# Detection of illicit trade
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## Public content

**topic id:** EUAF-2026-TA-04
**call id:** EUAF-2026-TA
**title:** Detection of illicit trade
**programme:** EU Anti-Fraud Programme
**status:** closed
**deadline date:** 2026-05-07T00:00:00+00:00
**deadline model:** single-stage
**start date:** 2026-03-17T00:00:00+00:00
**url:** https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/EUAF-2026-TA-04
**description:** Expected Outcome:

 Strengthening and improving beneficiaries’ (in particular, customs authorities’) technical capacity to detect suspicious movements and verify such movements, including by checking trucks, containers and other types of vehicles and means of transport. This will be measured by the number of new features in IT systems or the number of verifications and ‘hits’ following the use of the new equipment.
 
 Scope:
The Commission will support the purchase and maintenance of equipment and IT tools to strengthen beneficiaries’ operational and technical capacity to detect smuggled and counterfeited goods. These include cigarettes and tobacco, imported into the EU with the intention of evading VAT, customs duties and/or excise taxes. Specialised training for staff to operate these tools must be included as part of the action.
**conditions:** Conditions
1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
described in section 5 of the call document.
Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.

2. Eligible countries
described in section 6 of the call document.

3. Other eligibility conditions
described in section 6 of the call document.

4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
described in section 7 of the call document.

5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual.

5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
described in section 9 of the call document.

5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
described in section 4 of the call document.

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
described in section 10 of the call document.

Call document and annexes:
 Call document
Application form templates
Standard application form (EUAF) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System
Detailed budget table (EUAF TA) 
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
EUAF MGA

Additional documents:
 EUAF Annual Work Programme
EUAF Regulation 2021/785 
EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment 
EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement 
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual 
Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions 
Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement
**action type:** EUAF Project Grants
**budget:** 
  **budget Years Columns:** 
    - 2026
  **budget Topic Action Map:** 
    **113981:** 
      -         **action:** EUAF-2026-TA-01 - EUAF-PJG EUAF Project Grants
        **budget Year Map:** 
          **2026:** 10800000
        **deadline Dates:** 
          - 2026-05-07
        **deadline Model:** single-stage
        **expected Grants:** 0
        **max Contribution:** 0
        **min Contribution:** 0
        **planned Opening Date:** 2026-03-17
      -         **action:** EUAF-2026-TA-02 - EUAF-PJG EUAF Project Grants
        **budget Year Map:** 
          **2026:** 10800000
        **deadline Dates:** 
          - 2026-05-07
        **deadline Model:** single-stage
        **expected Grants:** 0
        **max Contribution:** 0
        **min Contribution:** 0
        **planned Opening Date:** 2026-03-17
      -         **action:** EUAF-2026-TA-04 - EUAF-PJG EUAF Project Grants
        **budget Year Map:** 
          **2026:** 10800000
        **deadline Dates:** 
          - 2026-05-07
        **deadline Model:** single-stage
        **expected Grants:** 0
        **max Contribution:** 0
        **min Contribution:** 0
        **planned Opening Date:** 2026-03-17
      -         **action:** EUAF-2026-TA-03 - EUAF-PJG EUAF Project Grants
        **budget Year Map:** 
          **2026:** 10800000
        **deadline Dates:** 
          - 2026-05-07
        **deadline Model:** single-stage
        **expected Grants:** 0
        **max Contribution:** 0
        **min Contribution:** 0
        **planned Opening Date:** 2026-03-17
**keywords:** EUAF-2026-TA-04, EUAF-2026-TA
**last synced at:** 2026-11-09T17:23:17.403+00:00

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