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Ref : EIC 230/2

6 January 2009

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 12/2009

European Union (EU)* : Amendments to the Implementation Provisions of the Community Customs Code

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 386/2008 of 28 July 2008, the European Commission (the Commission) has adopted a Regulation to amend the implementation provisions of the Community Customs Code. Details are set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1192/2008 (the Regulation), which can be accessed through the following link :
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:329:0001:0051:EN:PDF

DETAILS

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2. The Regulation sets out the implementation provisions, including the granting, suspension, revocation, and the application and issuing procedure, for single authorisation which refers to an authorisation involving customs administrations in more than one Member State. In order to achieve the objective of improving the application and authorisation procedures, electronic communication and database system for single authorisations are also introduced. Provisions relevant to TIR carnet have also been revised in order to integrate the TIR operations into the electronic environment.

ENQUIRIES

3. For enquiries concerning the contents of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5556.

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Peggy LEUNG)

for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.