2024-09-21 10:47:26
“Publications mislead the public. Customs acted legally, using European practice. It concerns x-ray equipment for border and customs control to protect the health and financial interests of Bulgaria as an external border of the EU. The contract was concluded with a contractor selected by the agency and The funds are flowing in. The interests of the country and the EU are not at risk. We are in communication with the EC at every stage “. This is what the director of the “Customs” Agency, Georgi Dimov, told journalists a little while ago on the occasion of statements that appeared in the public space that the public procurement was terminated and a contract with direct negotiation was concluded, and this would have prevented us from being accepted in the land Schengen .
Customs does not specify the company because the equipment collects information about the country and the EU and has a procedure similar to that in other countries.
“The decision of the Supreme Administrative Court is precise and categorical – termination of the order,” Dimov also said.
The deadline is June 25 and could not be fulfilled with a public procurement. We are not in a “need to know” scenario.
Earlier today, at a briefing in the National Assembly, Martin Dimitrov from the PP-DB said that the MoF and the Customs Agency are directly negotiating for customs equipment, instead of a public order.
“This may cause a delay in our reception by land in Schengen,” Dimitrov also said.
It is about financing from the instrument aimed at customs equipment, added Radan Kanev.