Proposal to amend Regulation (EU) No 479/2013 on the waiver from the requirement to submit entry and exit summary declarations for Union goods that are moved across the Neum corridor

The Neum corridor is where the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina reaches the Adriatic coast, thus separating the area of Dubrovnik from the rest of Croatia.

Article 3 of Council Regulation (EU) No 479/2013 of 13 May 2013 (the Neum Regulation) waives, under certain conditions, the requirement to submit an exit or an entry summary declaration in respect of consignments crossing the Neum corridor. The waiver may be invoked if the total value of each consignment does not exceed €10,000. In so doing, the Neum Regulation derogates from certain provisions in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code and in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 laying down provisions for the implementation of the Community Customs Code.

On 1 May 2016, Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 was replaced by Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code (UCC). Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93, the implementing act for Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92, was repealed by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/481 and subsequently replaced by:
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 of 28 July 2015 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on detailed rules concerning certain provisions of the UCC; and
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 of 24 November 2015 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the UCC.

The scope of Article 3 of the Neum Regulation including the threshold of €10,000 is now covered by Article 126 of the Commission Delegated Regulation in that it increases the threshold applicable to the waiver to €15,000. The Commission considers that the Neum Regulation should be amended in order to align the scope of the waiver to the sum provided in Article 126 of the Commission Delegated Regulation. In addition, both the legal references and the terminology used in the Neum Regulation should be aligned with the UCC legal framework.

EUR-Lex: COM(2017)79: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2017:079:FIN

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