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Effective May 1, 2025, a sweeping update will streamline customs authorization processes across the European Union. The Customs Decisions System (CDS) will be the sole platform for managing customs authorizations, including national variations, with a few exceptions. This update will impact a range of procedures, from simplified customs declarations to special customs regimes.
Among the key changes, the EU Trader Portal will become the mandatory tool for operators to request, renew, or modify their customs authorizations. The transition is comprehensive, covering numerous authorization categories, such as customs value (CVA), global guarantees (CGU), and various special regimes like Active and Passive Processing (IPO/OPO).
A crucial point to note: Temporary Storage Authorization (TST) will not transition to CDS immediately. It will continue to be handled through MyMinFin for the time being. Additionally, operators are advised that there will be no transition period; all affected parties must be fully transitioned by the effective date.
The full list of affected customs authorizations includes:
- CVA: Simplification for customs value procedures
- CGU: Global guarantee authorization
- DPO: Payment deferral procedures
- TST: Temporary storage facility operations
- RSS: Regular maritime shipping lines
- ACP: Authorized economic operators
- SDE: Simplified declaration process
- CCL: Centralized clearance for customs duties
- SAS: Self-assessment procedures
- AWB: Approved banana weighers
- IPO/OPO: Active and passive processing regimes
- TEA: Temporary admission procedures
- CWx: Customs warehouse procedures
- TRD: Transit declaration with restricted data set
- ETD: Use of electronic transport documents for customs declarations
Operators and businesses impacted by these changes will need to ensure their systems are fully compatible with the EU Trader Portal by May 1, 2025, as no transition period will be provided. The EU Trader Portal page will soon update to include detailed information regarding these updates and procedural steps.
This is a significant regulatory shift, and businesses should prepare now to avoid disruptions.
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