Cooperation between Statistical Offices and Customs on the preparation for the Union Customs Code

Nordic meeting on Trade in Goods and Services/BoP 2014

Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, 16-18 September 2014Søren Rich, Senior Adviser, Statistics Denmark

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The Union Customs Code (UCC) was adopted on 9 October 2013 as Regulation (EU) No 952/2013

A recast of Modernised Customs Act (Regulation Regulation (EC) No 450/2008)

MCC supposed to be in force with implementing provisions at latest at 24 June 2013

UCC with implementing provisions will be in force in May 2016 Finally implemented by end of 2020 (?) First draft of UCC Delegated and Implementi ng Acts in Spring

2014 Second draft of UCC Delegated and Implementi ng Acts in

Autumn 2014

EU’s Union Customs Code (UCC)

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Some overall risk areas: Self-assessment Centralised clearence Entire new Single Administrative Document Customs data elements – missing data or decreased

coverage?

Smaller or unknown risk areas: New partner country definitions Declaring of various goods under one TARIC/CN code Postal consignments (postal services), shipping by courier services Small consignments in general Simplified declaration and supplementary declaration (potential incomplete

declaration) Customs declaration used for fiscal purposes (Intra-EU trade)

Risk issues in UCC

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Special joint working group of Statistics Denmark and Danish Customs established during the MCC implementing work in 2010/2011. Irregular meetings Irregular definition of members (change in staff of Customs) But good and very valuable cooperation

Official hearing of the various provisions Valuable but often with too short deadlines

Official ‘Customs Contact’ group consisting of Members from shipping agencies, businesses and industries

Danish cooperation on UCC

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Like other EU Members States (MS) we have worries about Centralised clearence, Self-assessment and implementation of new SAD.

Currently we are reviewing the Customs data element and second draft of the implementing provisions…

… So far we have not found any serious issues. Micro data exchange in SIMSTAT opens up for micro data

exchange of customs data between statistical offices… … but like other MS we want to ensure that customs data

exchange takes place between customs authorities of the MS, not between statistical offices.

Statistics Denmark’s view on UCC

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Thanks for your attention!

Questions, comments?

Søren Rich, sri@dst.dk

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