Sunday 22 May 2011

Statement by EU on Modernised Customs Code

For weeks now there have been rumours that the implementation of EU's Modernised Customs Code will be delayed from the planned June 2013 date, either in full or part. As part of the 78th meeting of the Directors General for Customs of the EU Member States and Turkey a statement was made as to the EU's intentions on the Modernised Customs Code.

The key phrases, as I see it, are that the EU Commissioner is stressing a "limited and targeted intervention in the Code" and urging "sustained efforts to finalise the draft implementing legislation as quickly as possible".

But he also says they should use the occasion to correct some provisions of the Code to elements which are no longer in line with current EU legislation, or "have revealed too difficult or unworkable to be implemented". Any idea what they mean by this?

The full speech by Algirdas Ĺ emeta EU Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud "Pooling our efforts to build a modern Customs Union" can be accessed HERE
Vilnius, 19 May 2011

2 comments:

  1. It seems unlikely it will get resolved in time for the 26 June 2013 due to recent concerns about the potential compatibility of the new Code with the Lisbon comotology*. I had heard the Commission is currently considering two options concerning the implementation of the MCC:
    - either continue with the current MCC and related MCCIP as per initial calendar (i.e. entry into force of MCCIP in June 2013),
    - or, in order to fully take into account the new comitology* regulation, to split the MCCIP into two sets of provisions (a delegated act and an implementing act). Which would of course, mean we might end with two sets of MCCIP. If this option is chosen, it would delay the implementation of the MCC and the entry into force of the MCCIP might be postponed to 2014-2015.

    Can't see this announcement changing anything.

    * Comitology in the European Union refers to the committee system which oversees the delegated acts implemented by the European Commission.

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  2. If they don't get it sorted out soon there will be no incentive for EU companies going through with AEO applications. I can't wait to see what they mean by parts of the MCC they now think are difficult or unworkable to be implemented. Could it be the valuation changes, the new processing regime because they've finally realised it will reduce import duty revenue or - and this is what my money is on - struggling with the Centralised Clearance idea!!!??? How could that work if we can't standardise VAT ...

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