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Continuing a series of articles on the main legal aspects of the proposed EU customs reform, the author focuses on a key player in the import process: the importer. The Commission proposal is … based on a new vision of this actor and his responsibilities. This article describes and analyses the three variants under this concept: the basic rules for importers, the special rules for deemed importers, and the rules for indirect customs representatives who are treated as the (deemed) importer. Furthermore, it addresses the question of what happens when the wrong person has been named as an importer by an actor in the supply chain or a customs representative.

Nepastebimos sienos, sklandūs muitinės formalumai, vienodos taisyklės visoje ES ir patenkinti tiek muitinės klientai, tiek pati muitinė... siekiamybė kurios link veda iššūkių (būtų galima sakyti, … kad problemų, tačiau tai „nebemadinga“) pilnas kelias. Iššūkiai įvairūs – teisiniai, praktiniai, ar tiesiog žmogiškieji, pavyzdžiui, nesusikalbėjimas. Eksporto duomenų teikimo per iMDAS nesena patirtis tapo verslui nerimo dėl kitų sistemų diegimo priežastimi. Nuo 2024 m. kovo 11-osios dienos per išmaniąją Muitinės deklaracijų apdorojimo sistemą (iMDAS) pradėti teikti importo deklaracijų duomenys bei su šių duomenų apdorojimu susijusios elektroninės paslaugos. Apžvelkime, kokios yra naujos patirtys ir įžvalgos.

Viena po kitos keičiamos ir atnaujinamos muitinės sistemos – kovą pradėsime naudoti elektroninius T2L, iMDAS importui, tačiau ir neseniai įgyvendinti pokyčiai dar kelia klausimų, pavyzdžiui, … kaip teisingai deklaruoti prekes nelikus procedūros kodo „49“ arba kaip tam tikrais atvejais forminti eksportą iš muitinei priimtinos vietos. Muitinės praktikų asociacijos nariai aktyviai diskutuoja šiais klausimais virtualiame forume, o taip pat kviečia į kovo 7 d. vyksiantį vebinarą-apkrito stalo diskusiją „Aktualūs pokyčiai muitinės deklaracijoje“. Apžvelkime pokyčių muitinės deklaracijoje temą, verslui kylančius iššūkius ir atsakymus į minėtus praktinius klausimus.

The Southern Common Market (known as MERCOSUR) is a regional integration process initially established by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, and subsequently joined by Venezuela (currently … suspended) and Bolivia (whose accession procedure is still underway). MERCOSUR makes its decisions through three bodies: the Council of the Common Market (CMC), which is the main MERCOSUR body that conducts the integration process politically; the Common Market Group (GMC), which oversees the day-to-day functioning of the bloc; and the Mercosur Trade Commission (CCM), which is responsible for the administration of common commercial policy instruments.

Customs administrations in the Western Balkans have established a platform to automatically exchange Customs data. Called “SEED”, the system has proven efficient in identifying irregularities, … offences and smuggling activities, as well as in accelerating the clearance of goods.

Exports of goods are an important driver of business productivity and economic growth (Mota et al., 2021). Nobody doubts the benefits of exporting today. The government aims to increase the competitiveness … of business and industry in international trade and to promote job creation and economic growth by creating a business-friendly environment. Exports are an important part of business, both for the national economy and for the growth and development of businesses themselves. Economic growth, especially in small countries, is driven by foreign trade, making the promotion of exports a crucial task for a country. The dynamics and development of export growth depend on the implementation of a targeted export policy by the government, and exports are a key factor of economic growth for various countries, including Lithuania.

The electronic customs declaration consists of data elements that should be harmonised worldwide so that customs can verify the data flow from the exporting country to the importing country. … The World Customs Organisation has developed the WCO data model, which provides a universal language for cross-border data exchange. The EU has adopted this model for its own purposes and for trans-European use.

The remaining electronic systems provided for in the Union Customs Code (UCC) will be implemented in 2024 and 2025. The introduction of a new customs system can have various implications for … a company, depending on its specific activity: time savings when paper documents become electronic (e.g. T2L), significant financial savings thanks to new simplification possibilities (e.g. centralised clearance), the need to adapt company processes and software to the transition to the new systems, or simply the potential for disruption during implementation (for example, the introduction of new services of the Intelligent Customs Declaration System (iMDAS) this month in Lithuania has led to a sad joke in business community that the only Christmas wish is a working iMDAS), etc. On 15 December, the European Commission adopted a new work programme to replace the previous one. Let's take a look at the updated implementation deadlines for the systems planned for the coming years. If you work with these systems, you should think about how they will or might affect your organisation and prepare accordingly.

The World Customs Organization has published a comprehensive study on the digitalisation of the Certificate of Origin (CO). This article provides a short summary of the existing CO issues and … suggests some solutions that could help achieve the long-term digitalisation goals – such as the framework for trusted digital signatures currently used in the EU.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) - a topic that was barely heard of last year, it now seems to be a topic that appears at almost every conference and can be applied in every field. When we heard … about artificial intelligence and its availability on the market, it seemed so distant and unheard of, and when the first reports appeared in the press, we certainly did not think that we, as customs brokers, would be able to apply it to our own operations. I will not hide the fact that the first people to try out the CHAT GPT tool in our company were our colleagues who are the most interested in information technology and innovations in the market.

'It is December 2039, and various newsbots push the following content to their subscribers: ... Customs is being abolished next January (2040) when the EU's new customs system [Artificial Customs … Intelligence Depository, ACID] comes into operation ... The new system means that most of the approximately 5,500 Customs employees will lose their jobs.' This is how the introduction to the book "Customs Inside Anywhere, Insights Everywhere" by Frank Heijmann and John Peters begins [1].

Muitinės sandėlyje apskaitos pažeidimai gali būti nustatomi įvairiomis formomis: tai ir nustatyti prekių trūkumai ar perteklius, prekių perdavimo sandėlio viduje klaidos, neteisingas duomenų … suvedimas. Tačiau tam tikrais atvejais, net išvežus prekes iš muitinės sandėlio ir tinkamai užbaigus sandėliavimo procedūrą, gali atsirasti mokestinė prievolė muitinei. Tokia situacija nagrinėjama aktualioje teismo byloje.

The Romanian company provides transportation services. It transported goods from the port of Rotterdam (the Netherlands) to Cluj-Napoca (Romania) under transit procedure. Goods were released … into free circulation in Romania. It treated transportation service as VAT exempt because it assumed that transportation cost was included into the import VAT taxable base. Tax authorities claimed otherwise: the taxpayer failed to provide documents confirming that the transportation cost was included into the import VAT taxable base. Consequently, they denied the exemption. The dispute between the company and the tax authorities reached as far as the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU), which recently issued clarifications on the application of the provisions of the VAT Directive in this case.

If you import aluminium, steel and iron products, cement, fertilisers, hydrogen or electricity, you should already have answered the question of who in your company speaks the language of the … Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), i.e. is knowledgeable in this area and responsible for compliance. And not just you, but also your suppliers from outside the EU, as they will provide you with information on the carbon emissions generated in the production of goods. So who in your supplier company speaks the CBAM language? In this article we look at the links between CBAM and customs, as well as other areas, to help you answer the question of whether the primary responsibility for CBAM compliance should lie with the person responsible for customs matters.

Skaitytojo klausimas: Skaitome aktualijas iš Jungtinės Karalystės apie jų kuriamą efektyviausią pasaulyje sieną. Būtų įdomu, jei nuolat apžvelgtumėte, kaip jiems sekasi, kokios naujausios žinios? … Atsakydami į klausimą apžvelgiame technologijų panaudojimo tikslus ir bendras kryptis JK, ES, JAV ir kitose šalyse, bei pristatome aktualiai paskelbtą JK pasienio pasitikėjimo ekosistemos pilotinio projekto rezultatų ataskaitą.

Skaitytojo klausimas: Koks bus muitinės vaidmuo pereinamuoju laikotarpiu (2023 m. spalis – 2025 m. gruodis) įgyvendinant pasienio anglies dioksido kontrolės mechanizmą (PADKM)? Atsakydami į klausimą … ne tik apžvelgiame muitinės vaidmenį, bet ir atkreipiame dėmesį į visų susijusių asmenų vaidmenis ir pabrėžiame ataskaitas teikiančio deklaranto atsakomybę.

Geležies ir plieno prekių (pavyzdžiui, varžtų, santechnikos, vamzdžių ir kt.) importuotojai rengiasi nuo š. m. rugsėjo 30 d. vykdyti naują prievolę – pateikti muitinei įrodymus, kad trečioje … šalyje pagamintose/ perdirbtose prekėse nebuvo naudojamos atitinkamos prekės iš Rusijos. Reikalavimas įvestas š. m. birželį priimtu 11-uoju sankcijų Rusijai paketu. Kaip jį išpildyti? Apžvelgiame reikalavimą ir pateikiame praktinių patarimų jo išpildymui.