# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/620 of 20 April 2018 on the technical specifications for the Copernicus service component pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 377/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance), Division (3): Customs services

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Customs services shall ensure that cooperative data is used to track ships and correlate trajectories and port arrivals with already existing systems' information for a number of purposes.
Monitoring of criminal trafficking of goods shall focus on expanding the maritime domain awareness picture and cross checking information with base registries, vessel related information and reporting data. The service shall support specific operations/interventions where rapid tasking and monitoring are an important requirement. The implementation activities shall include monitoring of third country ports and beaches for departure of specific ships, as well as the detection of abnormal behaviour.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/620/annex/VII/part/II/division/4/division/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-620/annex-VII/part-II/division-4/division-3
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