Highlights - Union Customs Code: vote in committee - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

On 11 October Am IMCO will vote on the draft report on prolongation of the transitional use of means other than the electronic data-processing techniques provided for in the Union Customs Code (UCC). The proposal of the Commission is to amend the UCC in order to extend the period of time during which paper-based transactions will be admissible by the customs administrations of the Member States. The current transition deadline from paper to electronic based transactions is set to 2020.

The Commission defends a postponement on the basis that the technical work necessary to deploy the electronic infrastructure will not be completed by then.