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24.1.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
21/19
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 58/2013
of 23 January 2013
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
programme of that third country. It is therefore necessary
to introduce means to identify in entry summary declar
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
ations the economic operators holding a membership
Union,
status under trade partnership programmes of third
countries. The relevant facilitations will not be provided
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of
without proper identification of those economic
12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs
operators in the entry summary declarations.
Code ( 1 ), and in particular Article 247 thereof,
(3) It
is
therefore
appropriate
to
adapt
Annex
30a
to
Whereas:
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 ( 3 ) in order
to allow indication of economic operators’ third country
unique identification number.
(1) Commission
Regulation
(EC)
No
1875/2006 of
18 December 2006 amending Regulation (EEC) No
2454/93 laying down provisions for the implementation
(4) Regulation
(EEC)
No
2454/93
should
therefore
be
of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the
amended accordingly.
Community Customs Code ( 2 ) introduced the concept of
authorised economic operators (AEO). Economic
(5) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
operators who fulfil the conditions for obtaining the
accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code
full AEO or AEO Security and safety status should be
Committee,
considered as reliable partners in the supply chain and
therefore benefit from facilitations with regard to
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
customs controls relating to security and safety.
Article 1
(2) The
Union
recognises
the
trade
partnership
programmes
of certain third countries that have been developed in
Annex 30a to Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 is amended as set
accordance with the World Customs Organization
out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global
Trade. Consequently, the Union grants facilitations to
Article 2
those economic operators of a third country who hold
a membership status under the customs authority’s
This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 January 2013.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 23 January 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
( 1 ) OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ L 360, 19.12.2006, p. 64.
( 3 ) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.

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ANNEX
In Annex 30a of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93, in Section 4, ‘Data elements explanatory notes’, the third paragraph of
the data element explanatory note ‘Consignor’ ‘Entry summary declarations’ is replaced by the following:
‘Entry summary declarations:
This information takes the form of the consignor EORI number whenever this number is available to the person
lodging the summary declaration.
Where facilitations are granted in the framework of a third country traders’ partnership programme which is
recognised by the Union, this information may take the form of a third country unique identification number
which has been made available to the Union by the third country concerned. That number may be used whenever
available to the person lodging the summary declaration.
The structure of the number is as follows:
Field Content Field
type Format Examples
1 Identifier
of
the
third
country
(ISO
Alphabetic 2 a2 US
alpha 2 country code)
JP
2 Unique
identification
number
in
a
third
Alphanumeric up to 15 an..15 1234567890ABCDE
country
AbCd9875F
pt20130101aa
Examples: “US1234567890ABCDE” for a consignor in the US (country code: US) whose unique identification
number is 1234567890ABCDE. “JPAbCd9875F” for a consignor in Japan (country code: JP) whose unique identi
fication number is AbCd9875F. “USpt20130101aa” for a consignor in the US (country code: US) whose unique
identification number is pt20130101aa.
Identifier of the third country: the Union’s alphabetical codes for countries and territories are based on the current
ISO alpha 2 codes (a2) insofar as they are compatible with the country codes laid down in accordance with
Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on
Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries and repealing Council Regulation (EC)
No 1172/95 (*).
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(*) OJ L 152, 16.6.2009, p. 23.’

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