(1)

in Title I, Chapter 1, in the Notes, the description of note [14] is replaced by the following:

‘This information shall be provided in case of an authorisation for the use of inward processing EX/IM without the use of standardised exchange of information as referred to in Article 176, and in case of an authorisation for the use of inward processing IM/EX.’;

(2)

in Title I, Chapter 1, in the Notes, the description of note [15] is replaced by the following:

‘This information shall only be provided in case of an authorisation relating to the use of inward processing IM/EX or end-use.’;

(3)

in Title I, Chapter 2, Data requirements, Group 4 – Dates, times, periods and places, in data element 4/3 (‘Place where main accounts for customs purposes are held or accessible’), the first paragraph below the heading ‘All relevant table columns used:’ is replaced by the following:

‘Main accounts for customs purposes as referred to in the third subparagraph of Article 22(1) of the Code are those accounts which are to be considered by customs authorities as the main accounts for customs purposes allowing the customs authorities to supervise and monitor all activities which are covered by the authorisation or decision concerned. The applicant's existing commercial, tax or other accounting material may be accepted as main accounts for customs purposes if they facilitate audit-based controls.’;

(4)

in Title I, Chapter 2, Data requirements, Group 5 – Identification of goods, in data element 5/9 (‘Excluded categories or movement of goods’), the paragraph below the heading ‘All relevant table columns used:’ is replaced by the following:

‘Specify the movements, or – by using the first 6 digits of the Combined nomenclature code – the goods which are excluded from the simplification.’;

(5)

in Title I, Chapter 2, Data requirements, Group 7 – Activities and procedures, in data element 7/2 (‘Type of customs procedures’), the paragraph below the heading ‘All relevant table columns used:’ is replaced by the following:

‘Using the relevant Union codes, indicate whether the authorisation is intended to be used for customs procedures or for the operation of storage facilities. Where applicable, enter the reference number of the authorisation, if this cannot be derived from other information in the application. If the authorisation has not yet been granted, indicate the registration number of the application.’;

(6)

in Title IV, Chapter 1, Data requirements table, the row relating to data element IV/6, in the column ‘D.E. name’, the text is replaced by the following:

‘Simplifications and facilitations already granted, security and safety certificates issued on the basis of international conventions, of an International Standard of the International Organisation for Standardisation, or of a European Standard of a European Standardisation body or certificates granting a status equivalent to that of an AEO issued in third countries and recognised in an agreement.’;

(7)

in Title IV, Chapter 2, Data requirements, the heading of data element IV/6 is replaced by the following:

‘IV/6.   Simplifications and facilitations already granted, security and safety certificates issued on the basis of international conventions, of an International Standard of the International Organisation for Standardisation, or of a European Standard of a European Standardisation body or certificates granting a status equivalent to that of an AEO issued in third countries and recognised in an agreement.’;

(8)

in Title V, Chapter 2, Data requirements, in data element V/1, the paragraph below the heading is replaced by the following:

‘Indicate on which elements to be added to or deducted from the price pursuant to Articles 71 and 72 of the Code or which elements forming part of the price actually paid or payable pursuant to Article 70(2) of the Code the simplification applies (e.g. Assists, Royalties, transport costs, etc.) followed by a reference to the calculation method used for the determination of the respective amounts.’;

(9)

in Title VI, Chapter 2, Data requirements, in data element VI/2, the paragraph below the heading is replaced by the following:

‘Indicate the average period, calculated on the basis of the preceding 12-month-period, between the placing of goods under the customs procedure and the discharge of that procedure or, where applicable, between the placing of goods in temporary storage and the end of the temporary storage. This information shall only be provided where the comprehensive guarantee is to be used for placing goods under a special procedure or for the operation of a temporary storage facility.’;

(10)

in Title XIII, Chapter 1, Data requirements table, the row relating to data element XIII/6, in the column ‘Status’, the reference ‘[1]’ is deleted;

(11)

in Title XIV, Chapter 1, Data requirements table, the row relating to data element XIV/4, in the column ‘D.E. name’, the text is replaced by the following:

‘Deadline for submitting the supplementary declaration’;

(12)

in Title XIV, Chapter 2, Data requirements, in data element XIV/2, the text below the heading is replaced by the following:

‘Application:

If the application concerns export or re-export, provide evidence that the conditions laid down in Article 263(2) of the Code are met.

Authorisation:

If the authorisation concerns export or re-export, state reasons why a waiver should apply in accordance with Article 263(2) of the Code.’;

(13)

in Title XIV, Chapter 2, Data requirements, data element XIV/4 is replaced by the following:

‘XIV/4.   Deadline for submitting the supplementary declaration

The decision-taking customs authority shall set out, in the authorisation, a time-limit for the holder of the authorisation to send the particulars of the supplementary declaration to the supervising customs office.

The time-limit shall be expressed in days.’;

(14)

in Title XX, Chapter 2, Data requirements, in data element XX/2, the text below the heading is replaced by the following:

‘Application:

Indicate the reference number of the decision on the provision of a comprehensive guarantee or on a guarantee waiver. If the respective authorisation has not yet been granted, indicate the registration number of the application.

Authorisation:

Indicate the reference number of the decision on the provision of a comprehensive guarantee or on a guarantee waiver.’

(1)

in Title I, Chapter 3, Section 1, the table for Group 1, the row relating to data element 1/6, in column G3, the text is deleted;

(2)

in Title I, Chapter 3, Section 1, in the table for Group 2, the row relating to data element 2/2 is replaced by the following:

(3)

in Title I, Chapter 3, Section 1, in the table for Group 2, the row relating to data element 2/3 is replaced by the following:

(4)

in Title I, Chapter 3, Section 1, in the table for Group 3, the following rows are added:

(5)

in Title I, Chapter 3, Section 1, in the table for Group 5, the following row is added:

(6)

in Title I, Chapter 3, Section 1, the table for Group 7, the row relating to data element 7/1, in column D3, the text is deleted;

(7)

in Title I, Chapter 3, Section 1, the table for Group 7, the row relating to data element 7/19, in column D3, the text is deleted;

(8)

in Title I, Chapter 3, Section 1, the table for Group 8, the rows relating to data elements 8/2 and 8/3, in column H2, the text is deleted;

(9)

in Title I, Chapter 3, Section 1, in the table for Group 8, the row relating to data element 8/7 ‘Writing-off’ is deleted;

(10)

in Title I, Chapter 3, in Section 2, the following note is added:

(11)

in Title II, Data requirements, Group 1, data element 1/6 ‘Goods item number’, the words ‘Data Requirements table columns A1-A3, B1-B4, C1, D1, D2,E1, E2 F1ato F1d, F2a to F2c, F3a, F4a, F4b, F4d, F5, G3 to G5, H1 to H6 and I1:’ are replaced by the words:

‘Data requirements table columns A1 to A3, B1 to B4, C1, D1, D2, E1, E2, F1a to F1d, F2a to F2c, F3a, F4a, F4b, F4d, F5, G4, G5, H1 to H6 and I1:’;

(12)

in Title II, Data requirements, in Group 2, data element 2/1 ‘Simplified declaration/Previous documents’ is amended as follows:

(13)

in Title II, Data requirements, Group 2, data element 2/3 ‘Documents produced, certificates and authorisations, additional references’, before the heading ‘Data Requirements table column B1 to B4, C1, H1 to H5 and I1:’, the following text is inserted:

‘Data requirements table columns B1 and H1:

(14)

in Title II, Data requirements, in Group 3, the following text is added:

‘3/45.    Person providing a guarantee identification No

All relevant data requirements table columns used:

This information takes the form of the EORI number referred to in Article 1(18) of the person providing the guarantee, if different from the declarant.

3/46.    Person paying the customs duty identification No

All relevant data requirements table columns used:

This information takes the form of the EORI number referred to in Article 1(18) of the person paying the customs duty, if different from the declarant.’;

(15)

in Title II, Data requirements, in Group 5, the following text is added:

‘5/31.   Date of acceptance

All relevant data requirements table columns used:

Enter the date of acceptance of the simplified declaration or the date when the goods were entered in the declarant's records.’;

(16)

in Title II, Data requirements, Group 7, in data element 7/1 ‘Transhipments’, the heading ‘Table column D3:’ and the text below that heading are deleted;

(17)

in Title II, Data requirements, Group 7, in data element 7/19 ‘Other incidents during carriage’, the heading ‘Table column D3:’ and the paragraph below that heading are deleted;

(18)

in Title II, Data requirements, in Group 8, the heading concerning data element 8/7 ‘Writing-off’ and the text under that heading are deleted.

(1)

in the Introductory notes, in point 2.1, the third sentence is replaced by the following:

‘ ‘Harmonised System’ or ‘HS’ means the goods nomenclature established under the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, as amended by Recommendation of the Customs Cooperation Council of 27 June 2014 (‘HS 2017’).’;

(2)

Throughout the text of the Annex, the words ‘HS 2012 Code’ are replaced by the words ‘HS 2017 Code’;

(3)

in Section I, Chapter 2, in the table, the following row is added:

(4)

in Section II, before Chapter 14, the following text is inserted:

‘CHAPTER 11

Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten

Chapter residual rule applicable to mixtures:

Chapter residual rule:

Where the country of origin cannot be determined by application of the primary rules and the other Chapter residual rule[s], the country of origin of the goods shall be the country in which the major portion of the materials originated, as determined on the basis of the weight of the materials.

(5)

in Section IV, Chapter 20, the table, the row relating to HS 2012 Code ex 2009, in the column ‘Description of goods’, the words ‘Grape juice Other’ are replaced by the words ‘Grape juice’;

(6)

in Section XI, Chapter 58, the table, the row relating to HS 2012 Code 5804, in the column ‘Description of goods’, the text is replaced by the following:

‘Tulles and other net fabrics, not including woven, knitted or crocheted fabrics; lace in the piece, in strips or in motifs, other than fabrics of heading 6002 to 6006.’;

(7)

in Section XVI, in Chapter 84, the heading ‘Definition of ‘Assembly of semi-conductor products’ for the purpose of heading 8473’ and the two sentences following that heading are replaced by the following:

‘Definition of ‘Assembly of semi-conductor products’

The primary rule ‘Assembly of semi-conductor products’, used in the table below, means a change from chips, dice or other semi-conductor products to chips, dice or other semi-conductor products that are packaged or mounted onto a common medium for connection or connected and then mounted. The assembly of semi-conductor products shall not be considered a minimal operation.’;

(8)

in Section XVI, Chapter 85 is amended as follows:

(9)

in Section XVIII, Chapter 90 is amended as follows:

(1)

in Title I, Chapter 1, Notes, in Note number [10], the Note description is replaced by the following:

‘This information shall only be provided for the purposes of the following applications:

(2)

in Title I, Chapter 2, Data requirements, Group 4 — Dates, times, periods and places, in data element 4/8 (‘Location of the goods’), the text under the heading ‘Table columns 7b to 7d:’ is replaced by the following:

‘Using the relevant code, enter the identifier of the location or locations where the goods may be located when placed under a customs procedure.’;

(3)

in Title I, Chapter 2, Data requirements, Group 4 — Dates, times, periods and places, in data element 4/10 (‘Customs office(s) of placement’), the text is replaced by the following:

‘All relevant table columns used:

Indicate the suggested customs office or offices of placement, as defined in Article 1(17).’;

(4)

in Title I, Chapter 2, Data requirements, Group 4 — Dates, times, periods and places, in data element 4/13 (‘Supervising customs office’), the text is replaced by the following:

‘All relevant table columns used:

Indicate the competent supervising customs office, as defined in Article 1(36).’;

(5)

in Title I, Chapter 2, Data requirements, Group 5 — Identification of goods, in data element 5/1 (‘Commodity code’), the heading ‘Table columns 7c to 7d:’ is replaced by the heading

‘Table columns 7b to 7d:’;

(6)

in Title I, Chapter 2, Data requirements, in Group 5 — Identification of goods, data element 5/4 (‘Goods value’) is corrected as follows:

(7)

in Title XVI, Chapter 2, Data requirements, in data element XVI/3 (‘Additional guarantees’), the fourth indent is replaced by the following:

(1)

in Title I, Chapter 2, Section 1, the table, the row relating to G4, in the column ‘Legal basis’, the text is replaced by the following:

‘Articles 5(17) and 145 of the Code’;

(2)

in Title I, Chapter 2, Section 1, the table, the row relating to G5, in the column ‘Legal basis’, the text is replaced by the following:

‘Article 148(5)(b) and (c) of the Code’;

(3)

in Title I, Chapter 3, Section 1, the table for Group 5, the row relating to data element 5/1, in the column ‘Box No’, the reference ‘S12’ is deleted;

(4)

in Title I, Chapter 3, Section 1, the table for Group 7, the row relating to data element 7/13, in the column ‘D.E. name’, the text is replaced by the following:

‘Container supplier type code’;

(5)

in Title II, Data requirements, ‘Group 1 – Message information (including procedure codes)’ in data elements 1/1 ‘Declaration type’, 1/2 ‘Additional Declaration type’, 1/3 ‘Transit Declaration/Proof of customs status type’, 1/4 ‘Forms’, 1/5 ‘Loading lists’, 1/9 ‘Total number of items’, the words ‘All relevant used data requirements table columns:’ are replaced by the words

‘All relevant data requirements table columns used:’;

(6)

in Title II, Data requirements, ‘Group 3 – Parties’ in data elements 3/2 ‘Exporter identification no’, 3/9 ‘Consignee’, 3/10 ‘Consignee identification No’, 3/11 ‘Consignee – Master level transport contract’, 3/12 ‘Consignee identification No – Master level transport contract’, 3/13 ‘Consignee – House level transport contract’, 3/14 ‘Consignee identification No – House level transport contract’, 3/15 ‘Importer’, 3/16 ‘Importer identification No’, 3/18 ‘Declarant identification No’, 3/19 ‘Representative’, 3/20 ‘Representative identification’, 3/21 ‘Representative status code’, 3/22 ‘Holder of the transit procedure’, 3/23 ‘Holder of the transit procedure identification No’, the words ‘All relevant used data requirements table columns:’ are replaced by the words

‘All relevant data requirements table columns used:’;

(7)

in Title II, Data requirements, Group 3 – Parties, in data element 3/2 ‘Exporter identification no’, the words ‘Data Requirements table columns H1 to H4 and I1:’ are replaced by the words:

‘Data requirements table columns H1, H3 and H4:’;

(8)

in Title II, Data requirements, Group 3 – Parties, in data element 3/17 ‘Declarant’, the second paragraph below the heading ‘Data Requirements table columns H1 to H6 and I1’ is replaced by the following:

‘If the declarant and the importer are the same person, enter the relevant code defined for the D.E. 2/2 Additional information.’;

(9)

in Title II, Data requirements, Group 3 – Parties, in data element 3/36 ‘Notify party identification No – House level transport contract’, the first paragraph below the heading ‘All relevant data requirements table columns used:’ is replaced by the following:

‘This information takes the form of the notify party EORI number referred to in Article 1(18), whenever this number is available to the declarant.’;

(10)

in Title II, Data requirements, Group 5 – Dates/Times/Periods/Places/Countries/Regions, in data element 5/1 ‘Estimated date and time of arrival at first place of arrival in the Customs territory of the Union’, the words ‘Data Requirements table columns G1 to G3:’ are replaced by the words

‘Data requirements table columns G1 and G2:’;

(11)

in Title II, Data requirements, in Group 5 – Dates/Times/Periods/Places/Countries/Regions, data element 5/20 ‘Countries of routing of the consignment codes’ is replaced by the following:

‘5/20.    Countries of routing of the consignment codes

All relevant data requirements table columns used:

Identification in a chronological order of the countries through which the goods are routed between the country of original departure and final destination as stipulated in the lowest House Bill of Lading, lowest House Air waybill or road/rail transport document. This comprises also the countries of original departure and of final destination of the goods.’;

(12)

in Title II, Data requirements, ‘Group 6 – Goods identification’ in data elements 6/15 ‘Commodity code – TARIC code’, 6/18 ‘Total packages’, 6/19 ‘Type of goods’, the words ‘All relevant used data requirements table columns:’ are replaced by the words

‘All relevant data requirements table columns used:’

(13)

in Title II, Data requirements, in Group 6 – Goods identification, data elements 6/16 ‘Commodity code – TARIC additional codes’ and 6/17 ‘Commodity code – National additional codes’ are replaced by the following:

‘6/16.    Commodity code – TARIC additional code(s)

All relevant data requirements table columns used:

Enter the TARIC additional code(s) corresponding to the item in question.

6/17.    Commodity code – National additional code(s)

All relevant data requirements table columns used:

Enter the national additional code(s) corresponding to the item in question.’;

(14)

in Title II, Data requirements, Group 7 – Transport information (modes, means and equipment), in data element 7/3 ‘Conveyance reference number’, the notes are replaced by the following:

‘7/3.    Conveyance reference number

All relevant data requirements table columns used:

(15)

in Title II, Data requirements, in Group 7 – Transport information (modes, means and equipment), data element 7/7 ‘Identity of means of transport at departure’ is corrected as follows:

(16)

in Title II, Data requirements, Group 7 – Transport information (modes, means and equipment), in data element 7/9 ‘Identity of means of transport on arrival’, the words ‘Data Requirements table columns G4 and G5:’ are replaced by the words:

‘Data requirements table column G4:’;

(17)

in Title II, Data requirements, Group 7 – Transport information (modes, means and equipment), in the heading of data element 7/11 ‘Container size and type identification’, the word ‘identification’ is deleted;

(18)

in Title II, Data requirements, Group 7 – Transport information (modes, means and equipment), in data element 7/14 ‘Identity of active means of transport crossing the border’, the words ‘Data Requirements table columns E2, F1a to F1c, F2a, F2b, F4a, F4b and F5:’ are replaced by the words:

‘Data requirements table columns E2, F1a to F1c, F4a, F4b and F5:’;

(19)

in Title II, Data requirements, Group 7 – Transport information (modes, means and equipment), data element 7/15 ‘Nationality of active means of transport crossing the border’, the words ‘Data Requirements table columns F1a, F1b, F2a, F2b, F4a, F4b and F5’ are replaced by the words

‘Data requirements table columns F1a, F1b, F4a, F4b and F5’.

(1)

in row 5, in the column ‘Applicable provisions under Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 and Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93’, the text is replaced by the following:

‘Authorisations for ‘simplified declaration’ (Article 76(1)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92, Articles 253 to 253g, 254, 260 to 262, 269 to 271, 276 to 278, 282, 289 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93)’;

(2)

in row 6, in the column ‘Applicable provisions under the Code, this Regulation and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447’, the third paragraph is replaced by the following:

‘And/or places designated or approved by the customs authorities as referred to in Article 5(33) of the Code’;

(3)

in row 15, in the column ‘Applicable provisions under Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 and Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93’, the second paragraph is replaced by the following:

‘(Articles 84 to 90, Articles 114 to 123 and Article 129 of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92; Articles 496 to 523 and Articles 536 to 549 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93)’;

(4)

in row 16, the column ‘Applicable provisions under Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 and Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93’, the first paragraph is replaced by the following:

‘Authorisation for inward processing drawback system (Articles 84 to 90 and Articles 114 to 129 of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92; Articles 496 to 523, Articles 536 to 544 and Article 550 of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93)’.