Chapter I, Article 1 · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/512

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Article 1Scope#

1.This Regulation applies to the following central systems developed or upgraded through the following projects referred to in the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2879:

(a)the Customs Decisions System (CDS), developed through the Union Customs Code (‘the Code’ or ‘UCC’) Customs Decisions project;

(b)the Uniform User Management and Digital Signature (UUM&DS) system, developed through the direct trader access to the European Information Systems (Uniform User Management & Digital Signature) project;

(c)the European Binding Tariff Information (EBTI) system, upgraded through the UCC Binding Tariff Information (BTI) project;

(d)the Economic Operator Registration and Identification (EORI) system, upgraded through the UCC Economic Operator Registration and Identification system upgrade (EORI 2) project;

(e)the Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) system, upgraded in line with the requirements of the Code through the AEO upgrade project;

(f)the Import Control System 2 (ICS2), developed through the ICS2 project;

(g)the Information Sheets (INF) for Special Procedures (INF SP) system, developed through the UCC Information Sheets (INF) for Special Procedures project;

(h)the Registered Exporter (REX) system, developed through the UCC REX project;

(i)the Proof of Union Status (PoUS) system, developed through the UCC PoUS project;

(j)the Surveillance system, upgraded through the UCC Surveillance 3 project.

2.This Regulation applies to the following decentralised systems as developed or upgraded through the following projects referred to in the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2879:

(a)the Automated Export System (AES), developed in line with the requirements of the Code through the AES project;

(b)the New Computerised Transit System (NCTS), upgraded in line with the requirements of the Code through the NCTS upgrade project;

(c)the Centralised Clearance for Import (CCI) system, developed through the UCC CCI project;

(d)the Guarantee Management (GUM) system, developed through the UCC GUM project.

3.This Regulation also applies to the following central systems:

(a)the European Union Customs Trader Portal (EUCTP);

(b)the customs risk management system (CRMS) referred to in Article 36 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447.

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central system
means a trans-European system developed at Union level consisting of common components which are available for all Member States and which do not necessitate the creation of a national component;
common component
means a component of the electronic systems developed at Union level which is available for all Member States or identified as common by the Commission for reasons of efficiency, security, and rationalisation;
data mining
means the analysis of large volumes of data in digital form by any analytical technique to generate information which includes patterns, trends and correlations to mitigate risks and enable informed decision-making based on human intervention;
decentralised system
means a trans-European system consisting of common and national components based on common specifications;
national component
means a component of the electronic systems developed at national level which is available in the Member State that created such component or contributed to its joint creation;
trans-European system
means a collection of collaborating systems with responsibilities distributed across the national administrations and the Commission and developed in cooperation with the Commission;
Union representatives
means the Union representatives as referred to in Article 12(2) of the Windsor Framework.