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Customs Rotterdam

Customs Rotterdam. Seminar OPCW march 18 2009. Program. General technical - operational CW Treaty. Organisation of Dutch Customs. CUSTOMS REGIONS. NORTH. WEST. ROTTERDAM. SOUTH. Be l astingdienst Douane Bureau EIC - Douanepost Rotterdam Maasvlakte.

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Customs Rotterdam

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  1. Customs Rotterdam Seminar OPCWmarch 18 2009

  2. Program • General • technical - operational • CW Treaty

  3. Organisation of Dutch Customs

  4. CUSTOMS REGIONS NORTH WEST ROTTERDAM SOUTH Belastingdienst Douane Bureau EIC - Douanepost Rotterdam Maasvlakte

  5. CUSTOMS REGION ROTTERDAM MAASVLAKTE REEWEG Belastingdienst Douane Bureau EIC - Douanepost Rotterdam Maasvlakte

  6. Port of Rotterdam Statistics 2007 10.8 million TEU 31.700 ships 2.081.000 transit documents 1.076.000 import documents 750.000 export documents 1622 customs employees

  7. ROTTERDAM TRANSIT PORT 60 - 70% OF THE TRANSIT COMES FROM OR IS DESTINED FOR OTHER COUNTRIES MAIN TRANSIT PORT

  8. The Dutch Customs • controls import, export and transit of goods • levies and collects import duty and domestic excise duty • enforces Dutch and EU regulations • is responsible for helping to protect the quality of our society. Regulations: • European Union • National

  9. - paperless declaration- further development of risc analysis- partnership with private companies - further integration of inspectoratesSecurity, a new non fiscal task :- integrated management of the external border ( EU vision) - US : initiatives : CSI, detection of radiation- port safety and security - more accurate logistic information- better national and international exchange of information New Trends

  10. Basic terms :- import,export,transit- transport, storage- declaring; specific/global - honest/dishonest- custom warehousing, free zone, free warehouse, temporary storage facilities Technical-operational part

  11. Declarating parties : - private persons - for and on behalf of a third party by a forwarding agent - by importing/exporting parties themselves Weak point of system of declarations : - false declaration- no declaration - the subheadings in de HS system sometimes prevents specific identificationTransitdeclaration : global / import / export declaration : specific Technical-operational part

  12. - pre-arrival of goods - inspection of goods on occassion of a declaration- just by walking around- administrative control of accounts and records- combinations Types of customcontrol

  13. - competent for fiscal matters - competent for inspection of non-fiscal matters- follow-up criminal investigating mostly by the specialised branch Jurisdiction

  14. - on the matter of agriculture, medicines, enviroment, dangerous goods, drugs, weapons etc- customs are eye and ear for other inspectorates- cooperation is based on mutal agreements between the inspectorates- action of customs; selecting- transferring or dealing by customs themselves - other inspectorates have to provide essential information to make selection Co-operation with other inspectorates

  15. Players in the Netherlands: - Ministery of Economic afffairs- Central office for import and export - customs - fiscal investigation and intelligence branch Important private parties:- manufacturers- traders- logistic player : carriers, operators of chemical storage Customs activity in relation with CW treaty

  16. - importer/exporter request and receives a licence from the central office - a customdeclaration is made- the electronic import/export system signals the need of a licence- the custom officer request the presentation of the licence - licence is stamped and declaration accepted Standard control of Customs

  17. - the standard control - introduction by the custom in chemistry and CW subjects- intelligence: collecting information about chemical companies and their backgrounds- selecting companies for administrative controls - analyzing frequent users of restposts- looking for discrepancies in declarations, issued licences and all other availalable info - using found signals to improve the risc analyzes Activities by the Customs

  18. Various :- complicated combinations of 3 lists, import, export and transit - chemicals are difficult tot examine- more inspections at storagecompanies more willingness then in the past to inspect Activities by the Customs

  19. CW Treaty • Two aspects: • controlling industry and traders • controlling im- and export • Action is determined by: • classification of the CW substance • type of customprocedure: import, export or transit

  20. How to recognize CW goods • Using profiles • problem: classified as “other” • for example: arsenic trichloride, cas 7784-34-1 • harmonized system: 2827 39 80 = “others” • Danger: missing the nature of the declared goods

  21. Classification and destination combined regarding CW

  22. Ad 1: chemicals in containers (bulk or packed) • Control difficult due to: • global declaration • huge volume of containers • easy to declare falsely • other type of actors in the logistic chain • no adequate risc information available regarding CW

  23. Ad 2: tankstorage • Storage as a part of a plant • independent tankstorage for chemicals

  24. Characteristic of independent tankstorage • Clients all over the world • a lot of products • “just pay the tankrental and handling” • distribution • mix of transit and non-transit • indirect clients due to trading chains Is the tankstorage company therefore a weak point in the control of CW?

  25. A closer look Storage companies are mostly bondedwarehouses, meaning: • if possible a fraudproof computerized administration of the stored goods • initial audit of the administration and internal organisation (goal: quaranteed complete and correct records of all flows) • combined fysical and administrative inspection by customs

  26. Requirements of the administration • Unique identification of all stored parcels, now and in the past • possibility to break down a stored parcel into deliveries • all relevant details must be presentable

  27. Inspection of storage companies Point of departure 1: • most storage companies are decent companies (good reputation and lot to loose) • authorities -including customs- have a complete picture of such a company • however there is no complete picture of their clients

  28. Inspection of storage companies Point of departure 2: • analyses of samples • inventory checks (tank measurements) • at random document checks

  29. Incorparating CW -aspect into the inspection • Request the list of products storedin a period • select possible target products • check the list with the parcel numbers of that products • start to look in the files in order to check export or import licences, if required

  30. Advantage A more systematical and complete control over a period instead of only a few physical inspections Options in case of non conformites: • demand to improve • permission has to be asked before start of an operation • criminal report • changing or withdrawing licence

  31. - thin workload- not many smoking gun irregularities - modest results in administrative controles - interest in the subject of CW, Weapons, etc. Conclusion

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