EU to Launch New Customs Trader Portal on Oct. 1

The European Union’s new EU Customs Trader Portal will debut on Oct. 1, and will for a time run parallel to the current EU Trader Portal before replacing the legacy system entirely, the Netherlands Tax and Customs Administration said in an Aug. 20 news release. Developed by the European Commission, the new portal will allow traders to apply for and manage Authorized Economic Operator certificates and Binding Tariff Information decisions. “If your organisation already has an AEO certificate or BTI, you will soon receive a notification from Customs,” Dutch Customs said.

After the change, the EU Trader Portal will continue to exist alongside the new system, and will still allow traders to apply for cross-border Union Customs Code authorizations. “In time, the EU Trader Portal will merge with the EU Customs Trader Portal,” the release said. While sole proprietors are not yet able to use the European Portals, “we are working hard on a technical solution to make this possible,” it said.

Once online, users of the new EU Customs Trader Portal will be subject to the same conditions as in the normal system, and must have eRecognition with reliability level three, Dutch Customs said. Current users of the EU Trader Portal will be able to log in to the EU Customs Trader Portal “using your current means,” it said.