Union Transit and Common Transit

Electronic transport document as a transit declaration (ETD)

Introduction

The use of the electronic transport document as a Union/common transit declaration for goods transported by air and as a Union transit declaration for goods transported by sea (hereinafter ETD) is one of the simplifications planned for the regime. of transit in article 233.4 of Regulation (EU) 952/2013 and developed in articles 199 and 200 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 and in articles 319 and 320 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 and in Article 55 of Appendix I of the Common Transit Convention.

In accordance with the provisions of Article 24 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/341, this simplification will be applicable from 1 May 2018 and will replace the use of a common/Union transit procedure based on the use of a electronic manifest for goods transported by air and the use of a Union transit procedure based on the use of an electronic manifest for goods transported by sea (applicable until 30 April 2018), current level II air and sea.

The electronic transport document - ETD - is a document that lists the goods being loaded onto a ship or aircraft. For the purposes of transit, this document therefore serves as a common/Union transit declaration, provided that it contains the data elements set out in Annexes B-6a and A1a, Appendix III, of the CTC / Column D3 Annex B-RDCAU and the shipping company/airline company has an authorisation granted by the competent customs authorities.

Authorization will be granted provided that compliance with the following requirements is verified:

• The applicant is established in the territory of a contracting party/customs territory of the Union.

• The applicant declares that he/she will regularly use the common/Union transit procedure.

• The applicant meets the criteria established in article 39, letters a), b) and d) of Regulation (EU) 952/2013.

• The applicant operates a significant number of flights/crossings between airports/ports in the Union

 These authorizations will be requested through the procedures on this same page.

Finally, please note that if you do not have the required authorisation on 1 May 2018, you may use the NCTS standardised transit procedure instead. In this case, you must have a comprehensive warranty authorization or warranty waiver.

Procedure at the customs of departure of transit

The customs office of departure for transit is the one that accepts the declarations that include the goods in the transit procedure.

In accordance with Article 6, paragraph 1 of the UCC, all exchanges of information between customs authorities and between economic operators and customs authorities shall be carried out using electronic data processing techniques. This rule also applies to the use of the electronic transport document as a transit declaration.

The ETD simplification is based entirely on the way in which the transit declaration is presented and the data contained therein. In all other respects, the ETD should be treated like any other customs declaration. The detailed legal framework on customs declarations indicated in the CTC in the UCC and in its implementing regulations must be respected as the legislation does not provide for any special rules for a simplified ETD transit procedure.

The ETD used as a transit declaration shall be made available to the customs office of departure so that the customs authorities can carry out a risk assessment or, where appropriate, a check on the goods before they can be cleared and released for transit.

Therefore, the ETD (D3) data must be sent and made available at the customs office of departure before the departure of the means of transport (vessel, aircraft).

The ETD will be sent electronically in accordance with the specifications listed in the Procedures section of this page.

The moment at which the means of transport leaves will be considered the moment of release of the goods for the transit regime.

The use of the ETD as a transit declaration is not subject to the provision of a guarantee.

Procedure at the customs of destination of transit

The customs office of destination for transit is the office where the goods included in the transit declaration are presented in order to finalize the customs procedure.

The ETD data communicated to the customs office of departure of the transit must coincide with the data communicated to the customs office of destination of the transit.

When this customs office of destination is located in national territory, the communication to said customs office of the ETD data will be carried out by submitting the summary declaration of temporary storage (DSDT) in a manner similar to the procedure currently established.