Objective and structure of the CDS
Article 7
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’).