On 23 February, the Customs Service jointly with the EU High Level Advisers’ Mission officially launched the “Procedure of Automatic Validation of Export Customs Declarations” within a presentation event organised for the business community, attended by the top management of the Customs Service and representatives of the EU Delegation to the Republic of Moldova.
In the opening of the event, the Director of the Customs Service, Igor Talmazan, thanked the European Union Delegation to the Republic of Moldova for the constant support provided in the process of aligning and implementing the EU legislation, highlighting that the efforts of the Customs Service are channelled to duly inform the business environment and the society about all the benefits and innovations of the new customs legislation, with the aim of reduced bureaucracy, modern processes and digitized services. One of the simplifications offered to the business environment is the procedure for automatic validation of export customs declarations – a tool aimed at promoting exports and expanding the sales market for domestic products.
The EU High Level Adviser on Customs and Tax Policy, Rosario De Blasio, welcomed the launch of the automatic validation procedure, noting that besides being an important innovation introduced with the new Customs Code, the automatic validation procedure also marks a positive change in the relations between the customs authority and the business: “It will offer tangible benefits to economic operators and also increase the efficiency of the risk analysis mechanism used by customs. Furthermore, it will consolidate the mutual trust between the Customs Service and the business environment, contributing to the development of legitimate trade and at the same time, facilitating the business activity”, concluded the EU HLA.
During the event, the Customs Service specialists presented the IT functionalities of the automatic validation system, as well as practical aspects of the customs procedure. Economic operators dealing with export operations, who participated in the testing process of the automatic validation procedure, also shared their impressions and positive feedback about this new facilitation tool.
Starting 23 February, the procedure can be used by all economic operators exporting domestic goods, which means that the customs declarations selected on the green customs control channel will be automatically validated, within 15 minutes of their receipt, by the “ASYCUDA World” information system without the direct involvement of the customs officer.
The automatic validation of export customs declarations is part of the large-scale process of modernizing customs procedures, by aligning them to European customs control standards, in order to optimize customs clearance times and costs, facilitate exports, reduce physical interaction with customs officials and minimize fraud risks, through digitalisation of customs processes.
