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Improving Customs Risk Management Systems
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 An AEO operator shall be subject to fewer physical and document-based controls than
other economic operators;
 Where consignments declared by an AEO have been selected for physical or document-
based control, those controls shall be carried out as a matter of priority;
 On request from an AEO, the controls may be carried out at a place other than the place
where the goods have to be presented to customs.
Up to date, no trader has applied for AEO status.
5.3.3.2 EU Systems (NCTS, ITE)
In 2016, EU financed the twinning Project under IPA 2012 “Modernization of the Albanian
Customs Administration” with duration of 24 months. The purpose was the implementation of
NCTS, divided into 2 components:
 Customs legislation and procedures related to interoperability of IT systems with the
EU – NCTS System;
 Enforcement and Intelligence related to transit procedures.
Another important project related to the integration of Albania in the EU is Integrated Tariff
Management System -ITMS79 (ITE). The project will introduce a fully compatible IT systemwith
the EU Integrated Tariff Environment. ACA adopted the new legislation, manuals, and guidelines
in accordance with EU standards on tariff and EU regulatory requirements.
5.3.4 Risk Management Process in ACA
ACA is facing the same issues as countries that are using AW. Тhis is particularly related to the
CRM functionalities, limited to selectivity. ACA is making utmost efforts to create and manage
the risk profiles targeting consignments or customs declarations with high risk.
5.3.4.1 Risk assessment process (identification, analysis, and prioritization)
The RAMD is responsible for the identification, analysis, preparation, and prioritization of the
risk profiles. AWselectivitymodule has limited technical facilities to identify and target the high-
risk goods which comprise applying profiles on the central and local level. However, due to
complicated procedure of approving of profiles on the national level, this facility hasn’t been
used too much. ACA recently started to apply the CRM on a local level. Risk assessment process
is separate from AW CDPS. A specific body, Risk Management Committee, is responsible for
approval of new and change of existing risk profiles. There is no predefined period for an update
of profiles. Each profile, once approved by the Committee, is tested before applied into the
production environment. The RAMD can perform a test of the risk profile/indicators on the
historical data in AW.
ACA is part of the SEED project and exchange data in real time with neighboring countries
(Macedonia, Serbia and Monte Negro). ACA has established cross-border cooperation between
Montenegro (part of the Western Balkans Integrated Border Management Strategy) and with
the Republic of Kosovo80.
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