Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/512 of 13 March 2025 on technical arrangements for developing, maintaining and employing electronic systems for the exchange and storage of information under Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/512
• Articles: 123

Article 1 Scope

1.   This Regulation applies to the following central systems developed or upgraded through the following projects referred to in the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2879:

(a)

the Customs Decisions System (CDS), developed through the Union Customs Code (‘the Code’ or ‘UCC’) Customs Decisions project;

(b)

the Uniform User Management and Digital Signature (UUM&DS) system, developed through the direct trader access to the European Information Systems (Uniform User Management & Digital Signature) project;

(c)

the European Binding Tariff Information (EBTI) system, upgraded through the UCC Binding Tariff Information (BTI) project;

(d)

the Economic Operator Registration and Identification (EORI) system, upgraded through the UCC Economic Operator Registration and Identification system upgrade (EORI 2) project;

(e)

the Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) system, upgraded in line with the requirements of the Code through the AEO upgrade project;

(f)

the Import Control System 2 (ICS2), developed through the ICS2 project;

(g)

the Information Sheets (INF) for Special Procedures (INF SP) system, developed through the UCC Information Sheets (INF) for Special Procedures project;

(h)

the Registered Exporter (REX) system, developed through the UCC REX project;

(i)

the Proof of Union Status (PoUS) system, developed through the UCC PoUS project;

(j)

the Surveillance system, upgraded through the UCC Surveillance 3 project.

2.   This Regulation applies to the following decentralised systems as developed or upgraded through the following projects referred to in the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2879:

(a)

the Automated Export System (AES), developed in line with the requirements of the Code through the AES project;

(b)

the New Computerised Transit System (NCTS), upgraded in line with the requirements of the Code through the NCTS upgrade project;

(c)

the Centralised Clearance for Import (CCI) system, developed through the UCC CCI project;

(d)

the Guarantee Management (GUM) system, developed through the UCC GUM project.

3.   This Regulation also applies to the following central systems:

(a)

the European Union Customs Trader Portal (EUCTP);

(b)

the customs risk management system (CRMS) referred to in Article 36 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447.

Article 2 Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

(1)

‘common component’ means a component of the electronic systems developed at Union level which is available for all Member States or identified as common by the Commission for reasons of efficiency, security, and rationalisation;

(2)

‘national component’ means a component of the electronic systems developed at national level which is available in the Member State that created such component or contributed to its joint creation;

(3)

‘trans-European system’ means a collection of collaborating systems with responsibilities distributed across the national administrations and the Commission and developed in cooperation with the Commission;

(4)

‘central system’ means a trans-European system developed at Union level consisting of common components which are available for all Member States and which do not necessitate the creation of a national component;

(5)

‘decentralised system’ means a trans-European system consisting of common and national components based on common specifications;

(6)

‘EU Login’ is the Commission’s user authentication service which allows authorised users to securely access a wide range of Commission web services;

(7)

‘data mining’ means the analysis of large volumes of data in digital form by any analytical technique to generate information which includes patterns, trends and correlations to mitigate risks and enable informed decision-making based on human intervention;

(8)

‘Union representatives’ means the Union representatives as referred to in Article 12(2) of the Windsor Framework.

Article 3 Contact points for the electronic systems

The Commission and the Member States shall designate contact points for each of the electronic systems referred to in Article 1 of this Regulation, for the purposes of exchanging information to ensure a coordinated development, operation, and maintenance of those electronic systems.

The Commission and the Member States shall communicate the details of those contact points to each other and inform each other immediately of any changes.

Article 4 Objective and structure of the EUCTP

The EU Customs Trader Portal (‘EUCTP’) shall provide economic operators and other persons a unique entry point to access the specific trader portals of the trans-European systems referred to in Article 6(1) of this Regulation.

Article 5 Authentication and access to the EUCTP

1.   The authentication and access verification of economic operators and other persons for the purposes of access to the EUCTP shall be effected using the UUM&DS system.

For customs representatives to be authenticated and be able to access the EUCTP, their empowerment to act in that capacity shall be registered in the UUM&DS system or in an identity and access management system set up by a Member State pursuant to Article 20 of this Regulation. The empowerment shall not be registered for the purpose of accessing the shared trader interface for the ICS2 as referred to in Article 45 of this Regulation.

2.   The authentication and access verification of the customs authorities of the Member States for the purposes of access to the EUCTP shall be effected using the network services provided by the Commission.

3.   The authentication and access verification of the Commission’s staff for the purposes of access to the EUCTP shall be effected using the UUM&DS system or the network services provided by the Commission.

Article 6 Use of the EUCTP

1.   The EUCTP shall provide access to the specific trader portals of the trans-European systems EBTI, AEO, INF, REX, and PoUS referred to in Articles 24, 38, 68, 83 and 96 of this Regulation, respectively, as well as to the shared trader interface for the ICS2 referred to in Article 45 of this Regulation.

2.   The EUCTP shall be used for the exchange of information between the customs authorities of the Member States and economic operators and other persons on the requests, applications, authorisations, and decisions related to EBTI, AEO, INF, the REX system and PoUS.

3.   The EUCTP may be used for the exchange of information between the customs authorities of the Member States and economic operators and other persons, on entry summary declarations and where applicable, on their amendments, issued referrals, and invalidation related to the ICS2.

Article 7 Objective and structure of the CDS

1.   The Customs Decision System (‘CDS’) shall enable communication between the Commission, the customs authorities of the Member States, economic operators and other persons to submit and process the applications and decisions referred to in Article 8(1) of this Regulation, as well as to manage decisions related to the authorisations, namely, amendments, revocations, annulments and suspensions.

2.   The CDS shall consist of the following common components:

(a)

an EU trader portal;

(b)

a central customs decisions management system (‘central CDMS’);

(c)

customer reference services (CRS).

3.   Member States may create the following national components:

(a)

a national trader portal;

(b)

a national customs decisions management system (‘national CDMS’).

Article 8 Use of the CDS

1.   The CDS shall be used to submit and process applications for the following authorisations, as well as to manage decisions related to those applications or authorisations:

(a)

authorisation for the simplification of the determination of amounts being part of the customs value of the goods, as referred to in Article 73 of the Code;

(b)

authorisation for the provision of a comprehensive guarantee, including possible reduction or waiver, as referred to in Article 95 of the Code;

(c)

authorisation of deferment of the payment of the duty payable, as far as the permission is not granted in relation to a single operation, as referred to in Article 110 of the Code;

(d)

authorisation for the operation of temporary storage facilities, as referred to in Article 148 of the Code;

(e)

authorisation to establish regular shipping services, as referred to in Article 120 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446;

(f)

authorisation for the status of authorised issuer, as referred to in Article 128 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446;

(g)

authorisation for the regular use of a simplified declaration, as referred to in Article 166(2) of the Code;

(h)

authorisation for centralised clearance, as referred to in Article 179 of the Code;

(i)

authorisation to lodge a customs declaration through an entry of data in the declarant’s records, including for the export procedure, as referred to in Article 182 of the Code;

(j)

authorisation for self-assessment, as referred to in Article 185 of the Code;

(k)

authorisation for the status of an authorised weigher of bananas, as referred to in Article 155 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446;

(l)

authorisation for the use of the inward processing procedure, as referred to in Article 211(1), point (a), of the Code;

(m)

authorisation for the use of the outward processing procedure, as referred to in Article 211(1), point (a), of the Code;

(n)

authorisation for the use of the end-use procedure, as referred to in Article 211(1), point (a), of the Code;

(o)

authorisation for the use of the temporary admission procedure, as referred to in Article 211(1), point (a), of the Code;

(p)

authorisation for the operation of storage facilities for customs warehousing of goods, as referred to in Article 211(1), point (b), of the Code;

(q)

authorisation for the status of an authorised consignee for TIR operation, as referred to in Article 230 of the Code;

(r)

authorisation for the status of an authorised consignor for Union transit, as referred to in Article 233(4), point (a), of the Code;

(s)

authorisation for the status of an authorised consignee for Union transit, as referred to in Article 233(4), point (b), of the Code;

(t)

authorisation for the use of seals of a special type, as referred to in Article 233(4), point (c), of the Code;

(u)

authorisation to use a transit declaration with reduced data requirements, as referred to in Article 233(4), point (d), of the Code;

(v)

authorisation for the use of an electronic transport document as a customs declaration, as referred to in Article 233(4), point (e), of the Code.

2.   The common components of the CDS shall be used with respect to the applications and authorisations referred to in paragraph 1, as well as for the management of decisions related to those applications and authorisations, where those authorisations or decisions may have an impact in more than one Member State. The authorisations or decisions referred to in paragraph 1, point (f), of this Regulation shall be stored in the central CDMS to make them available for the central PoUS system.

3.   A Member State may decide that the common components of the CDS may be used with respect to the applications and authorisations referred to in paragraph 1, as well as for the management of decisions related to those applications and authorisations, where those authorisations or decisions have an impact only in that Member State.

4.   The CDS shall not be used with respect to applications, authorisations or decisions other than those listed in paragraph 1.

Article 9 Authentication and access to the CDS

1.   The authentication and access verification of economic operators and other persons for the purposes of access to the common components of the CDS shall be effected using the UUM&DS system.

For customs representatives to be authenticated and be able to access the common components of the CDS, their empowerment to act in that capacity shall be registered in the UUM&DS system or in an identity and access management system set up by a Member State pursuant to Article 20 of this Regulation.

2.   The authentication and access verification of the customs authorities of the Member States for the purposes of access to the common components of the CDS shall be effected using the network services provided by the Commission.

3.   The authentication and access verification of the Commission’s staff for the purposes of access to the common components of the CDS shall be effected using the UUM&DS system or the network services provided by the Commission.

Article 10 EU trader portal

1.   The EU trader portal shall be an entry point to the CDS for economic operators and other persons.

2.   The EU trader portal shall interoperate with the central CDMS, and with the national CDMS where created by a Member State.

3.   The EU trader portal shall be used for the applications and authorisations referred to in Article 8(1) of this Regulation, as well as for the management of decisions related to those applications and authorisations, where those authorisations or decisions may have an impact in more than one Member State.

4.   A Member State may decide that the EU trader portal may be used for the applications and authorisations referred to in Article 8(1) of this Regulation, as well as for the management of decisions related to those applications and authorisations, where those authorisations or decisions have an impact only in that Member State.

A Member State that decides to use the EU trader portal for authorisations or decisions that have an impact only in that Member State shall inform the Commission thereof.

Article 11 Central CDMS

1.   The central CDMS shall be used by the customs authorities of the Member States to process the applications and authorisations referred to in Article 8(1) of this Regulation, as well as to manage the decisions related to those applications and authorisations, to verify whether the conditions for the acceptance of an application and for taking a decision are fulfilled.

2.   The central CDMS shall interoperate with the EU trader portal, the customer reference services referred to in Article 13 of this Regulation, and the national CDMS where created by a Member State.

Article 12 Consultation between the customs authorities of the Member States using the CDMS

A customs authority of a Member State shall use the central CDMS when it needs to consult a customs authority of another Member State before taking a decision regarding the applications or authorisations referred to in Article 8(1) of this Regulation.

Article 13 Customer reference services

1.   The customer reference services shall be used for the central storage of data relating to the authorisations referred to in Article 8(1) of this Regulation, and for decisions related to those authorisations, and shall enable the consultation, replication, and validation of those authorisations by other electronic systems established for the purposes of Article 16 of the Code.

2.   The customer reference services shall be used for the central storage of data relating to the registrations from the REX system referred to in Articles 81 and 88 of this Regulation, and shall enable the consultation, replication, and validation of those registrations by other electronic systems established for the purposes of Article 16 of the Code. The customer reference services shall be used by Andorra, Norway, San Marino, Switzerland, and Türkiye to store data from their national registered economic operators, and to consult, replicate, and validate data from the REX system for Member States, and from the REX system for third countries with which the Union has a preferential trade arrangement, for the purpose of their respective schemes of Generalised System of Preferences.

3.   Apart from data from the central CDMS, the customer reference services shall be used to store data from the EORI, EBTI, AEO and GUM systems and shall enable the consultation, replication, and validation of those data by other electronic systems established for the purposes of Article 16 of the Code.

4.   The customer reference services may be used by the Commission and Member States partner competent authorities to consult, replicate, and validate data from the EORI system, for the purposes of Article 16 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2399 of the European Parliament and of the Council  ( 13 ) .

Article 14 National trader portal

1.   The national trader portal, where created by a Member State, shall be an additional entry point to the CDS for economic operators and other persons.

2.   With respect to the applications and authorisations referred to in Article 8(1) of this Regulation, as well as for the management of decisions related to those applications and authorisations where those authorisations or decisions may have an impact in more than one Member State, economic operators and other persons may choose to use the national trader portal, where created, or the EU trader portal.

3.   The national trader portal shall interoperate with the national CDMS, where created by a Member State.

4.   A Member State that creates a national trader portal shall inform the Commission thereof.

Article 15 National CDMS

1.   A national CDMS, where created by a Member State, shall be used by the customs authority of the Member State which created it to process the applications and authorisations referred to in Article 8(1) of this Regulation, as well as to manage the decisions related to those applications and authorisations, to verify whether the conditions for the acceptance of an application and for taking a decision are fulfilled.

2.   The national CDMS shall interoperate with the central CDMS for consultation between the customs authorities of the Member States as referred to in Article 12 of this Regulation.

Article 16 Objective and structure of the UUM&DS system

1.   The Uniform User Management and Digital Signature System (‘UUM&DS system’) shall enable the communication between the Commission and the Member States’ identity and access management systems referred to in Article 20 of this Regulation for the purposes of providing secure authorised access to the electronic systems to the Commission’s staff, economic operators, and other persons.

2.   The UUM&DS system shall consist of the following common components:

(a)

an access management system;

(b)

an administration management system.

3.   A Member State shall create an identity and access management system as a national component of the UUM&DS system.

Article 17 Use of the UUM&DS system

The UUM&DS system shall be used to ensure the authentication and access verification of:

(a)

economic operators and other persons for the purposes of having access to the EUCTP, the common components of the CDS, the EBTI system, the AEO system, the INF SP system, the REX system, the PoUS system, the ICS2, and the GUM system;

(b)

the Commission’s staff for the purposes of having access to the EUCTP, the common components of the CDS, the EBTI system, the EORI system, the AEO system, the ICS2, the AES, the NCTS, the CRMS, the CCI system, the REX system, the PoUS system, the INF SP system and the GUM system for the purposes of maintenance and management of the UUM&DS system.

Article 18 Access management system

The Commission shall set up an access management system to validate the access requests submitted by economic operators and other persons within the UUM&DS system by interoperating with the Member States’ identity and access management systems referred to in Article 20 of this Regulation.

Article 19 Administration management system

The Commission shall set up an administration management system to manage the authentication and authorisation rules for validating the identification data of economic operators and other persons for granting access to the electronic systems.

Article 20 Member States’ identity and access management systems

The Member States shall set up an identity and access management system to ensure:

(a)

the secure registration and storage of identification data of economic operators and other persons;

(b)

the secure exchange of signed and encrypted identification data of economic operators and other persons.

Article 21 Objective and structure of the EBTI system

1.   The European Binding Tarif Information System (‘EBTI system’) shall, in accordance with Articles 33 and 34 of the Code, enable the following:

(a)

communication between the Commission, the customs authorities of the Member States, economic operators and other persons for the purposes of submitting and processing BTI applications and BTI decisions;

(b)

the management of any subsequent event which may affect the original application or decision;

(c)

the monitoring of the compulsory use of BTI decisions;

(d)

the monitoring and management of the extended use of BTI decisions;

(e)

the monitoring by the Commission of BTI decisions, including the processes for applying for, taking, and managing those decisions, to ensure the uniform application of the customs legislation and other Union law.

2.   The EBTI system shall consist of the following common components:

(a)

an EU Specific Trader Portal for EBTI;

(b)

a central EBTI system;

(c)

the capability to monitor the usage of BTI decisions.

3.   Member States may create, as a national component, a national binding tariff information system (‘national BTI system’) together with a national trader portal.

Article 22 Use of the EBTI system

1.   The EBTI system shall be used to submit, process, exchange and store information pertaining to applications and decisions related to BTI or to any subsequent event which may affect the original application or decision as referred to in Article 21(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447.

2.   The EBTI system shall be used to support the monitoring by the customs authorities of the Member States of the compliance with the obligations resulting from the BTI under Article 21(3) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447.

3.   The EBTI system shall be used by the Commission to inform the Member States, pursuant to Article 22(2), third subparagraph, of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447, of the fact that the quantities of goods that may be cleared during a period of extended use have been reached as soon as that fact has occurred.

Article 23 Authentication and access to the EBTI system

1.   The authentication and access verification of economic operators and other persons for the purposes of access to the common components of the EBTI system shall be effected using the UUM&DS system.

For customs representatives to be authenticated and be able to access the common components of the EBTI system, their empowerment to act in that capacity shall be registered in the UUM&DS system or in an identity and access management system set up by a Member State pursuant to Article 20 of this Regulation.

2.   The authentication and access verification of the customs authorities of the Member States for the purposes of access to the common components of the EBTI system shall be effected using the network services provided by the Commission.

3.   The authentication and access verification of the Commission’s staff for the purposes of access to the common components of the EBTI system shall be effected using the UUM&DS system or the network services provided by the Commission.

Article 24 EU Specific Trader Portal for EBTI

1.   The EU Specific Trader Portal for EBTI shall communicate with the EUCTP, where the EUCTP shall be an entry point to the EBTI system for economic operators and other persons.

2.   The EU Specific Trader Portal for EBTI shall interoperate with the central EBTI system, and shall offer redirection to national trader portals where national BTI systems have been created by Member States.

3.   The EU Specific Trader Portal for EBTI shall be used to submit and exchange information pertaining to applications and decisions related to BTI or to any subsequent event which may affect the original application or decision.

Article 25 Central EBTI system

1.   The central EBTI system shall be used by the customs authorities of the Member States to process, exchange and store information pertaining to applications and decisions related to BTI or to any subsequent event which may affect the original application or decision, to verify whether the conditions for the acceptance of an application and for taking a decision are fulfilled.

2.   The central EBTI system shall be used by the customs authorities of the Member States to consult, process, exchange and store information, as referred to in Article 16(4), Article 17, Article 21(2), point (b), and Article 21(5) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447.

3.   The central EBTI system shall interoperate with:

(a)

the EU Specific Trader Portal for EBTI;

(b)

the national BTI systems, where created by Member States.

Article 26 Consultation between the customs authorities of the Member States using the central EBTI system

A customs authority of a Member State shall use the central EBTI system to consult a customs authority of another Member State to ensure compliance with Article 16(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447.

Article 27 Monitoring of the usage of BTI decisions

The capability of the EBTI system to monitor the usage of BTI decisions shall be used for the purposes of Article 21(3) and of Article 22(2), third subparagraph, of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447.

Article 28 National trader portal

1.   Where a Member State has created a national BTI system under Article 21(3) of this Regulation, the national trader portal shall be the main entry point to the national BTI system for economic operators and other persons.

2.   Economic operators and other persons shall use the national trader portal, where created by a Member State, with respect to applications and decisions related to BTI or to any subsequent event which may affect the original application or decision.

3.   The national trader portal shall interoperate with the national BTI system, where created by a Member State.

4.   The national trader portal shall facilitate processes that are equivalent to those facilitated by the EU Specific Trader Portal for EBTI.

5.   A Member State that creates a national trader portal shall inform the Commission thereof. The Commission shall ensure that the national trader portal can be accessed directly from the EU Specific Trader Portal for EBTI.

Article 29 National BTI system

1.   A national BTI system, where created by a Member State, shall be used by the customs authority of the Member State which created it to process, exchange, and store information pertaining to applications and decisions related to BTI or to any subsequent event which may affect the original application or decision, to verify whether the conditions for the acceptance of an application or for taking a decision are fulfilled.

2.   The customs authority of a Member State shall use its national BTI system to consult, process, exchange and store information as referred to in Article 16(4), Article 17, Article 21(2), point (b), and Article 21(5) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447, unless that customs authority uses the central EBTI system for those purposes.

3.   The national BTI system shall interoperate with:

(a)

the national trader portal, where created by a Member State;

(b)

the central EBTI system.

Article 30 Objective and structure of the EORI system

The Economic Operator Registration and Identification System (‘EORI system’) shall enable a unique registration and identification, at Union level, of economic operators and other persons.

The EORI system shall consist of the following components:

(a)

a central EORI system;

(b)

the national EORI systems, where created by the Member States.

Article 31 Use of the EORI system

1.   The EORI system shall be used for the following purposes:

(a)

to receive the data of the registration of economic operators and other persons as referred to in Annex 12-01 to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 (‘EORI data’) provided by the Member States;

(b)

to centrally store EORI data pertaining to the registration and identification of economic operators and other persons;

(c)

to make available EORI data to the Member States;

(d)

to ensure the uniform application of customs controls and customs legislation;

(e)

to minimise risks.

2.   The EORI system shall enable, to the customs authorities of the Member States, online access to the EORI data stored at central system level.

3.   The EORI system shall interoperate with all the other electronic systems where the EORI number is used.

Article 32 Authentication and access to the central EORI system

1.   The authentication and access verification of the customs authorities of the Member States for the purposes of access to the common components of the EORI system shall be effected using the network services provided by the Commission.

2.   The authentication and access verification of the Commission’s staff for the purposes of access to the common components of the EORI system shall be effected using the UUM&DS system or the network services provided by the Commission.

Article 33 Central EORI system

1.   The central EORI system shall be used by the customs authorities of the Member States for the purposes of Article 7 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447, as well as by the Commission to make the EORI data available for the purposes of Articles 46, 47(2) and 50(1) of the Code to ensure the uniform application of customs controls and customs legislation and minimise risks, including through data mining techniques and exchange of risk information.

2.   The EORI system may also be used by the Commission and by the Member States’ partner competent authorities for the purposes of Article 16 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2399.

3.   The central EORI system shall interoperate with the national EORI systems, where created by the Member States.

Article 34 National EORI system

1.   A national EORI system, where created by a Member State, shall be used by the customs authority of the Member State which created it to exchange and store EORI data.

2.   A national EORI system, where created by a Member State, shall interoperate with the central EORI system.

Article 35 Objective and structure of the AEO system

1.   The Authorised Economic Operator System (‘AEO system’) shall enable communication between the Commission, the customs authorities of the Member States, economic operators and other persons to:

(a)

submit and process AEO applications;

(b)

grant AEO authorisations;

(c)

manage any subsequent event which may affect the original decision as referred to in Article 30(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447.

2.   The AEO system shall consist of the following common components:

(a)

an EU Specific Trader Portal for AEO;

(b)

a central AEO system.

3.   Member States may create the following national components:

(a)

a national trader portal;

(b)

a national Authorised Economic Operator system (‘national AEO system’).

Article 36 Use of the AEO system

1.   The AEO system shall be used to submit, exchange, process and store information pertaining to AEO applications and decisions or to any subsequent event which may affect the original decision as referred to in Article 30(1) and Article 31(1) and (4) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447.

2.   Customs authorities of the Member States shall use the AEO system to comply with their obligations under Article 31(1) and (4) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 and to keep a record of the consultations concerned.

Article 37 Authentication and access to the central AEO system

1.   The authentication and access verification of economic operators and other persons for the purposes of access to the common components of the AEO system shall be effected using the UUM&DS system.

For customs representatives to be authenticated and be able to access the common components of the AEO system, their empowerment to act in that capacity shall be registered in the UUM&DS system or in an identity and access management system set up by a Member State pursuant to Article 20 of this Regulation.

2.   The authentication and access verification of the customs authorities of the Member States for the purposes of access to the common components of the AEO system shall be effected using the network services provided by the Commission.

3.   The authentication and access verification of the Commission’s staff for the purposes of access to the common components of the AEO system shall be effected using the UUM&DS system or the network services provided by the Commission.

Article 38 EU Specific Trader Portal for AEO

1.   The EU Specific Trader Portal for AEO shall communicate with the EUCTP, where the EUCTP shall be an entry point to the AEO system for economic operators and other persons.

2.   The EU Specific Trader Portal for AEO shall interoperate with the central AEO system, and shall offer redirection to the national trader portal where created by the Member State.

3.   The EU Specific Trader Portal for AEO shall be used to submit and exchange information pertaining to AEO applications and decisions or to any subsequent event which may affect the original decision.

Article 39 Central AEO system

1.   The central AEO system shall be used by the customs authorities of the Member States to exchange and store information pertaining to AEO applications and decisions or to any subsequent event which may affect the original decision.

2.   The customs authorities of the Member States shall use the central AEO system to exchange and store information, and to consult and manage decisions as referred to in Articles 30 and 31 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447.

3.   The central AEO system shall interoperate with;

(a)

the EU trader portal;

(b)

the national AEO systems, where created by the Member States.

Article 40 National trader portal

1.   The national trader portal, where created by a Member State, shall allow for the exchange of information pertaining to AEO applications and decisions.

2.   Economic operators and other persons shall use the national trader portal, where created, to exchange information with the customs authorities of the Member States with respect to AEO applications and decisions.

3.   The national trader portal shall interoperate with the national AEO system, where created by a Member State.

Article 41 National AEO system

1.   A national AEO system, where created by a Member State, shall be used by the customs authority of the Member State which created it to exchange and store information pertaining to AEO applications and decisions or to any subsequent event which may affect the original decision.

2.   The national AEO system shall interoperate with;

(a)

the national trader portal, where created by a Member State;

(b)

the central AEO system.

Article 42 Objective and structure of the ICS2

1.   The Import Control System 2 (‘ICS2’) shall support communication between the customs authorities of the Member States and the Commission, and between economic operators and other persons and the customs authorities of the Member States, for the following purposes:

(a)

fulfilment of entry summary declaration requirements;

(b)

risk analysis by the customs authorities of the Member States, primarily for security and safety purposes and for customs measures aimed at mitigating relevant risks, including customs controls;

(c)

communication between the customs authorities of the Member States for the purpose of fulfilment of entry summary declaration requirements;

(d)

ensuring the uniform application of customs legislation and the minimising of risks, using, among others, the processing, comparing, and analysis of data by the Member States and the Commission, and enriching and communicating data to Member States.

2.   The ICS2 shall consist of the following common components:

(a)

a shared trader interface;

(b)

a common repository.

3.   Each Member State shall create its national entry system as a national component.

4.   A Member State may create a national trader interface as a national component.

Article 43 Use of the ICS2

1.   The ICS2 shall be used for the following purposes:

(a)

to submit, process, and store the particulars of entry summary declarations as referred to in Article 127 of the Code, and the requests for amendments and invalidations referred to in Article 129 of the Code;

(b)

to receive, process and store the particulars of entry summary declarations extracted from declarations as referred to in Article 130 of the Code;

(c)

to submit, process and store information regarding notifications of arrival of a sea-going vessel or an aircraft as referred to in Article 133 of the Code;

(d)

to receive, process and store information regarding the presentation of goods to customs as referred to in Article 139 of the Code;

(e)

to receive, process and store information regarding risk analysis requests and results, control recommendations, decisions on controls, and control results as referred to in Articles 46(3) and (5) and Article 47(2) of the Code;

(f)

receive, process, store, and communicate the notifications and information to economic operators or other persons as referred to in Article 186(2), point (e), and Article 186(3) to (6) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 and Article 24(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446;

(g)

submit, process and store further information requested by the customs authorities of the Member States pursuant to Article 186(3) and (4) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447.

2.   The ICS2 shall be used to support the monitoring and evaluation by the Commission and the Member States of the implementation of the common safety and security risk criteria and standards and of the control measures and priority control areas referred to in Article 46(3) of the Code.

3.   In addition to the data referred to in paragraph 1, to provide support to the risk management processes, the ICS2 safety and security analytics functionality may be used to collect, store, process and analyse the following information:

(a)

information other than the information referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article;

(b)

risk information and risk analysis results exchanged under Article 46(5) of the Code;

(c)

data exchanged under Article 47(2) of the Code other than the information referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article;

(d)

data collected by the Member States or the Commission from national, Union or international sources under Article 46(4), second subparagraph, of the Code;

(e)

any other data or information made available in the Commission’s electronic systems for the exchange and storage of customs information referred to in Article 16 of the Code and other information concerning the entry, exit, transit, movement, storage and end-use of goods moved between the customs territory of the Union and countries or territories outside that territory for the purpose of the uniform implementation of customs controls and customs legislation.

Article 44 Authentication and access to the ICS2

1.   The authentication and access verification of economic operators and other persons for the purposes of access to the common components of the ICS2 shall be effected using the UUM&DS system.

2.   The authentication and access verification of the customs authorities of the Member States for the purposes of access to the common components of the ICS2 shall be effected using the network services provided by the Commission.

3.   The authentication and access verification of the Commission’s staff for the purposes of access to the common components of the ICS2 shall be effected using the UUM&DS system or the network services provided by the Commission.

Article 45 Shared trader interface

1.   The shared trader interface shall be an entry point to the ICS2 for economic operators and other persons for the purpose of Article 182(1a) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447.

2.   The shared trader interface shall interoperate with the ICS2 common repository referred to in Article 46 of this Regulation.

3.   The shared trader interface shall be used:

(a)

to submit, process and store the particulars of the entry summary declarations and notifications of arrival;

(b)

to submit, process and store requests for amendments and invalidations of entry summary declarations;

(c)

to exchange information between the customs authorities of the Member States and economic operators and other persons.

Article 46 The ICS2 common repository

1.   The ICS2 common repository shall be used by the Commission and the customs authorities of the Member States to process, store, and exchange:

(a)

the particulars of entry summary declarations;

(b)

requests for amendments and invalidations of entry summary declarations;

(c)

notifications of arrival;

(d)

information regarding the presentation of goods;

(e)

information regarding risk analysis requests and results;

(f)

control recommendations;

(g)

control decisions;

(h)

control results and information exchanged with economic operators or other persons.

2.   The ICS2 common repository shall be used by the Commission and the Member States for statistics and evaluation, and to exchange entry summary declaration information between Member States and between the Commission and the Member States.

3.   The ICS2 common repository shall be used by the Commission and the Member States:

(a)

to collect, store, process and analyse additional elements of information in conjunction with entry summary declarations;

(b)

to provide support to the risk management processes referred to in Article 43(3) of this Regulation through the ICS2 safety and security analytics functionality.

4.   The ICS2 common repository shall interoperate with:

(a)

the shared trader interface;

(b)

the national trader interfaces, where created by the Member States;

(c)

the national entry systems.

Article 47 Exchange of information between the customs authorities of the Member States using the ICS2 common repository

A customs authority of a Member State shall use the ICS2 common repository to exchange:

(a)

information with a customs authority of another Member State under Article 186(2), point (a), of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 before completing the risk analysis primarily for security and safety purposes;

(b)

with a customs authority of another Member State information on:

(i)

the recommended controls referred to in Article 186(7), first subparagraph, of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447;

(ii)

decisions taken with regard to the recommended controls referred to in point (i);

(iii)

the results of customs controls performed under Article 186(7) and (7a) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447.

Article 48 National trader interface

1.   The national trader interface, where created by a Member State, shall be an entry point to the ICS2 for economic operators and other persons, in accordance with Article 182(1a) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 where the submission is addressed to the Member State operating the national trader interface.

2.   Economic operators and other persons may choose to use the national trader interface, where created, or the shared trader interface, to:

(a)

submit, process, and store the particulars of the entry summary declarations and notifications of arrival;

(b)

request the amendments and invalidation of the particulars of entry summary declarations;

(c)

exchange information between the custom authorities and economic operators and other persons.

3.   The national trader interface, where created, shall interoperate with the ICS2 common repository.

4.   A Member State that creates a national trader interface shall inform the Commission thereof.

Article 49 National entry system

1.   A national entry system shall be used by the customs authority of the Member State concerned for the following purposes:

a)

to exchange entry summary declaration particulars extracted from the declarations referred in Article 130 of the Code;

b)

to exchange information and notifications with the ICS2 common repository for information regarding the arrival of a sea-going vessel or an aircraft as referred to in Article 133 of the Code;

c)

to exchange information regarding the presentation of goods;

d)

to process risk analysis requests;

e)

to exchange and process information regarding risk analysis results, control recommendations, control decisions and control results.

The customs authority of the Member State concerned shall use a national entry system where a customs authority of a Member State receives further information from the economic operators and other persons.

2.   The national entry system shall interoperate with the ICS2 common repository.

3.   The national entry system shall interoperate with systems developed at national level to retrieve the information referred to in paragraph 1.

Article 50 Objective and structure of the AES

1.   The Automated Export System (‘AES’) shall enable communication between the customs authorities of the Member States, and between the customs authorities of the Member States and economic operators and other persons to submit and process export and re-export declarations where goods are taken out of the customs territory of the Union. The AES may also enable communication between the customs authorities of the Member States to transmit the exit summary declarations particulars in the situations referred to in Article 271(1), second subparagraph, of the Code.

2.   The AES shall consist of the following common components:

(a)

a common communication network;

(b)

central services.

3.   Member States shall create the following national components:

(a)

a national trader portal;

(b)

a national export system (‘national AES’);

(c)

a common interface between the AES and the NCTS at national level;

(d)

a common interface between the AES and the Excise Movement Control System (EMCS) at national level.