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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
