Single Window Systems
In the OIC Member States
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2.4.3. SW Strategic Orientation
The Single Window strategy is part of the EU Electronic Customs Initiative, defined in the DG
TAXUD Multi Annual Strategic Plan (MASP) 41.
Future and Planned CZSW / EU Integration
The Czech Customs service is one of the pilot countries of the EU Single Window. By end of 2020
the number of Member States that join the EU Single Window is expected to double. When
implemented in 2020 economic operators will no longer have to submit trade certificates
together with the customs declaration. The EU Single Window will use the Customs Declaration
dataset to create a request for permit/certificate and the approvals are made directly
electronically. The response time for the certificate validation is two seconds. The EU Single
Windowwill therefore remove all paper and implement a true single data entry and submission.
It is expected that this will reduce the administrative burden for the traders, but regulatory
changes still need to be introduced to make this happen.
Pilot Project Single Window
The enhancement of the functionalities of the EU Single Window-Common Veterinary Entry
Document (CVED) is another objective of the pilot project. A quantity management functionality
is added, and the possibility to generate and transmit certificates in a human-readable format
(i.e. PDF) for the three certificates currently available in the EU SW-CVED (CVEDA, CVEDP and
CED) is piloted. The quantity management functionality will ensure that customs offices push
back information on the quantities of goods that entered the EU territory to the EU certificates
databases.
2.4.4. Coverage, Services and Functionalities
Common EU Customs SW
The EU adopted an implantation plan for the Common EU Single Window, which sets out the SW
milestones42 :
 2006 Definition of user requirements;
 2008 Functional specifications;
 2009 Start of implementation;
 2012 SW and single entry in place in all Member States and a Community SW43 .
41European Commission DG TaxUD, IT Strategy (Brussels: EC, 2016) MASP ANNEX 5 Revision 2016 v1.3
customs_initiative/masp_annex5_en.pdf
42 Implementation, however, is delayed due to the complexity and diversity of the legislation in the EU Member States.
43European Commission DG TAXUD, Single Window at Community Level (Brussels: EC, 2006) Working Document:
TAXUD/1241/2005 – Rev. 5 under
(accessed January 2017)