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100% scanning: The European Union strategy

László Kovács Taxation and Customs Union
February 28, 2008
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100% scanning: The European Union strategy

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Mr. László Kovács, the European Commission’s Taxation and Customs Union Commissioner, candidly shares his views with WCO News readers on the “Implementing Recommendations of the United States 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 which mandates 100% scanning by 2012 of sea cargo destined for the United States.

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