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6 September 2013 - WCO

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6 September 2013 - WCO

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  1. WORLD MEETING OF CUSTOMS LAW'Studies of Harmonizationof Customs Law and Contributions of the Academy for updating and improving the WCO Instruments'Keynote SpeechMODERN CUSTOMS IN THE WORLD OF VIRTUAL REALITYMirosław F. ZielińskiDirector, Customs Policy, Legislation & Tariff 6 September 2013 - WCO

  2. SceneSetter • Virtual reality: the fact of life today - information society • The gigantic volumes of world trade information canonlybehandled by modern customs - about 99% of customs declarations in the EU are filed in accordance with the virtualenvironment – electronically • Changing patterns of trade

  3. Volumes of trade in the EU Customs Union: • growing trend of the number of declarations (particularly for export) – 8 declarations per second (15 articles) • total number of declarations in the EU in 2012: 261 million (import: 139 million, export: 105 million, transit: 17 million (including national transit)) • normal procedures: 61 million; simplifiedprocedures: 183 million • customs value = EUR 3.5 trillion in 2012 (+8% compared to 2011) • growing trend of the customs value of the EU externaltrade in both import and export

  4. Valeur en douane Modern EU customs mean: • modernisation of legal basis • serving clients electronically • usingsimplifiedprocedures

  5. Lookinginto the future in the EU – Future Customs Initiative startedseveralyearsago • and at the end of 2012 published Communication on the State of the Customs Union which: • took stock of the Customs Union, in particularitssuccessfulhistoryproviding services, from revenue collection to also protection and facilitation • acknowledged challenges the Customs Union isfacing

  6. set out the wayforward to provide for an even more performing Customs Union in 2020, and • in addition to a priority setting, asked for a reform of the governance and the roles and responsibilities of Member States and the Commission

  7. Course of action set by the Communication: • completemodernization of customs via adopting the Union Customs Code • complete gap analysis and set priorities for future - action plan (risk management, BTIs, crisis management, application of non-customs legislation, sanctions and penalties, training) • enhancefunctioningthrough a governancereform of the Customs Union functioning

  8. Modernisation of the customs legislationthrough adoption of the Union Customs Code: • legal basis for a paperlessenvironment for customs and trade • a customs legislationstreamlined, harmonised and simplified (more horizontal provisions to govern, in particular, parts concerning customs decisions, guarantees, customs delcarations, etc.)

  9. a valorised AEO status (AuthorisedEconomicOperator) for the mostreliableeconomicoperators (simplifications reserved to AEOs and easieraccess to other simplifications) • a legal instrument to protect the financialinterests of the EU and itsMember States to support risk management and the security of the supplychain • the UCC willbesupplemented by furtherdetailedacts.

  10. The objectives of the governancereformwouldbe to achieve: • the definition of operational objectives/quality of service for the EU and the joint system of monitoring thereof • the improvement of operational coordination and joint action, whereitisneeded • a mechanism for identifyingneeds, priorities and transferring/supportingcapacitywhereitisneeded.

  11. Results of the governancereform • more rapiddecision-making • IT developmentwithout duplication • trade-friendly Customs contributing to economic and social development

  12. Thankyou for your attention

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