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The European Parliament and the Council of the EU reached a political agreement this Thursday to carry out the reform.
Portugal's candidacy for the new body responsible for managing customs risk control will be examined by the European Parliament, and a decision could be announced in February.
“What used to take four hours to do when I started working now takes one hour,” says the head of the Order of Official Customs Brokers, who, on World Customs Day, speaks of the customs services' “huge qualitative leap” but also of the “chaos” caused by the new EU system to harmonise customs procedures.
