Customs seminar on "Single Authorisation for Simplified Procedures/ Centralised Clearance"

1. Compliance with Statistics under Single Authorisation for simplified procedures and centralised clearance Customs seminar on "Single Authorisation for Simplified Procedures/ Centralised Clearance" Budapest, 1-3 October 2008

2. EU Customs union: implications for FTS • Intrastat: statistics on trade between EU Member States - based on Intrastat declarations - Issues: quality, burden on enterprises, simplification • Extrastat: statistics on trade with non-EU countries - based on customs declarations - Issues: Impact of the Modernized Community Customs Code, « European » perspective of Customs versus « national » perspective of statistics, simplification Extrastat in the context of the Modernized Community Customs Code

3. Past system • With a few exceptions customs declarations are the source of statistics • EU Member State where customs declaration is lodged is the importing or exporting Member State • The only « difficulty »: Rotterdam effect Extrastat in the context of the Modernized Community Customs Code

4. Goods movement: Present System Extrastat in the context of the Modernized Community Customs Code

5. Changes in the customs rules • Place of lodging customs declarations is disconnected from physical movement of goods - Single Authorization for Simplified Procedures (SASP) -Centralised Customs Clearance (CCC) • Customs declarations not required in case of « self-assessment », only ex-post on-site controls Extrastat in the context of the Modernized Community Customs Code

6. Impact on FTS • Wrong allocation of trade flows to individual EU Member States under SASP and CCC, only EU aggregates are correct • Size of misallocation may reach in % of total trade double digit figures • Non-existence of data in case of self-assessment, as big companies might be affected impact on trade figures might be significant Extrastat in the context of the Modernized Community Customs Code

7. Goods movement: Centralised Customs Clearance Extrastat in the context of the Modernized Community Customs Code

8. Centralised Customs Clearance – solutions for FTS • Customs declarations have to contain information on actual importing or exporting EU Member State (MS of destination/actual export) • Data exchange system has to ensure that data available in the supervising EU Member State reach the actual importing or exporting EU Member State Extrastat in the context of the Modernized Community Customs Code

9. Problems • Information on Member State of destination/actual export is not mandatory data element on the customs declaration • Quality of this information • Data exchange system among 27 Member States is costly, problem of timeliness • Use of e-customs system is difficult as it was designed for different purposes Extrastat in the context of the Modernized Community Customs Code

10. Self-assessment • Customs declarations in traditional sense don’t exist • Alternative system of direct collection of data by Customs or statistical administrations will increase reporting burden on companies • Quality difficulties similar to Intrastat Extrastat in the context of the Modernized Community Customs Code

11. New Extrastat • New regulation on Extrastat to be adopted by the European Parliament and the Council and to enter into force in 2010 • Reaction to the changes in the EU Customs system • New indicators: trade by business characteristics, trade by invoicing currency • Enhanced quality framework Extrastat in the context of the Modernized Community Customs Code