European customs laboratories

The food on our plate, the drink in our glass, the fuel in our cars, 

the shoes on our feet: welcome to the work of the 

European customs laboratories 

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Common 

Agricultural Policy

10,43%

Narcotics and 

psychotropic drugs

7,17%

Other

6,71%

Safety

0,96%

Environment

1,54%

Consumer health

3,87%

Product quality 

fraud detection

6,72%

Tax provisions

25,33%

Tariff  Nomenclature

37,45% 

European customs laboratories: experience you can rely on

There is of course no such thing as a typical customs laboratory. 

No one laboratory is exactly the same as the next in terms 

of their number of staff , their remit and tasks, the range of 

equipment at their disposal, their accredited analytical methods 

and the particular specialties that they may off er. Nonetheless, 

at their core, the services they provide are essentially similar: the 

customs laboratories, profi led here below, are the scientifi c arm 

of customs work.