CUSTOMS COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES

“...Exporters consider Export Documentation to be a major headache.”
Export Survey, Ulster Business School.

Objectives

This two-day course provides the Exporting or Logistics company with a valuable update to International Trade documentation, Customs, VIES & INTRASTAT Procedures.

We have been closely following the redevelopment of the AEP system as per European Regulation 2286/2003, it came into effect on 1st June 2007. Your company need to be AEP II compliant.

Target Audience

This course is a must for those management and supervisory personnel planning to expand their markets and for those planning import / export trade with new international markets.

COURSE OUTLINE

• Customs Framework
- The European Community
- Regulatory Issues
- Dealing with change

• What is INTRASTAT?
- EU Legislation
- Thresholds
- INTRASTAT Uses

• INTRASTAT Arrival/Purchase Declaration
- Box-by-Box Declaration Analysis
- Declaration Requirements
- Company Obligations
- Threshold Limits

• INTRASTAT Dispatch/Sales Declaration
- Box-by-Box Declaration Analysis
- Declaration Requirements
- Company Obligations
- Threshold Limits

• VIES
- What is VIES?
- Why is it required?
- Thresholds
- VIES Return Analysis
- Using INTRASTAT to complete VIES Return

• Impact of New & Future Member States

• Classification
- Importance of Proper Classification
- Guide to Classification

• Customs Classification
- Tariff book – columns explained
- The Classification process
- Binding Tariffs – BTI

• Customs Procedures
- AEP II (Automated Entry Procedure)
- Completing the S.A.D.
- Procedure codes explained
- AAD (Administrative Accompanying Document)
- Excise Entries, Post Entries

• Customs Valuation
- Valuation Procedures
- General Value Declarations and Simplified Procedures

• Customs Economic Procedures
- Customs Warehouses
- Types of Customs Warehouses
- Inward / Outward Processing
- I.P. Procedures explained
- PCC
- VMI Procedure Codes

• Rules of Origin
- Preferential & Non-preferential Origin Rules
- Certificates of Origin– GSP Form A, EUR1 & ATR Forms
- Preferential Trade Agreements

• Export Controls
- Dual Use Items
- Export Licensing

• How to use Customs online references
- TARIC - AEP Traders Guide - Public Notices

• Other Customs Areas
- Customs Audit & Powers of Revenue Commissioners
- Appeal Procedures
- Automation of Customs / Paperless Entries

• Review Questions & Answers

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