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’).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Source: EUR-Lex (Publications Office of the EU), © European Union, reuse permitted under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
