Legislation related to the electronic customs initiativeThe electronic customs initiative is essentially based on the following three pieces of legislation: Electronic Customs Decision As set out in the Decision on the paperless environment for customs and trade - 'Electronic Customs Decision' (Decision N° 70/2008/EC     ), the electronic customs initiative aims at establishing secure, interoperable electronic customs systems for the exchange of the data to: - Facilitate import and export procedures;
- Reduce compliance and administrative costs;
- Improve clearance times;
- Coordinate the approach to the control of goods and application of the legislation;
- Ensure proper collection of Community duties and charges;
- Enable a seamless flow of data between the parties involved and allow re-use of data.
The Electronic Customs Decision details the interoperable systems to be introduced, deadlines for their establishment and responsibilities relating to the human, budgetary and technical resources of the Community and of the Member States. Security and Safety Amendment to the Customs Code Regulation (EC) 648/2005 and its implementing provisions requires pre-arrival and pre-departure information (in the form of summary declarations lodged before the goods are brought into or out of the Community customs territory) to be filed electronically and also envisages exchange and sharing of the information between the Member States administrations, when possible. Provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code already voted in the Customs Code Committee but not yet adopted by the European Commission which provides for the EORI system (Economic Operators' Registration and Identification system) are available on the following page.
Modernised Customs Code The modernised Community Customs Code (Regulation (EC) 450/2008) simplifies legislation and streamlines customs process and procedures for the benefit of both customs authorities and traders. Furthermore, the modernised Customs Code - Introduces the electronic lodging of customs declarations and accompanying documents as the rule;
- Promotes the concept of centralised clearance, under which authorised traders are able to declare goods electronically and pay their customs duties at the place where they are established, irrespective of the Member State through which the goods are brought in or out of the EU customs territory or in which they will be consumed.
- Offers a basis for the development of the Single Window and one-stop-shop concepts. Under the Single Window concept, economic operators provide information for import and export, required by customs and non-customs legislation, in a simple and efficient way - through a single entry point - even if the information should reach different administrations/agencies. Consequently, the controls on goods for various purposes (customs, sanitary,...) can be performed at the same time and at the same place ('one-stop-shop' concept).
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