31. Given the success of the joint customs operations carried out in 2011 between the EU and its Member States and some non-EU countries, encourages the regular conduct of such operations to target the smuggling of sensitive goods and fraud in certain high-risk sectors; points out that joint customs operations conducted in 2011 resulted in the seizure of 1,2 million cigarettes and the detection of tax and customs fraud worth over EUR 1,7 million;

31. Given the success of the joint customs operations carried out in 2011 between the EU and its Member States and some non-EU countries, encourages the regular conduct of such operations to target the smuggling of sensitive goods and fraud in certain high-risk sectors; points out that joint customs operations conducted in 2011 resulted in the seizure of 1.2 million cigarettes and the detection of tax and customs fraud worth over EUR 1.7 million;

12. Recalls that Union legislation requires the Member States to report all irregularities no later than two months after the end of the quarter in which an irregularity has been subject to a primary administrative or judicial finding and/or new information about a reported irregularity becomes known; calls on the Member States to make all the necessary efforts, including the streamlining of national administrative procedures, to meet the required deadlines and reduce the time gap between the moment a irregularity is identified and that when it is reported; calls on the Member States to act primarily as a protector of taxpayers’ money ...[+++]in their efforts to combat fraud;

12. Recalls that Union legislation requires the Member States to report all irregularities no later than two months after the end of the quarter in which an irregularity has been subject to a primary administrative or judicial finding and/or new information about a reported irregularity becomes known; calls on the Member States to make all the necessary efforts, including the streamlining of national administrative procedures, to meet the required deadlines and reduce the time gap between the moment a irregularity is identified and that when it is reported; calls on the Member States to act primarily as a protector of taxpayers' money ...[+++]in their efforts to combat fraud;

Target acquisition, designation, range-finding, surveillance or tracking systems; detection, data fusion, recognition or identification equipment; and sensor integration equipment.

b.Target acquisition, designation, range-finding, surveillance or tracking systems; detection, data fusion, recognition or identification equipment; and sensor integration equipment.