BE / 31/03/2010 - Customs Newsflash March
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Customs Newsflash – March 2010
EMCS BE: obligation e-AD arrival as of 1st April 2010!
If excise goods under duty suspension are accompanied by an electronic EMCS declaration (e-AD), , the receiving party needs to report the receipt in EMCS (EMCS arrival)as of 1st April. If you receive a paper AAD (Administrative Accompanying Document), you still have to respond on paper. As of January 1,2011 it will be obliged to send the e-AD declarations for outbound shipments (EMCS departure).
We recommend to check which of your trading partners will send e-AD declarations, in order to estimate if you already need to submit the report of receipt messages. We expect that the number of transactions will be limited in the beginning as there is no obligation yet to use outbound e-AD declarations.
The possibility to respond to the incoming e-AD's is, until further notice, only possible via EMCS Web from the Authorities. The testing of the B2G (business-to-government) communication, which is used by Porthus.net Customs, can only start from April 15 earliest.
To make use of EMCS Web, a registration procedure EMCS Web is required, please check also http://www.fiscus.fgov.be/interfdanl/nl/accijnzen/downloads/emcs_maart_10.pdf
- The users must be registered on the website of the social security (SMALS – http://www.socialezekerheid.be) by the local administrator, the explanation can be found in http://fiscus.fgov.be/interfdanl/bedrijven/e_diensten/paperless/pldaweb.htm. The login/password of the different users needs to be configured and managed by the local administrator. In the list of available online applications, "EMCS (Excise Movement Control System)" needs to be checked.
- To be able to login on the EMCS Web application, the user must either dispose over a certificate class 3, or over an electronic identity card. In case of the latter you also need a card reader. To re-use the Globalsign certificate (a class 3 certificate) for the use of EMCS Web, that you already need for the Porthus.net Customs application, , the certificate must be exported again from the Internet browser, without a private key. This procedure is described in point 2 of the manual concerning the certificates. After that, the certificate must be uploaded to the website of the social security by the local administrator, each time for the correct user. See also http://fiscus.fgov.be/interfdanl/bedrijven/e_diensten/paperless/bestanden/UMOE_PLDA.ppt.
- The EMCS application in production can be reached at http://ccff02.minfin.fgov.be/EMCSWeb/ext, EMCS test at http://193.191.216.17/EMCSWeb/ext.
- See also http://plda.fgov.be/nl/welkom#EMCS-1803 for more information
We have asked clarification from BE Customs about the exact procedure in case economic operators receive an EMCS declaration and are not able to use the Web application yet, either because it is not available at Customs side, either because the customer has no login/password or certificates yet.
The EMCS arrival and departure process will be available in the May 2010 release of the Porthus.net Customs application.More information can be found on following links:
Update NCTS BE Messages IE140 & IE141
The IE140 message is sent to the declaring party within a certain timeframe after the NCTS release in case of non-clearance. The message will replace the paper TC23 letters that are currently used for this matter. The declaring party needs to respond with a IE141 message. He will only receive this message in case the Authorities have not been able to acquire the necessary information with the trader at destination.
The exact timing for the introduction of these messages still needs to be decided by Customs BE. The Authorities first need to do an upgrade of the NCTS Web application.
The processing of the IE140/IE141 messages is already foreseen in the latest version of the Porthus.net Customs application (release 4.6.1. and 3.62).
More information about the IE140/IE141 message can be found on following links:
Update ICS: Import Control System
For the moment we are working on a multi-country SEAP (Single Electronic Access Point) solution for ICS to serve carriers (ocean/air/road), express operators and international freight forwarders (self-filers).
As of April 2010 we will start testing ICS with the Belgian Customs Authorities.
Again, we would like to remind you of our MASP webpage for the latest information: http://www.porthus.com/masp.
Please contact your account manager in case you have specific questions about one of these topics.