§7.5.1 Role of border authorities

Border authorities may be the customs authorities of a Member State, market surveillance authorities or other entities depending on the national organisational structure (Article 25(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020). In most countries, border controls are carried out by customs authorities. However, customs officials usually do not have the technical expertise to decide on compliance with the applicable EU product legislation: for this, they have to refer suspicious cases identified in their controls to the competent market surveillance authorities. Border controls therefore require close cooperation between customs and market surveillance authorities in order to be effective. When the border authority is a market surveillance authority, it can carry out its tasks autonomously in its fields of competence and does not have to interact with another authority in order to reach conclusions.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-07