03/07/2024 (Agence Europe) – The Centralised Clearance for Import (CCI) system entered its first phase of implementation on Monday 1 July. This new trans-European system aims to ensure the digitalisation of the centralised customs clearance process at European level, as defined in the Union Customs Code. It is available for use by European businesses in Bulgaria, Estonia, Spain, Luxembourg, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Romania. Other Member States plan to join gradually over the coming year. The second phase of the ‘CCI’ system will extend the possibility to process simplified declarations, supplementary declarations, entries in the declarant’s records, goods subject to excise duty and goods in the context of EU trade with special fiscal territories. It is scheduled for 2 June 2025. (AD)