15.30-17.00

Preparatory meeting for organisers, working group chairs and rapporteurs

19.00

Welcome cocktail and light buffet offered by Polish Customs

9.00-9.15

Welcome speech by Mr. Wiesław Czyżowicz Undersecretary of State, Director General of Polish Customs Service

9.15-10.15

Presentation by Directorate-General Taxation and Customs Union (Mr. Lux, Mr. Theunissen, Mrs. de Coster) and Directorate-General Information Society (Mr. Junger) :

"The draft Council Decision implementing a paperless environment for customs and trade ":

• Legal basis
• Objectives and projects
• Milestones
• Responsibilities

Budget and funding

• Customs 2007 Programme
• FP6/ eTEN

10.15-10.45

Presentation by Member States (Mr. Raes, Belgium , and Mr. Gunderson, Sweden )

"Implementing eCustoms through C2007 actions - visions of the Member States "

See also report of the working group on the Automated Import System and its annex

10.45-11.15

Group Photo / Coffee break

11.15-11.30

Presentation by Directorate-General Taxation and Customs Union (Mr. Theunissen)

"eCustoms in the light of NCTS experience "

11.30-11.50

Presentation by Mr. Grainger, EUROPRO

"Expectations of traders "

11.55-12.10

Presentation by Polish Customs (Mr Czejkowski)

"The Polish Customs IT system " 

12.15-13.45

Working lunch

13.45-15.15

Session I of Working Group (part I)

• Objectives and projects
• Milestones

15.15-15.45

Coffee Break

15.45-17.15

Session I of Working Group (part II)

• Objectives and projects
• Milestones

19.00

Dinner offered by the Polish Customs Service

9.00-9.15

Speech by R. Verrue, Director General DG Directorate-General Taxation and Customs Union:

"The challenge of implementing a paperless environment for customs and trade "

9.15-10.45

Session II of Working Groups (part I)

• Responsibilities
• Budget and Funding

10.45-11.15

Coffee break

11.15-12.45

Session II of Working Groups (part II)

• Responsibilities
• Budget and Funding

12.45-14.15

Working lunch

14.15-16.00

Consolidation of results of the Working Groups

16.00-16.30

Coffee break

16.30-18.00

Presentation of results of the Working Groups [Doc 16]

18.00

End of Seminar