FONASBA ANNUAL MEETING 2012 ECASBA PLENARY MEETINGVenice, 9th October 2012DG-TAXUD Update on Electronic Customs, October 2012

Import Control System Phase 1 (ICS)

ICS – Number of ENS lodged between 01.09.2011 and 31.08.2012

Number of ENS lodged:1 - Sea transport 14,256,1722 - Rail transport 781,4283 - Road transport 935,4344 - Air transport 23,065,2735 - Postal Consignment 1588 - Inland waterway transport 3,1999 - Own propulsion 2,417

Total 39,044,081

ICS – Number of Entry summary declarations lodged per mode of transport and per MS in April 2012 (1)

ICS – Number of Entry summary declarations lodged per mode of transport and per MS in April 2012 (2)

ICS – Business Statistics – Number of Goods Items

ICS Summary• Number of ENS per month at ~3.250.000 (August 2012);• In August 2012, averages of:

• ~ 70 IE301;

• ~ 9,200 IE302/IE303;

• ~ 115 IE319 per working day;

• Error rate stable in August (0.93%) compared to July;

• Some technical issues remain to be resolved

• Global availability rate still to be improved (95.8% in August).

Export Control System Phase 2 (ECS)

ECS – Evolution of Operations

Number of EXS lodged in August 2012, per MS (ED)Number of EXS lodged in August 2012, per MS (ED)

~3.260.000 ENS in August 2012 (26 MS)

~135,000 EXS in August 2012 (only 21 MS)

Number of EXS

lodged in August 2012 at Office of

ExitAT 0BE 12066BG 31691CY 958CZ 0DE 37803DK N/AEE 0ES 13817FI 11340FR 0GR 12HU 4622IE 0IT N/ALT 2259LU N/ALV 33MT 42NL 691PL 8632PT 2430RO 1632SE 4SI 5005SK 1109UK 0

ECS – Member States of Export

ECS – Member States of Exit

ECS Summary

In September, the number of movements released per week increased compared to August (~260,000);Error rate decreased in September (0.38%) compared to August (0.45%);Major issues:

Declarations from FR rejected by several NAs, due to violations of reporting protocols;Several cancellations and diversions are rejected due to different reasons (cross-booking, old movements, out of sequence);

The global availability of the ECS was 99.5% in July, above the target and the limit.

Modernised Customs Code/Union Customs Code

Commission proposal on UCC –COM(2012)64

Reasons behind: -- Implementation of a major part of the processes depends on a wide range of electronic systems which cannot be developed within the deadline fixed in the MCC-- Alignment with the new provisions of the Lisbon Treaty-- Adjustment of some provisions of the MCC that have revealed (e.g. regarding the temporary storage of goods) difficult to implement through sound measures and workable business processes. Discussion launched at Council and European ParliamentTarget date for approval (1st Q 2013)

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