SECTION 1 — The REX system for Member States
Objective and structure of the REX system for Member States
1. The Registered Exporter system (‘REX system’) for Member States shall enable the customs authorities of the Member States to register economic operators established in the Union to declare the preferential origin of goods, and to manage those registrations, namely modifications of registrations, revocations of registrations, cancellation of revocations and reporting of registrations.
2. The REX system for Member States shall consist of the following common components:
(a)
an EU Specific Trader Portal for the REX system for Member States;
(b)
a central REX system for Member States.
3. Member States may create the following national components:
(a)
a national trader portal;
(b)
a national Registered Exporter system (‘national REX system’).
Use of the REX system for Member States
The REX system for Member States shall be used by exporters and the customs authorities of the Member States, in accordance with the provisions in force for the purpose of the Union preferential trade arrangements.
Authentication and access to the REX system for Member States
1. The authentication and access verification of economic operators and other persons for the purposes of access to the EU Specific Trader Portal for the REX system for Member States shall be effected using the UUM&DS system.
For customs representatives to be authenticated and be able to access the EU Specific Trader Portal for the REX system for Member States, 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 Member States’ officials for the purposes of access to the central REX system for Member States 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 central REX system for Member States shall be effected using the network services provided by the Commission.
EU Specific Trader Portal for the REX system for Member States
1. The EU Specific Trader Portal for the REX system for Member States shall interoperate with the EUCTP, and the EUCTP shall be an entry point for requests from economic operators and other persons to the central REX system for Member States.
2. The EU Specific Trader Portal for the REX system for Member States shall be interoperable with the central REX system for Member States and be capable of redirecting users to the national trader portal, where created by a Member State.
3. In Member States where no national trader portal is created, the EU Specific Trader Portal for the REX system for Member States shall be used to submit and exchange information pertaining to applications for registrations and decisions of registrations, and in relation to any subsequent event which may affect the original application or registration as referred to in Article 80 of this Regulation.
Central REX system for Member States
1. Customs authorities of the Member States shall use the central REX system for Member States to process the applications for registrations referred to in Article 83 of this Regulation, to store the registrations, to process any subsequent event which may affect the original application or registration, or to perform queries in the registrations.
2. The central REX system for Member States shall be interoperable with the EU Specific Trader Portal for the REX system, the customer reference services, and other relevant systems.
National Trader Portal
1. Where a Member State puts in place a national trader portal, economic operators and other persons shall use that portal to submit and exchange information pertaining to applications for registrations and decisions of registrations, and in relation to any subsequent event which may affect the original application or registration as referred to in Article 80 of this Regulation.
2. A Member State that creates a national trader portal shall inform the Commission thereof.
3. The national trader portal shall be interoperable with the national REX system.
National REX system
1. Customs authorities of the Member States shall use the national REX system, where created by a Member State, to process the applications for registrations referred to in Article 85 of this Regulation, to store the registrations, to process any subsequent event which may affect the original application or registration, or to perform queries in the registrations.
2. The national REX system shall interoperate and remain synchronised with the central REX system for Member States.
SECTION 2 — The REX system for third countries with which the Union has a preferential trade arrangement
Objective and structure of the REX system for third countries with which the Union has a preferential trade arrangement
1. The REX system for third countries with which the Union has a preferential trade arrangement (‘the REX system for third countries’) shall enable the economic operators in those countries to prepare applications for registration as registered exporters and competent authorities in those countries to process those applications, as well as to manage those registrations, namely modifications of registrations, revocations of registrations, cancellation of revocations and reporting of registrations.
2. The REX system for third countries shall consist of the following common components:
(a)
a pre-application system;
(b)
a central REX system for third countries.
Use of the REX system for third countries
The REX system for third countries shall apply in certain third countries, in accordance with the Union preferential trade arrangements.
Authentication and access to the REX system for third countries
1. The authentication and access verification of third countries’ officials for the purposes of access to the central REX system for third countries shall be effected using EU Login and the user management system for the REX system for third countries (T-REX).
2. The access of economic operators and other persons to the pre-application system referred to in Article 87(2), point (a) of this Regulation, shall be anonymous.
3. The authentication and access verification of the Commission’s staff for the purposes of access to the central REX system for third countries shall be effected using the network services provided by the Commission.
4. Where the preferential trade arrangement of the Union is no longer applicable to a third country, the competent authorities in that third country shall retain access to the REX system for third countries for as long as required to enable those competent authorities to comply with their obligations.
Data processing as regards the REX system for third countries
The personal data of data subjects established in third countries in the REX system for third countries registered by competent authorities in third countries shall be processed to implement and monitor the relevant preferential trade arrangement with the Union.
Central REX system for third countries with which the Union has a preferential trade arrangement
1. Competent authorities in the third countries with which the Union has a preferential trade arrangement shall use the central REX system for third countries to process applications for registrations, to store the registrations, to process any subsequent event which may affect the original application or registration, or to perform queries in the registrations.
2. The central REX system for third countries shall be interoperable with the pre-application system, the customer reference services, and other relevant systems.
Pre-application system in the REX system for third countries with which the Union has a preferential trade arrangement
1. The pre-application system shall be an entry point for economic operators and other persons to submit electronically the data in their application to become a registered exporter. The pre-application system shall not be used for submitting requests for modification or revocation of existing registrations.
2. The pre-application system shall interoperate with the central REX system for third countries with which the Union has a preferential trade arrangement.
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