Vice President Siim Kallas, Commissioner responsible for transport and for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström, signed a joint declaration on the supply chain security with the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano. This joint statement defined an ambitious agenda for strengthening bilateral cooperation between the European Commission services European Commission and her colleagues at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in the amount of customs, aviation security, maritime security, research and development.

"In a globalized world no country can secure the supply chain in isolation," said Commissioner Semeta. "National Supply Chain Security policies are ineffective and too expensive if they are supported by increased international cooperation through international cooperation can we ensure policy coherence, ensure compatibility of national systems; .. And we can reduce costs"

React with the signing of this declaration, the EU and the U.S. on the global security challenges, seeks above all with regard to past terrorist attacks. In particular, the statement calls for the implementation of mutual recognition of EU and U.S. trade partnership programs, and sharing risk information, as well as the recognition of each other wherever possible transportation security checks. In practice, the recognition of each other affiliate programs is to reduce bureaucracy for the EU-and US-based trade between the two continents at the same time ensuring high safety standards.

Text of Joint Statement: Taxation and Customs Union - European commission