European Union Single Window environment for customs

Zahouani.Saadaoui@ec.europa.euHead of Sector Digital Customs European Commission

DG TAXUD

UN/CEFACT 34th forum

EU SW ENVIRONMENT FOR CUSTOMS THE NEED

• More than 60 EU legal acts are enforced by customs at the EU external borders (sanitary, phytosanitary, environmental, fisheries, cultural heritage, dual use goods etc.)

• Fully digital customs clearance processes require closer cooperation between customs and Partner Competent Authorities (PCA) to avoid multiple submissions of formalities by economic operators at the border for the purpose of the customs clearance.

• EU Single Window environment for Customs provides the framework for digital cooperation between customs and non-customs authorities at the border to support customs clearance (automation, system to system exchanges, harmonized approach for all MS).

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EU SW ENVIRONMENT FOR CUSTOMS THE CONTEXT

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TRADE FACILITATION AGREEMENT (Art. 10.4)

4.1 Members shall endeavor to establish or maintain a single window, enabling traders to submit documentation and/or data requirements forimportation, exportation, or transit of goods through a single entry point to the participating authorities or agencies. After the examinationby the participating authorities or agencies of the documentation and/or data, the results shall be notified to the applicants through the singlewindow in a timely manner.

4.2 In cases where documentation and/or data requirements have already been received through the single window, the same documentationand/or data requirements shall not be requested by participating authorities or agencies except in urgent circumstances and other limitedexceptions which are made public.

SINGLE WINDOW CONCEPT

A facility that allows parties involve in trade and transport to lodge standardized information and documents with a single entry point to fulfill all import, export, and transit-related regulatory requirements.

For information submitted electronically, individual data elements should only be submitted once.UN CEFACT, Recommendation No. 33, July 2005

EU CUSTOMS SW ENVIRONMENT FOR CUSTOMS: GLOBAL CONTEXT

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EU Single Window environment for Customs – Our vision

The aim of this initiative is to establish a harmonised and interoperable set of integrated electronic services at Union and national level in order to enhance information sharing between regulatory government authorities at the border and to reduce administrative burden on business at the time of customs clearance.

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EU CUSTOMS SW ENVIRONMENT FOR CUSTOMS –OUR AMBITIONS

More trade facilitation for the EU Customs Union

• Building on a solid legal framework: the Union Customs Code (UCC)

• Processes and procedures supported by effective IT tools

• Innovation and agility to keep customs and partners up to date

• Benefits for partners of the EU Customs Union: digitalisation end-to-end

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Reduce, harmonise and fully digitalise requirements for economic operators at the EU borders

Enable the exchange/reuse of information between different competent authorities and regulatory requirements

One stop shop principle for physical controls

Joint risk analysis where necessary between customs and partner competent authorities at the border

Convergence of data models and harmonised management strategy (use of World Customs Organisation data model, UNCEFACT data model)

Use of common building blocks at technical level for identification, authentication, communication to facilitate work between authorities at the border

Legal Organisational Semantic Operational

EU CUSTOMS SW ENVIRONMENT FOR CUSTOMS: Different layers of interoperability

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1997 Digital Transit - First step to the EU-wide electronic exchange of customs declarations

1st July 1968 –Start of the EU Customs Union

2008 e-Customs Decision on a paperless environment for Customs and trade. Multi-Annual Strategic Plan (MASP-C)

2013 Union Customs Code -Implementation 2016-2020/2025. Completes shift by customs to a paperless and fully electronic and interoperable environment

2021-2027 EU SW environment for customs: digital cooperation between customs and partner competent authorities (PCA) at the border for the customs clearance

EU CUSTOMS SW ENVIRONMENT FOR CUSTOMS –NEXT STEP IN EU CUSTOMS MODERNISATION

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G2G module

Connects customs and PCA systems (based on CERTEX pilot)

Customs authorities Partner competent authorities (PCA)

Economic operatorsCitizens and environment

From manual to automated verification of PCA documents (certificate, licences, etc.)

Enables automated feedback from customs and better control of their policies. Ex: on-line EU management of the imported/exported restricted goods based on their authorisations.

Enabling fully digital clearance of goods. No need to present any paper documents or pdf attachments

Towards an enhanced enforcement of human and environmental protection policies.

EU CUSTOMS SW ENVIRONMENT FOR CUSTOMS: G2G COOPERATION

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TRACES NT(TNT)

DG SANTE

EU Certificates

DB XDG Y

Customs IT systems: Import, Export,

Transit

Business and technical

transformation

Reliable Quantity Management at source

ODS Licencing System

DG CLIMA

Customs IT systems: Import, Export,

Transit

EU CSW-CERTEXDG TAXUD

Architecture overview

EU Databases National DBs

EU SW developments

More and more policy areasMore Member States

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On the radar:

11 certificates (2023):- Cultural Goods Import Licence

- Cultural Goods Importer Statement

- DuES (eLicencing system)- ODS (ODS 2 LS)

- FGAS (FGAS Portal)

- FLEGT (TNT)

- COI (TNT)

- CHED-PP (TNT)

- CHED-A (TNT)

- CHED-P (TNT)

- CHED-D(TNT)

Alien species

(DG ENV)

WASTE

(DG ENV)

CITES

(DG ENV)

Products Safety

(DG GROW)

3 certificates (2015):

- CVED-A (TRACES)

- CVED-P (TRACES)

- CED (TRACES)

5 certificates (2018):

- FLEGT (TNT)

- COI (TNT)

- CVED-A (TRACES)

- CVED-P (TRACES)

- CED (TRACES)

6 certificates

(2019 -2020):

- CHED-PP (TNT)- FLEGT (TNT)

- COI (TNT)

- CVED-A CHED-A (TNT)

- CVED-P CHED-P (TNT)

- CED CHED-D(TNT)

8 certificates (2020):

- ODS (ODS 2 LS)

- FGAS (FGAS Portal)

- FLEGT (TNT)

- COI (TNT)

- CHED-PP (TNT)

- CHED-A (TNT)

- CHED-P (TNT)

- CHED-D (TNT)

9 certificates (2021):- DuES (eLicencingsystem)- ODS (ODS 2 LS)

- FGAS (FGAS Portal)

- FLEGT (TNT)

- COI (TNT)

- CHED-PP (TNT)

- CHED-A (TNT)

- CHED-P (TNT)

- CHED-D(TNT)

2015 (5 MS):

BU, LV, SI, IE, CZ

2016 (7 MS):

+ PL, CY

2017 (8 MS):

+ EE

2018 (9 MS):

+ PT

2019-20 (20+ MS ???):

+ BE, FR, ES, LX, FI,SW, MT,IT, RO, AT

Customs authorities Partner competent authorities (PCA)

Economic operatorsCitizens and environment

Act as a single entry point for EO. Data harmonisation and rationalization is key. Opens possibility of joint risk analysis. Government act as one.

Receive the relevant information from customs to perform their duties. Data harmonisation and rationalisation is key. Opens possibility of joint risk analysis. Government act as one.

Avoid duplication of information filling. Benefit from integratedprocedures and simplification and harmonisation of data

Towards an enhanced enforcement of human and environmental protection policies.

B2G module Submission of

integrated declaration

(customs declaration

data + additional

data required by

PCA)

EU CUSTOMS SW ENVIRONMENT FOR CUSTOMS: B2G COOPERATION

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EU CUSTOMS SW ENVIRONMENT FOR CUSTOMS –NEXT STEPS

• EU Single Window environment for customs legislation in force by the end of2021

• Benefit for the EU Economic Operators and as well third countries economicoperators with more trade facilitation

• EU Single Window environment for customs not foreseen to be interfaced withother National or Regional SW 13

Q3 2020 – Q4 2021Co-legislation procedureDiscussion EP/Council

Open Public Consultation

09/10/2018 –17/01/2019

Impact Assessment Study Q4 2017 - Q4 2019

QI-Q2 2020Regulatory

Scrutiny Board

Q2 2020:Adoption

by the College

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

More info at: https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/general-information-customs/electronic-customs/eu-single-window-environment-for-customs_en