Development of customs control capacity of the National Tax and Customs Administration of Hungary

2026-07-22

The National Tax and Customs Administration (hereinafter referred to as: NTCA) has major role in the fight against cross-border crime, protection of external borders as defined in EU Security Strategy as well as EU Agenda and Action Plan on Drugs 2021-2025. Furthermore, EU and national legislation on preventing and combating money laundering and terrorism financing lay down certain tasks for which customs are responsible. In accordance with the above, aim of the project is the purchase and upgrade of equipment for HU customs in order to increase effectiveness and efficiency of customs controls, to protect the EU from illegal trade while facilitating legitimate business activity. By this proposal NTCA in order to fill in shortages, intends to buy new road x-ray scanners and upgrade its railway one. Planned activities will provide NTCA with much more mobile and up-to-date x-ray scanner units in road-traffic control, and extend operation lifetime of the existing hi energy railway x-ray. Furthermore, NTCA intends to purchase endoscopes, RAMAN spectroscopy device, handheld backscatter x-rays, and sniffer dogs to increase the efficiency of customs controls taking into consideration peculiarities of the control needs of the concerned BCPs. The project also triggers the increase of efficiency of body search. Body scanners to be purchased would create a new ability: these tools will help officers detect illegal objects such as knives, cigarette hidden under passengers' clothing at different kinds of BCPs. Body scanners are mainly used at airports, but NTCA intends to introduce this kind of control into its control procedure applicable in the case of passengers crossing the border on road.

Hungary

2025-12-15