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Integrated Border Management Fund
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The Integrated Border Management Fund is made of two components: the Border Management and Visa Instrument (BMVI) and the Customs Control Equipment Instrument (CCEI). The Border Management and Visa Instrument ensure strong and effective European integrated border management at the external borders and support the common visa policy.  The new Customs Control Equipment Instrument helps to equip Member States with state-of-the-art customs control equipment with a view to contributing to adequate and equivalent results of customs controls.
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2021-2027 Budget:  € 7.39 billion
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Programmes
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1. The Border Management and Visa Instrument (BMVI), governed by the Common Provisions Regulation., is:

• contributing to a high level of internal security
• safeguarding the free movement of persons within the Union
• fully respecting the relevant Union acquis
• fully respecting the international obligations of the Union and the Member States

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2. The Customs Control Equipment Instrument (CCEI) specifically provides financial support to the customs authorities of European Union Member States for the transparent purchase, maintenance and upgrade of customs control equipment. This includes innovative detection technology equipment for border crossing points, inland customs offices and mobile customs units, such as

• x-ray scanners
• automated number plate detection systems
• other non-intrusive soft detection equipment
• a variety of customs laboratory equipment for goods analysis

This financial support can also encompass

• testing of new equipment or new functionalities in operational conditions
• introductory staff training included in the purchase contracts
• software and software updates directly necessary to use the customs control equipment

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Predecessor Programme

Internal Security Fund: Border and Visa strand

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