Improving Customs Transit Systems
In the Islamic Countries
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The CCN/CSI is a value-added network operated by the Directorate-General for Taxation and
Customs Union (DG TAXUD). The mission of CCN today and in the future is to provide common
services to exchange taxation, excise and customs information at a reasonable cost, with high
agility, high security, and business continuity. CCN was designed between 1993 and 1995 and is
operational since 1999. Today, the Common Communications Network (CCN), which is
composed of a series of physical Gateways located either in the National Administration or on
the EU premises.
These Gateways are interconnected in a secure way through communications services and
locally connected to the application platforms provided by the local site. The Common Systems
Interface (CSI), which is a set of protocols and application programming interfaces, allows the
above-described application platforms to exchange information through the CCN backbone. It
ensures the interoperability between the relevant heterogeneous systems in the National
Administration.
The NCTS transit movement processes and the exchange of messages are represented on the
following Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) diagram:
Figure 14: NCTS transit movement processes and the exchange of messages
Central Services
(CS)
CS/RD CS/MIS
External
Domain
NTA
(Office of
Departure)
IE01, IE03, IE10, IE20,
IE38, IE24, IE111,
IE904
IE912, IE70,
IE411,
IE413, IE906
IE31, IE32,
IE906, IE913,
IE931,IE932
IE08, IE21,
IE25, IE43,
IE58,
IE100,IE120
EUROPA
Information Exchange Map of NCTS Phase 4
External
Domain
National
Domain
Common Domain
Common Domain
IE02, IE06 IE18, IE27,
IE901, IE905, IE906,
IE907, IE33,IE110,
IE112
NTA
(Office of
Destination)
IE30,
IE914,
IE916,
IE906
IE07, IE44,
IE120,
IE101
IE63,
IE152
IE142, IE144, IE904,
IE59
National
Domain
IE37, IE201, IE203,
IE205,
CSI NTA (OoDep) to/from NTA (OoDes)
IE27, IE114,
IE38, IE118,
IE901, IE121
IE10, IE24,
IE38, IE50,
IE115
CSI NTA (OoDep) to/from NTA (Tra)
IE143, IE145,
IE905
IE140
IE11
IE150,
IE151
IE150,
IE151,
IE152
NTA (CARec) to/from NTA (CARec)
NTA
(CARec at
Departure)
NTA (Office
of
Guarantee)
IE34, IE200, IE203,
IE204, IE209
IE35,
IE45
Trader at
Departure
NTA
(CAEnq at
Destination)
NTA
(CARec at
Destination)
NTA
(CAEnq at
Departure)
NTA
(CARecatOther
Country) OLAF (ATIS)
European
Anti-
fraud
Office
IE144, IE150, IE151,
IE904
IE150, IE151,
IE145, IE152, IE905
HTTP/SMTP
CSI
NTA (CAEnq) to/from NTA (CAEnq, OoDes)
IE63, IE152
Trader at
Destination
IE04, IE05, IE09, IE16,
IE19, IE28, IE29, IE46,
IE51, IE60, IE62,IE119,
IE928
IE13, IE14,
IE15,
IE54,IE119
SPEED
EC SPEED
PLATFORM
CCN IE141
NTA
(Office of
Transit)