8. Is concerned that instances of fraud rarely lead to legal actions; highlights the need to better prioritise these investigations and to improve cooperation between all relevant public authorities (such as the Food Veterinary Office, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), customs and law enforcement) and food operators, in particular where cross-border fraud is concerned; stresses the need to increase anti-fraud skills, such as competence in the use of IT tools and data collection, and to provide adequate resources to food and veterinary authorities; invites Member States to consider the creation of specialised crime units, and to be proactiv ...[+++]e rather than reactive in ensuring that comprehensive monitoring and effective measures are put in place to combat food fraud.

For the purposes of this Agreement, DHS means the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Office of the Secretary and the entities that directly support it, but does not include other components of DHS such as the Citizenship and Immigration Services, Transportation Security Administration, United States Secret Service, the United States Coast Guard, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency,

Furthermore, goods brought into the Community need not be conveyed to the import customs office on condition that customs supervision and customs control possibilities are not jeopardised , and can move within the Community and be declared for release for free circulation under a CN22 or CN23 document as established by the Universal Postal Union .

Within Member States joint teams (multi-service units) have been established between police, customs and border control authorities.

A new customs union The customs union must undergo a series of major changes in preparation for 1993 (a) The adaptation of Community law In legislative terms, it will be necessary inter alia: - to adapt customs legislation to take account of the full impact of abolition of internal frontiers on the organization of controls at the Community's external frontiers; - to adopt a Community customs code in order to achieve the necessary consistency in customs legislation, where there is scope for completion, improvement and simplification; the proposal was put t ...[+++]o the Council on 28 February last year.

The joint integrated proceeds of crimes units, where the RCMP worked together with provincial and local police as well as customs officers and Justice Canada counsel, were so successful that we established 10 more units located across Canada.