Activities of Anne-Sophie PELLETIER related to 2020/0306(COD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Union Single Window Environment for Customs and amending Regulation (EU) No 952/2013
Amendments (19)
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Trade facilitation, and safety and security, concern all authorities involved in the goods clearance process across Union borders. The rapid rise in international trade and e-commerce has increased the need for better cooperation and coordination among those authorities. The ongoing process of digitalisation allows this situation to be addressed more efficiently by connecting the systems of customs and partner competent authorities and enabling a systematic automated exchange of information between them. As such, the current framework of regulatory compliance is insufficient to support an effective interaction between customs and partner competent authorities, whose systems and procedures are characterised by fragmentation and redundancy. In order to adapt to these new challenges, customs offices across the Union need the means to review their territorial network, especially in view of storage places of goods traded by e-commerce. A fully coordinated and efficient goods clearance process requires a streamlined Union regulatory environment for international trade that delivers long-term benefits to the Union and its residents in all policy areas.
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 d (new)
Recital 5 d (new)
(5d) The findings contained in the Special Report 04/2021 of the European Court of Auditors: Customs controls: insufficient harmonisation hampers EU financial interests should be taken into account.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The exchanges of digital information through EU CSW-CERTEX should cover Union non-customs formalities laid down in Union legislation that customs authorities are entrusted to enforce. Those formalities impose different obligations for the import, export or transit of certain goods, and their verification through customs controls is fundamentally important to the effective functioning of the EU Single Window Environment for Customs. EU CSW-CERTEX should cover digitalised regulatory formalities laid down in Union legislation and managed by partner competent authorities in electronic Union non-customs systems, storing the relevant information from all Member States required for goods clearance. It is therefore appropriate to identify the Union non-customs formalities which should be subject to digital cooperation through EU CSW-CERTEX, while in the long term all non-customs systems should be included. In particular, EU CSW- CERTEX should initially cover sanitary and phytosanitary requirements, rules regulating the import of organic products, environmental requirements in relation to fluorinated greenhouse gases and ozone depleting substances, and formalities related to the import of cultural goods, rules related to product safety, rules related to Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade and rules related to the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Any processing of personal data in EU CSW-CERTEX should facilitate information sharing between the national environments for customs and Union non- customs systems without any storing of data fully respecting Regulation (EU) 2016/679. It should also transform data, where necessary, to enable information exchange between both digital domains. The information technology facilities used for data transformation should be located in the Union.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The increased digitalisation of customs and Union non-customs regulatory formalities applicable to international trade has opened up new opportunities for Member States to improve the digital cooperation between customs and partner competent authorities. In pursuit of those priorities, several Member States have started to develop frameworks for national single window environments for customs. Those initiatives differ substantially depending on the level of existing customs information technology architecture, priorities and cost structures. It is therefore necessary to require Member States to establish and operate national single window environments for customs for Union non-customs formalities covered by EU CSW-CERTEX. Those environments should constitute the national components of the EU Single Window Environment for Customs, enabling electronic information sharing and collaboration between customs, partner competent authorities and economic operators to ensure compliance with and efficient enforcement of customs legislation and Union non-customs formalities covered by EU CSW-CERTEX. In line with this objective, the national single window environments for customs should enable the automated verification by customs authorities of formalities in respect of which data is transmitted from the respective Union non-customs system through EU CSW-CERTEX. The national single window environments for customs should also allow partner competent authorities to monitor and control the quantities of authorised goods (‘quantity management’) that have been released by customs through the Union. Therefore, the relevant IT systems should be designed in a cyber-resilient way, allowing interoperability in real time. This should be ensured by providing the necessary clearance information to the Union non- customs systems through EU CSW- CERTEX. In practical terms, quantity management at Union level is necessary to enable a better enforcement of non- customs regulatory formalities by automatically and consistently monitoring the consumption of authorised quantities for the release of goods, avoiding their overuse or mishandling.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) The lack of sufficient staff on the spot and in customs offices in general endangers the proper functioning of EU customs systems. While digital solutions can reduce the workflow, they require at the same time properly trained staff, thus, without the necessary investments into staff, digital solutions cannot achieve the benefits in view of efficiency and harmonisation. Therefore, Member States' investments into digital systems should guarantee sufficient funding for the staff required in order to guarantee that customs controls are conducted uniformly across the EU. New digital solutions and related restructuring should not be used as a pretext to lay off staff in the fragile environment of customs’ control and clearances across the EU.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation establishes a European Union Single Window Environment for Customs that provides an integrated set of interoperable electronic services at Union and national level through the European Union Customs Single Window Certificates Exchange System to support interaction and information exchange between the national single window environments for customs and the Union non-customs systems referred to in thePart A and Part B of Annex I.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
A European Union Single Window Environment for Customs is hereby established. It shall include the European Union Customs Single Window Certificates Exchange System, national single window environments for customs and the Union non-customs systems referred to in thePart A of Annex I.
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 21 amending the lists of Union non-customs systems laid down in Parts A, B and C of Annex I. When adopting those delegated acts, the Commission shall ensure that any system that fulfils the applicable rules laid down in Articles 10 to 15 is added to the list of Part A of Annex I.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Processing of personal data may take place in a cyber-resilient way in EU CSW-CERTEX, only for the following purposes and without prejudice to Regulation (EU) 2016/679:
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The Member States shall establish national single window environments for customs. Each Member State shall be responsible for the development, integration and operation of its single window environment for customs in a cyber-resilient design, which must be interoperable in real time.
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter V – title
Chapter V – title
Costs of EU CSW-CERTEX, work programme, and monitoring, reviewing and reporting
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall, by means of implementingdelegated acts, adopt a work programme to support the implementation of the provisions of this Regulation related to the connection of the Union non- customs systems referred to in the Annex to EU CSW-CERTEX and the integration of the respective Union non-customs formalities. The work programme shall be kept up to date. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 22(2).
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – title
Article 20 – title
Monitoring, reviewing and reporting
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall regularly monitor the functioning of the European Union Single Window Environment for Customs. The Commission shall regularly review the status of the systems listed in Parts B and C of Annex I with a view to assessing their progress towards compliance with the rules laid down in Articles 10 to 15. If the Commission concludes that a system listed in Parts B or C of Annex I complies with the applicable rules laid down in Articles 10 to 15, it shall adopt a delegated act as mentioned in Article 3(1a) integrating the system into Part A of Annex I.
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – subheading 1
Annex I – subheading 1
ANNEX I: Part A Union non-customs formalities covered by EU CSW-CERTEX
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I a (new)
Annex I a (new)
ANNEX I: Part B Systems that may be used on a voluntary basis by Member States and should be connected by 2023 1. Union regime for the control of exports, brokering, technical assistance, transit and transfer of dual-use items 2. Certificate for International trade of endangered species of wild fauna and flora (CITES) 3. Information and communication system for market surveillance (ICSMS) and Rapid Information Exchange System (RAPEX) 4. Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds 5. Import licence for Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade. 6. Shipments of waste 7. Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) 8. Prior Informed Consent (PIC)concerning the export and import of hazardous chemicals 9. Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing regulation, Catch certificate (EU IUU Catch)
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I b (new)
Annex I b (new)