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.
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08.09.2008
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
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
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Extrastat in the context of the Modernized Community Customs Code
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
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Extrastat in the context of the Modernized Community Customs Code
Goods movement: Present System
Third Countries European Union
SE NL
custom s trans it quasi trans it Intrasta t
AT
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Extrastat in the context of the Modernized Community Customs Code
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
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Extrastat in the context of the Modernized Community Customs Code
Impact on FTS
Size of misallocation may reach in % of total trade double digit figures Wrong allocation of trade flows to individual EU Member States under SASP and CCC, only EU aggregates are correct Non-existence of data in case of self-assessment, as big companies might be affected impact on trade figures might be significant
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Extrastat in the context of the Modernized Community Customs Code
Goods movement: Centralised Customs Clearance
Third Countries
NL participating MS
European Union
customs clearance data
SE supervising MS AT importing MS
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Extrastat in the context of the Modernized Community Customs Code
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
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Extrastat in the context of the Modernized Community Customs Code
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
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Extrastat in the context of the Modernized Community Customs Code
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
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Extrastat in the context of the Modernized Community Customs Code
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
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Extrastat in the context of the Modernized Community Customs Code