Remodelling of passport and customs control pavilions in the road border crossing point in Kuznica Białostocka

Programme 2014 - 2020 Poland - Belarus - Ukraine ENI CBC

Date of latest update: 2024-03-25

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Description (EN):

The implemented project includes actions related to expanding and improving the infrastructure of the border crossing point in Kuźnica Białostocka. The actions are aimed at preventing and counteracting illegal migration, combating smuggling, fighting organized crime, as well as counteracting and eliminating illegal trade in rare and endangered species. The implementation of these actions will contribute to the cross-border effect by more efficient and effective screening of vehicles and goods crossing the border, improving and facilitating border traffic, as well as increasing trade and boosting business contacts on both sides of the border. Shorter and more successful controls results from increased numbers of cleared vehicles, rising the number of people and cars crossing the border. Also, the quality of clearances on the Kuźnica Białostocka road crossing-point will improve, which is a strategic objective related to fulfilling Schengen zone standards in relation to the protection of EU’s external borders. The investments will also improve the working conditions of the border authorities. The location of the Kuźnica Białostocka and Bruzgi border crossings will become more attractive. The implementation of the project will be beneficial for the border guard, customs service, the staff of the Border Crossing Service Unit using the infrastructure created within the project, as well as entrepreneurs importing and exporting goods, and local government authorities. The investment will influence the socio-economic development of the region, positively affecting the local population. As a result of the planned actions, contact and cooperation will be established with the Partner. The Belarusian partner built a logistics centre which will significantly influence the capacity to receive heavy goods vehicles cleared in the Kuźnica Białostocka border crossing. The expansion of the border crossing results from the demands in relation to export and import of goods.

Achievements (EN):

Improvement of the crossing capacity, acceleration of border control and higher safety - these are the effects of the reconstruction of the border crossing in Kuźnica Białostocka. It is the largest road border-crossing in the Podlaskie Voivodeship and one of the largest on the Schengen border in Poland. The modernization was carried out as part of projects: "Improvement to the capacity, control and security of the road border crossing in Kuźnica Białostocka" (acronym: ROAD) and "Remodelling of passport and customs control pavilions in the road border crossing in Kuźnica Białostocka" (acronym: PAVILIONS). Thanks to the projects, the border crossing was expanded by two additional control lanes in each direction. Additional pavilions for custom and passport control were also built, the technical infrastructure of the crossing rebuilt, dynamic weights were installed, which allow customs officers to reduce the time and increase the accuracy of truck vehicle control. An automatic traffic block system which allows for automatic stoppage of vehicles was also installed. Both projects have a huge significance for the local community, primarily resulting in the comfort of travellers. The border controls are now more effective and allow to ultimately increase the crossing capacity by at least 60-70%. During the ceremonial opening of the rebuilt crossing, Ewa Stachowicz, coordinating both projects on behalf of the Podlaskie Voivodeship Office, emphasized that: After the reconstruction, during the day, at the crossing in Kuźnica, you can control around 1.2-1.3 thousand trucks a day, while before the improvement it was around 800 trucks. These are the first projects successfully completed in the current edition of the Programme. We are waiting for the results of the subsequent co-financed ventures.

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Expected Results (EN): Number of border crossing points with increased throughput capacity (ENI CBC 35)

Expected Outputs (EN): Number of border crossing points with increased throughput capacity (ENI/CBC 35) -1 ; Number of modernised /improved border crossings -1.

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Safety

Thematic Objective: Promotion of border management and border security, mobility and migration management

Partners (2)

Lead Partner: WOJEWODA PODLASKI

Address: Adama Mickiewicza 3, 15-213 Białystok, Poland

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 2 130 178.00

ENI budget: EUR 1 917 160.20

Государственный таможенный комитет Республики Беларусь

Name: Государственный таможенный комитет Республики Беларусь

Address: MOGILEVSKAYA STR. 45/1, 220007 Minsk, Belarus

Legal status: public

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Remodelling of passport and customs control pavilions in the road border crossing point in Kuznica Białostocka

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Remodelling of passport and customs control pavilions in the road border crossing point in Kuznica Białostocka

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Project name (EN): Remodelling of passport and customs control pavilions in the road border crossing point in Kuznica Białostocka

Project name (RU): Реконструкция павильонов таможенного и паспортного контроля в дорожно пункте пропуска в Кузнице Белостоцкой

Project name (PL): Przebudowa pawilonów kontroli celno-paszportowej w drogowym przejściu granicznym w Kużnicy Białostockiej

Project acronym: Pavillions

Project start date: 2018-07-11

Project end date: 2020-07-10

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 130 178.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 917 160.20

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 90.00%

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ENPI/ENI/NDICI: Amount, EUR 1 917 160.20.

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Financing programme

2014 - 2020 Poland - Belarus - Ukraine ENI CBC

Latest month of project-partner-call data publication

2024-03

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

154 / 154 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

426 / 426 (100%)

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Information provided by the Programme. Data from 3 projects (L4U, Podkarpackie_Incubator4UA and BEC) was retrieved by Interact from the programme´s website on the 2024-03-01. Regarding partners only data only main partners is available. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website ( https://www.pbu2020.eu/en), or a website directly linked from it, on 2024-03-04. Fields project name and description (from 6 projects) translated from Polish into English using the European Commission's eTranslation machine translation service.

The projects which fields include an eTranslation English text are the ones with the following acronyms: ICTCompet, HealthOnTheBorderPLUA, Tyzenhauz, BCPmonitoring, SOUTHWAY and HealthyCities.

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Remodelling of passport and customs control pavilions in the road border crossing point in Kuznica Białostocka

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