Objective and structure of the NCTS
1. The New Computerised Transit System (‘NCTS’) 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, for the submission and processing of customs declarations and notifications where goods are placed under the transit procedure.
2. The NCTS 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 computerised transit system (‘national NCTS’);
(c)
a common interface between the NCTS and the AES at national level.
Use of the NCTS
The NCTS shall be used for the following purposes where goods are moved under a transit procedure:
(a)
to ensure the implementation of formalities in respect of transit determined by the Code;
(b)
to ensure the implementation of formalities determined by the Convention on a common transit procedure ( 16 ) ;
(c)
to lodge and process transit declarations;
(d)
to lodge a transit declaration containing the particulars necessary for the risk analysis for safety and security purposes, referred to in Article 263(4) of the Code;
(e)
to lodge a transit declaration instead of an entry summary declaration as referred to in Article 130(1) of the Code.
Authentication and access to the NCTS
1. Economic operators have access only to the national transit system via a national trader portal. The authentication and access verification shall be determined by the Member States.
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 NCTS 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 NCTS shall be effected using the UUM&DS or the network services provided by the Commission.
Common communication network of the NCTS
1. The common communication network shall ensure the electronic communication between the national NCTS of Member States and the Contracting Parties to the Convention on a common transit procedure.
2. The customs authorities of the Member States shall use the common communication network for the exchange of information related to the formalities in respect of transit.
National trader portal
1. The national trader portal shall enable the exchange of information between the economic operators and other persons, and the national NCTS of the customs authorities of the Member States.
2. The national trader portal shall interoperate with the national NCTS.
National transit system
1. The national NCTS shall interoperate with the national trader portal and shall be used by the customs authorities of the Member States or Contracting Parties to the Convention on a common transit procedure to submit and process the transit declaration.
2. The national NCTS shall via the common communication network communicate electronically with all national transit applications of the Member States and the Contracting Parties to the Convention on a common transit procedure and shall process transit information received from other Member States and Contracting Parties to the Convention on a common transit procedure.
3. The Member States shall provide and maintain an interface between their national NCTS and AES systems for the purposes of Article 329(5) and (6) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447.
Information exchange with the ICS2 system
1. For EU Member States and Contracting Parties to the Convention on a common transit procedure that decide to include entry summary declaration particulars in the transit declaration, and only when provided by the economic operator or other person, the NCTS shall communicate those particulars to the ICS2 system and support the exchange of information between the ICS2 and economic operators and other persons.
2. The Commission shall provide a common component for the exchange of messages between the NCTS and the ICS2.
IT transition
1. During the NCTS transition period set out in the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2879, the Commission shall provide the Member States with additional common components, transitional rules and supporting mechanisms to establish an operational environment in which the Member States that have not yet deployed the new NCTS system may continue, on a temporary basis, to interoperate with the systems in Member States that have already deployed that new system.
2. The Commission shall offer a common component in the form of a central convertor for the exchange of messages over the common communication network. A Member State may decide to implement the convertor at national level.
3. In the case of a gradual connectivity of economic operators and other persons, a Member State may offer a national convertor for the exchange of messages between the economic operator and other persons, and the customs authority of that Member State.
4. The Commission, in collaboration with the Member States, shall draw up the technical rules which are of a business and technical nature to be applied during the NCTS transition period set out in the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2879, to enable mapping and interoperability between the information exchange requirements set out in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/341, in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446, and in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447.
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