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TRANSIT AS A TRANSNATIONAL EU BUSINESS CARD

THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF EU TRANSIT SINCE MORE THAN

TWO DECADESEU TRANSIT AT THE ERA OF COMPUTERISATIONEU TRANSIT AT THE ERA OF INTERNET?

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COMMUNITY TRANSIT AS THE AND IDENTITY OF EU CUSTOMS UNION SINCE THE SEVENTIESWITH 8 PURPOSES:+AN ANSWER TO GATT ART 5 STRATEGY REGARDINGFREEDOM OF TRANSIT+INCREASED RAPIDITY OF ENTRY IN EU CUSTOMS TERRITORY+CROSSBORDER FACILITATION+CONTROL EFFICIENCY AT DESTINATION+COST SAVING+SUSPENSION OF DUTIES AND OTHER CHARGES+SUSPENSION OF COMMERCIAL POLICY MEASURES+CUSTOMS SUPERVISION ENSURING OBSERVANCE OF RULES

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BASIC ELEMENTS OF FUNCTIONING

=CUSTOMS SUPERVISION …FORMALITIES BASED ON SAD AND CONTROLS=SUPERVISION AT OFFICE OF DEPARTURE AND OFFICE OFDESTINATION= BASIC GUARANTEE SYSTEM …COMPREHENSIVE…FLAT RATE….INDIVIDUAL=RELEASE OF OPERATION AND GUARANTEE AFTER RETURNOF COPY 5 OF SAD TO OFFICE OF DEPARTURE=END AND DISCHARGE OF PROCEDURE=IDENTIFICATION MEASURES … SUCH AS SEALING=OBLIGATIONS OF THE HOLDER

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IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF 2O MILLION TRANSIT OPERATIONS

TRANSIT PAPER BASED SYSTEM COLLAPSED AFTER1993 ENLARGEMENT

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT INQUIRY DETECTED ORIGIN OF HUGE FRAUDS AND PROPOSED SOLUTIONS

COMMISSION ACTION PLAN FOR REVISION OF TRANSITMAINLY BASED ON COMPUTERISATION OF TRANSIT

START IN THE THIRD MILLENIUM OF NCTS NEW COMPUTERISED TRANSIT SYSTEM

2004 ROLL OUT PROGRAM AN ONGOING PROCESS

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STATE OF THE PLAY

THE NEW COMPUTERISED TRANSIT SYSTEM IS PARTOF THE ACQUIS OF THE 1O FIRST OF MAY 2004 NEWCOMERS

= 28 COUNTRIES ARE INVOLVED

=4000 CUSTOMS OFFICES ARE CONNECTED

=MORE THAN 10 MILLION MOVEMENTS A 2004 GOAL

FUTURE COEXISTENCE PAPER BASED SYSTEM AND COMPUTERISED TRANSIT WILL BE BANNED… COUNCIL REGULATIONNCTS= FIRST E_CUSTOMS IMPLEMENTATION AND BASIC ITSYSTEM FOR FUTURE ELECTRONIC CUSTOMS APPLICATIONS

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A PREPARATION IN SEVERAL STAGES

+DEFINITION OF BASIC PRINCIPLES

+DEFINITION OF FUNCTIONAL TRANSIT SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS FTSS

+PREPARATION OF THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK

+TRANSLATION OF FTSS INTO TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONSAND DDNTA DESIGNED DOCUMENTATION FOR NATIONAL TRANSIT APPLICATIONS

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A CLEAR LEGAL SITUATION IN THE EU OF 28 COUNTRIES

=OBLIGATORY FOR CUSTOMS IN REGULAR PROCEDURE

=OBLIGATORY FOR AUTHORISED CONSIGNORS AND AUTHORISED CONSIGNEES

=PART OF THE COMMUNITY ACQUIS

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TWO APPROACHES… THE EU COMMISSION AND THE NATIONAL STRATEGY

EU COMMISSION

CENTRAL PROJECT TEAM

=TO PROVIDE FOR SECURED NETWORK CCN…CSI

=TO PROVIDE FOR CENTRAL REFERENCE DATA CS RD FORTHE CENTRAL HELPDESK … TEST TOOLS…

=TO DEVELOP THE MINIMAL COMMON CORE MCC

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MEMBER STATES REQUIRED

=TO ESTABLISH NATIONAL PROJECT TEAM

=TO DEVELOP NATIONAL IT APPLICATION

=OR TO PREPARE INTEGRATION IN MCC IN NATIONAL

CUSTOMS SYSTEM

=TO MANAGE THE EXTERNAL DOMAIN …TRADER INTERFACE

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PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES REQUIRED

= TO SET UP NCTS INFRASTRUCTURE

=TO MEET SPECIFIC NEED OF NCTS … LINK TO CCN AND CSI

=TO TEST THE SYSTEM

=TO SET UP AN HELPDESK

=TO FORESEE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR BOTH OFFICIALSAND OPERATORS

=TO SET UP NETWORK OF A NATIONAL TRANSIT COORDINATOR WITH REGIONAL CORRESPONDENTS

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2004 GAP BETWEEN EXPECTATIONS AND REALITY

+NCTS IS IRREVERSIBLE+BUT ROLL_OUT IS GOING ON BUT SLOW+CONNECTION OF PRIVATE OPERATORS STILL AT INITIAL STAGE+ATTRACTIVENESS OF CONNECTION STILL A QUESTIONMARK+COST OF CONNECTION FOR PRIVATE OPERATORS DIFFERENT IN EACH COUNTRY+ABSENCE OF SINGLE EUROPEAN TRANSIT GUARANTEE+WAITING TIMES AT DEPARTURE+NON_STOP NCTS AVAILABILITY 24 HOURS AND 7 DAYS+THE FALLBACK PROCEDURE… MAY THE OCCASION ARISEOF COLLAPSE OF THE NCTS SYSTEM… OPTION RETURN TO OTSOLD PAPER BASED SYSTEM+NON RULING OF INTERNET CONNECTION AND REQUIREMENT OF DIGITAL SIGNATURE… IN SOME COUNTRIES IN OTHERS NOTROLL_OUT A MATTER OF ATTRACTIVENESS FOR TRADE

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NCTS Operations

Status Report

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NCTS Operations 01/01/2004 => 30/06/2004

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NCTS Operations: Departure01/01/04 => 30/06/04

Monthly NCTS Operations at Departure, Total 2004

BE-LU19%

DE19%

NL10%

CH8%

CZ7%IT

7%ES5%

FR5%

DK4%

PL3%

Others13%

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NCTS Operations: Departure01/01/04 => 30/06/04

Monthly NCTS Operations at Departure, Pre-Enlargement (01/01=>30/04)

BE-LU23%

DE18%

NL7%

CH6%

CZ10%

IT9%

ES6%

FR3%

DK5%

PL2%

Others11%

Monthly NCTS Operations at Departure, Post-Enlargement (01/05/04=>30/06/04)

BE-LU15%

DE19%

NL16%

CH13%

CZ2%

IT4%

ES2%

FR7%

DK3%

PL3%

Others16%

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Monthly NCTS Operations at Departure Departure Jan-04 Feb-04 Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Total 2004

BE-LU 66441 65680 82863 81052 57433 71803 425272DE 28474 36412 55447 116293 79575 87776 403977NL 6015 7994 21423 55478 63569 72356 226835CH 3601 4979 17051 46444 50912 61344 184331CZ 26356 33231 40425 35312 11778 7851 154953IT 20953 29855 34880 32830 15694 18103 152315ES 18098 19255 23313 20077 10807 8726 100276FR 744 1346 6865 31543 28601 36385 105484DK 12760 14168 17283 15054 11584 12648 83497PL 4458 13557 14294 15280 12304 59893

NO 7065 7933 9965 6776 8333 8776 48848SE 6331 7183 9189 8574 7778 9292 48347HU 4633 7351 8590 8205 9612 9753 48144SI 16953 16616 33569AT 2343 2475 3292 17741 3004 4026 32881FI 1785 2274 2972 3636 2944 3462 17073SK 34 7845 6977 14856LV 3973 3198 7171GB 442 432 736 1123 2176 2178 7087PT 1024 1045 1219 1161 999 1042 6490IE 654 703 711 776 824 696 4364GR 878 938 883 537 420 418 4074LT 2396 1554 3950EE 1610 1345 2955CY 1 5 6MT 0 0 0

Total IE01 208597 247712 350664 496940 414101 458634 2176648

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NCTS Operations: Destination01/01/04 => 30/06/04

NCTS Operations at Destination, 01/01/2004 => 30/06/2004

DE, 16%

CH, 15%IT, 9%

NL, 8%

FR, 8%

NO, 7%BE-LU, 6%HU, 5%CZ, 5%PL, 4%

other, 16%

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NCTS Operations: Destination01/01/04 => 18/06/04

NCTS Operations at Destination, Pre-Enlargement (01/01=>30/04)

DE, 15%

CH, 13% IT, 8%

NL, 9%

FR, 8%

NO, 7%

BE-LU, 5%HU, 7%CZ, 7%PL, 5%

other, 16%

NCTS Operations at Destination, Post-Enlargement (01/05=>30/06)

DE, 17%

CH, 18%

IT, 11%NL, 8%FR, 8%

NO, 8%

BE-LU, 8%

AT, 4%CZ, 2%

PL, 2%

other, 15%

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Monthly NCTS Operations at DestinationDestination Jan-04 Feb-04 Mar-04 Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04 Total 2004

DE 33886 36726 53096 72378 71961 74360 342407CH 27402 30244 41409 67974 71507 85583 324119

IT 17747 21348 28039 40657 46815 51144 205750NL 22404 24154 31229 36483 31419 34328 180017

FR 23498 22854 29471 35046 30814 35066 176749NO 17135 19319 24207 28719 30117 35860 155357

BE-LU 7426 8450 16032 32317 33313 37880 135418HU 17200 19384 24343 32280 7175 7813 108195CZ 14674 16997 23510 34962 8436 9030 107609

PL 6822 22831 38323 9163 10209 87348

AT 5672 7113 10961 18080 17312 18438 77576SK 10979 14948 18438 7032 7293 58690

GB 5663 5922 8122 11370 8787 9699 49563DK 4586 5118 6577 8056 8725 9195 42257

ES 3583 3931 5231 8353 6622 7435 35155SE 3883 4143 5245 6830 6650 6483 33234FI 2339 2602 3339 4688 5059 5602 23629

PT 914 879 1146 1751 1471 1421 7582SI 2779 3118 5897

LT 2855 3015 5870EE 2587 2518 5105IE 356 421 601 1009 1009 1008 4404

LV 1745 1651 3396GR 150 196 266 675 675 777 2739

CY 62 21 83MT 12 55 67

Total IE06 208518 247602 350603 498389 414102 459002 2178216