In addition, Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the intenal market , provides for a computerized system linking veterinary authorities which has been developed in the Europena Union.

This computerised system is intended, on the one hand, to permit the electronic transmission of the accompanying administrative document, which must be completed by the consignor for the movement of these products, and the improvement of checks and, on the other hand, to improve the functioning of the internal market, by simplifying the intra-Community movement of products under excise duty suspension arrangements, and by affording Member States the possibility of monitoring the flows in real time and of carrying out the requisite checks where necessary. The computerised system will be made up of Community and non-Community components.

However, according to Sweden Post, the relevant market to evaluate its markets position against, would be a larger ‘Messages Market’, which, in addition to addressed letters of all categories and types, priority and non-priority newspapers and periodicals as well as addressed direct mail, would include ‘all electronic alternatives to physical distribution of postal items (.) Examples include e-mail, EDI, communication via websites (with information submission, transaction execution, etc.), business systems (which generate communication and service applications, such as e-invoicing systems) and telephony services (in the form of SMS and M ...[+++]MS)’.

The Customs and Fiscalis programmes 2007 are improving cooperation between customs and tax administrations and their officials and are establishing trans-European computerised networks required to meet the customs control obligations within the internal market and to maintain taxation of goods and services in accordance with national and Community tax legislation within this market.

In addition, 2 contracts (total value close to EUR 3.2 million) were signed aiming to improve the interconnectivity of taxation and customs IT systems in the candidate countries with similar systems in the Member States.

Whereas, in view of the forthcoming completion of the internal market for live animals and certain products and the abandonment of veterinary inspection at the internal borders, it is necessary to set up, in accordance with Article 20 (1) of Directive 90/425/EEC, a computerized network linking veterinary authorities, generally known as 'Animo';