The 21st RILO WE NCP Meeting was held in Rome/Italy on 19 and 20 September 2018. The event was co-hosted by the Italian Guardia di Finanza and the Agenzia delle Dogan e dei Monopoli. The meeting brought together 19 out of 22 member countries of the Western European region, representatives of the RILOs ECE, AP and CIS as well as colleagues from Europol, the WCO, the Pompidou Group and an expert from German Customs.
During the two meeting days RILO matters like the Annual Working Plan, CEN developments and ideas for new activities were lively discussed. The afternoon of the second day was dedicated to the topic “Aviaton” with a special focus on “General Aviation”. Experts from German Customs, the Pompidou Group and the WCO gave in-depth presentations and gave the participants the opportunity to learn about this “blind spot” topic.