Background “The EU Customs laboratories provide the scientific expertise needed to enforce European regulations on Customs. Their main tasks include: Chemical analyses to determine the tariff classification and duties of goods Control of dangerous substances (e.g. pesticides, polluta...

Background and context Traditionally, European customs administrations are responsible for interdiction of broad variety of illicit commodities and goods, such as illicit drugs, but are today becoming more sensitive to the need to detect security threats in goods. Many governments, in order to i...