Customs: Provisional Agreement on an EU One-Stop Shop to Accelerate Customs Clearance
The Council and the European Parliament have reached a preliminary agreement on a single window for customs to allow for a digital collaboration between customs officials and their partners. Come read our blog to learn more about the deal.
Facilitating and accelerating customs clearance is an objective that the European Union (EU) has set for itself. This is increasingly becoming a reality with the new provisional agreement on a single window for customs, which took place on May 20th, following negotiations between the European Parliament and the European Council.
A Significant Improvement in Customs Procedures
After months of negotiations, the Council and the European Parliament have finally reached a provisional agreement on a single window for customs, which will allow customs authorities and their partners to collaborate digitally. The main goal of this deal is to simplify international trade, reduce customs clearance times, and lower the risk of fraud.
Businesses will no longer be required to submit documents to multiple authorities through various portals. Customs officials will be able to automatically verify that the goods meet EU requirements and that all necessary formalities have been completed. National authorities involved in customs clearance at the EU's external borders will be able to verify and exchange the electronic information communicated by the operators.
The initiative's implementation, which is expected to take several years, will necessitate investments at the European and Member State levels. The latter will be required to create "national single window environments." These "environments" will collect information about the goods that companies bring into or leave European territory and will be linked to EU databases that handle non-customs formalities via the EU CSW-CERTEX system. For the time being, the provisional agreement must be approved by the Council and the European Parliament before it can be formalized.
A Greater Dedication to Digital
As we can see, this agreement prioritizes “digital” because it establishes the conditions for digital collaboration between customs authorities and competent authorities in all Member States. This will allow for better collaboration among customs services across Europe, avoiding the need to repeat the same procedures in each country. Improved tracking of products entering and leaving the union will also be possible, bolstering the European Customs Union.
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