Security of the external frontier - The Community customs code, a single instrument intended to be used by customs officials and businesses in all Member States, was adopted on 12 October 1992. - The Customs Inf
ormation System linking customs officials at the points of entry to and exit from the Community in real time and in their own language as part of the fight against fraud and illegal trafficking (drugs, arms. works of art, endangered species, quantities in excess of trade quotas, etc.) was introduced in October 1992. - In the fight against drugs, a mechanism for monitoring the international trade in precursors, intended to prevent
...[+++]the misappropriation of these products and the manufacture of narcotics, was adopted on 31 March 1992. - As part of measures to protect works of art (final phase), the Council has adopted a mechanism which makes the export of works of art to a third country subject to prior authorization valid throughout the Community.