On this website you can find information about projects realized by the Financial Directorate of the Slovak Republic with the support of European Union programmes. The projects are listed according to the EU programmes from which they are funded. If you want to learn more about individual projects (information about the project, project location, amount of non-repayable financial contribution, project implementation period and other information), just select the "Show more" option under the specific project.
BMVI - Border Management and Visa Instrument
EUAF - EU Anti-fraud Programme
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Increasing the capacity and effectiveness of Slovak Financial Administration in detecting illegal imports and transports of goods
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EU programme: EUAF – EU Anti-fraud Programme [new Window]
Project acronym: 101140395 – 2023-SK-SPECTECH
Project starting date: 09/2024
Project end date: 08/2026
Place of implementation: Whole Slovakia
Maximum grant amount: 528 000 EUR
Project description: The main goal of the project is to increase the mobility and effectiveness of mobile units in detecting the illegal transport of goods and their smuggling, and at the same time, to increase the efficiency of the performance of checks on vehicles and trains in order to prevent the illegal goods import. The Financial Directorate of the Slovak Republic plans to purchase within this project specially equipped vehicles - mobile offices (3 pcs) for mobile units of customs offices, train undercarriage inspection systems, which will be placed at the rail border crossing points with Ukraine – BCP Matovce and BCP Cierna and Tisou, and handheld density meters intended for stations of customs offices on the whole territory of Slovakia. Part of the purchase contract for all purchased equipment will also include the initial training of the customs officers on the operation of the equipment.
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International workshop for customs officers focused on the fight against excise tax frauds - mineral oils, tobacco (cigarettes) and traceability of tobacco products using the Track & Trace system
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EU programme: EUAF – EU Anti-fraud Programme [new Window]
Project acronym: 101140611 — SK-2023-TRAINET
Project starting date: 03/2024
Project end date: 02/2025
Place of implementation: Donovaly
Maximum grant amount: 43 573 EUR
Project description: This project is focused on organizing international workshop for customs officers focused on the fight against excise tax frauds - mineral oils, tobacco (cigarettes) and traceability of tobacco products using the Track & Trace system. Purpose of this activity is for customs officers to be able to respond to new trends in fraud, with a focus on the fight against tax fraud and evasion of excise duty on mineral oil and the fight against cigarette smuggling. Application of knowledge gained during this activity is expected to contribute to increase the effectiveness of mobile customs supervision and tax supervision.
Within this project 5-day workshop was organized in October 2024 named “International workshop for customs officers focused on the fight against excise tax frauds - mineral oils, tobacco (cigarettes) and traceability of tobacco products using the Track & Trace system” for participants from Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic and Latvia.
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CEF - Connecting Europe Facility
CCEI - Customs Control Equipment Instrument
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Instrumentation Renewal and Ensuring Process Continuity in the Expert Laboratory Activities of the Customs Laboratory of the Slovak Financial Administration
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EU programme: CCEI – Customs Control Equipment Instrument [new Window]
Project acronym: SK-LAB-CCEI23
Project starting date: 03/2025
Project end date: 02/2028
Place of implementation: Bratislava
Maximum grant amount: 1 162 000 EUR
Project description: In this project, it is planned to purchase new, modern, efficient and reliable inspection equipment for the Customs Laboratory of the Slovak Financial Administration.
By the means of the project, the Financial Directorate of the Slovak plans to renew laboratory equipment and ensure continuity of processes in expert laboratory activities. The objective of the renewal and extension of the instrumentation is to increase the capacity of the analytical measurements and expert examinations carried out, while increasing the evidence, veracity and accuracy of the analytical outputs.
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Special Technology Equipment Acquisition and Renewal for Customs Control Improvement and Organised Crime Prevention
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EU programme: CCEI – Customs Control Equipment Instrument [new Window]
Project acronym: SK-BCP-CCEI23
Project starting date: 01/2025
Project end date:12/2027
Place of implementation: Whole Slovakia
Maximum grant amount: 18 300 873,34 EUR
Project description: Within this project new, modern, effective and reliable stationary and mobile customs control equipment is planned to be purchased for stations and branch offices of the customs offices and related BCPs across the entire territory of the Slovak Republic. The equipment will be used to perform faster, more precise and more effective customs controls. The aim of the project is to maintain and ensure an adequate level of control and detection architecture by replacing some of the existing X-ray scanners at the SK /UA border crossing points, airports and postal hubs and to equip mobile units with new X-ray mobile backscatter vans and to introduce new type of portable ion detectors for trace detection of explosives and narcotics in border and airport BCPs.
The aim is to cover and secure the entire territory of Slovakia with adequate customs control equipment and reach more harmonized level of controls.
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Renewal and increase of the capacity for performance of customs controls performed by mobile units of the Financial Administration of the Slovak Republic by the means of purchasing special equipment
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EU programme: CCEI – Customs Control Equipment Instrument [new Window]
Project acronym: 101079787 — 2022-SK-BCROSS
Project starting date: 12/2022
Project end date:11/2024
Place of implementation: Whole Slovakia
Maximum grant amount: 5 277 666 EUR
Project description: Within this project new, modern, effective and reliable mobile customs control equipment is planned to be purchased for mobile units which will perform customs controls using special technologies within the whole territory of Slovak Republic.
The Financial Directorate of the Slovak Republic plans to purchase within this project customs control equipment for purposes of non-intrusive inspection, handheld search and field analysis and spectroscopy for mobile units of customs offices. Included in the purchase contract will be also introductory training for customs officer on how to operate the equipment.
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HORIZON 2020
ISF - Internal Security Fund
