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Title: Manuela Cabral European Commission


1
EU Customs Policy DevelopmentsSupply chain
security a case study
  • Manuela CabralEuropean Commission

2
EC APPROACH ON CUSTOMS POLICY
  • WHY Community approach?
  • The Customs union (1968)
  • The Single Market (1993)
  • Free circulation of goods, persons, services and
    capital
  • One external frontier supervised by 27 customs
    administrations

3
Aim of EU customs policy
  • THE CUSTOMS UNION is a foundation of the EU
  • Nearly 40 years
  • Single Market
  • uro
  • TWIN AIMS OF CUSTOMS POLICY
  • To protect the EU and citizens
  • To facilitate legitimate trade

4
Changing environment New challenges for customs
in general
  • Increasing volumes of traffic
  • Increasing globalisation of trade and crime
  • Increasing threat of terrorist acts
  • Increasing interconnectivity andinterdependency
    of societies/countries

5
Changing environment New challenges for customs
in Europe
  • Total length of external land frontier 12.440
    km
  • Enlargement of the European Union in 2004 and
    2007 (e.g. length of the EU Eastern Land
    Frontier increased nearly 80)
  • About 1.600 million tonnes of seaborne cargo
    (annually)
  • About 8 million tonnes of airborne
    cargo(annually)

6
Changing environment New challenges for customs
in Europe
  • 161.000.000custom declarations per year
  • 441.000custom declarations per day
  • 306 custom declarations per minute
  • 5 custom declarations per second

7
CHANGING ROLE FOR CUSTOMS
  • Traditional approach primary concern of customs
    are fiscal matters and revenue collection
  • New tasks and new challenges
  • due to increasing concerns for safety and
    security
  • demands of globalisation

8
CHALLENGE FOR CUSTOMS
  • In the light of the new tasks, customs have to
    ensure, among other
  • Protection of citizens and their interests while
    facilitating legitimate trade
  • Interoperable IT systems as a means to fight
    fraud and increase security while not hindering
    trade

9
EU CUSTOMS POLICY DEVELOPMENTS
  • Electronic customs
  • Modernized customs code
  • Security amendments to the customs code(case
    study)

10
EU CUSTOMS POLICY DEVELOPMENTSDIFFERENT TIMEPATHS
  • E-CUSTOMS
  • ? Communication COM(2005)609
  • Decision in European Parliament and Council
  • process is started
  • Council decision is expected shortly
  • Phase implementation 2006 - 2013

11
E-Customs
  • Developing secure and interoperable electronic
    customs systems for exchange of data
  • Facilitation of import and export procedures
  • Reduction of administrative costs
  • Reduction of clearing times
  • Improved conjunction between implementation of
    legislation and the customs practice
  • Ensure the right levying of duties and taxes
  • Enable a smooth flow of information between the
    relevant parties and re-use of data

12
EU CUSTOMS POLICY DEVELOPMENTSDIFFERENT TIMEPATHS
  • Modernized Customs Code
  • ? Communication COM(2005)609
  • Decision in European Parliament and Council
  • process is started
  • Implementation ?

13
MODERNIZED CUSTOMS CODE
  • Simplification of the structure reduction of
    articles
  • Revision of the customs procedures centralised
    clearance
  • Improving the system for customs guarantees
  • Expansion of the use of authorizations for the
    whole EU

14
EU CUSTOMS POLICY DEVELOPMENTSDIFFERENT TIMEPATHS
  • SECURITY AMENDMENTS TO THE CUSTOMS CODE
  • ? Regulation (EC) No. 648/2005
  • ? Implementing reg. (EC) No. 1875/2006
  • Implementation
  • AEO 1/1/2008
  • Pre-arrival /Pre-departure 1/7/2009

15
EU CUSTOMS APPROACH ON SECURITY
  • Integration of security aspects in customs
    controls and authorisations for traders
  • ensure that responsibilities are specified
    integration of security aspects in import and
    export controls
  • increased emphasis on export controls
  • ensure that data can be electronically
    exchanged
  • integration of security aspects in
    authorisations for operators

16
EU Customs Security Initiatives
  • Security amendments to the Community Customs
    Code
  • require traders to provide customs authorities
    with information on goods prior to import to or
    export from the European Union
  • provide reliable traders with trade facilitation
    measures (AEO-concept)
  • introduce a mechanism for setting uniform
    Community risk-selection criteria for controls,
    supported by computerised systems

17
Import Control System When is it necessary?
  • First port of entry - Entry Summary
    Declarations (ESD) for all goods on board (24h
    (b/loading)-4h-2h)
  • If vessels sharing arrangements Pre-Arrival
    Notification (PAN) necessary (24h(b/arrival)-4h-2h
    )
  • Manifest for goods to be unloaded
  • Subsequent ports
  • ESD for goods to be unloaded no time limit
    manifest for movement between Community points
  • Between Community ports
  • Regular shipping line no ESD only manifest
  • Non regular shipping line ESD for goods to be
    unloaded manifest for movement between
    Community ports

18
Import Control System (Draft FSS)
19
Export Control System - When is it necessary?
  • For all goods leaving the Community
  • Normal situation export, re-export or transit
    declaration (24h (b/loading)-4h-2h)
  • Freight remaining on board or transhipped at the
    place of unload no declaration (ESD fills the
    role)
  • Others exit summary declaration

20
Export Control System (Draft FSS)
21
EC Security Initiatives
  • Result
  • A secure end-to-end supply chain with secure
    trading partners and without weak links !

22
THANK YOUFOR YOUR ATTENTION
  • For up-to-date information about the
  • Customs Developments
  • visit our website
  • http//europa.eu.int/comm/taxation_customs/index_e
    n.htm
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