Simplifications and amendments in the EU Customs Data Model (EUCDM)
The EU Customs Data Model (EUCDM) is the model for Customs trans-European systems such as NCTS (New Customs Transit System), AES (Automated Export System), ICS (Import Control System), EOS (Economic Operators System) and for Member States’ national customs clearance systems.
Its overall objective is to provide a technical instrument that models the data requirements laid down in EU Customs legislation and present a single and genuine source of information for the technical developments of the different IT systems that are used for data processing by customs in the EU.
The backbone of the EUCDM is the data provided by traders to customs authorities in the various declarations and notifications required under EU customs legislation.
The data requirements are defined in the UCC-DA (UCC Delegated Act), their formats and codes in the UCC -IA (UCC Implementing Act).
One of the main reasons Malta customs upgraded CES to NIS & NES was to comply with the provisions of the Union Customs Code (UCC) in view of the various IT systems that will be implemented by 2025. The UCC stipulates that all communication between Trade and Customs must be electronic.
The Customs department is preparing for changes in:
It shall be possible for Economic Operators to lodge a declaration prior to the arrival of the goods. However, the goods must be presented to customs within 30 days from lodgement otherwise the declaration is invalidated.
The carrier of the goods is legally obliged to ensure an electronic Safety & Security declaration is submitted for all goods on board. This must be submitted to Malta Customs in advance of departure from the non-EU country where Malta is the first port of call. This declaration is called an Entry summary declaration (ENS) and will be lodged in ICS 2 (Import Control System 2).
In the near future, the Customs department will also be offering the following simplifications:
This authorisation allows the economic operator to speed up the logistics;
Authorisation is granted to AEO-C or to EOs who reach certain AEO criteria;
A reduced data set for speedier clearance;
A supplementary declaration has to follow within a stipulated period agreed with customs.
Centralised clearance at Import (CCI) is one of the simplifications linked with the placement of goods under a customs procedure of the UCC.
The holder of this authorisation may lodge at the customs office where he is established, a customs declaration for goods which are presented at another customs office within the customs territory of the Union. If this involves customs offices in two different Member States, then the economic operator has to be an AEO-C. This simplification allows economic operators to centralise and integrate accounting, logistics and distribution.
This centralisation contributes to savings in administrative and transaction costs and provides a genuine simplification of procedures.
The holder of this authorisation is allowed to lodge a customs declaration in the form of an entry into the declarant’s records provided that the particulars of that declaration are at the disposal of customs at the time of its lodgement.
The entry into the declarant’s records could be either with presentation of goods or without presentation. For the latter additional conditions have to be fulfilled. This authorisation is limited to AEO-C.
Allows the EO to carry out customs formalities that are normally carried out by the customs authorities.
The customs formalities are to be negotiated with the customs authorities and the rules will be laid down in the authorisation.