Single Window Systems
In the OIC Member States
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DG SANTE TRACES platform
Currently in EU SW-CVED:
CVED-A
CVED-P
Common Entry Document
(CED)
Upcoming certificates
FLEGT (Timber import – DG
ENV)
COI (Organic Products
import – DG AGRI)
CHED-PP (Plant Products
import – DG SANTE)
Potential certificates
Ozone Depleting Substances
(DG CLIMA)
EU IUU Catch certificate (DG
MARE)
2.4.3 Single Window Strategic Orientation
The Single Window strategy is part of the EU Electronic Customs Initiative, defined in the DG
TAXUD Multi Annual Strategic Plan (MASP) 40.
Future and Planned CZSW / EU Integration
The Czech Republic is one of the pilot countries of the EU Single Window, which was initiated
in 2006 and was scheduled to be in place by 2012. The implementation is delayed and pilot
countries implement the project.
The first phase of the Common EU SW development focused on the automated acceptance of
electronic certificates submitted with a customs declaration. The EU SW – Common Veterinary
Entry Document (EU SW-CVED) pilot project entered into production in December 2014.
The next phase of the project foresees the addition of certificates41 —FLEGT (timber import),
organic products imports (COI), and CHED-PP (plant products import) — se
Figure 14: EU Common Customs SW Certificates Exchange
Source: Authors’ own construction
The EU SW - Common Veterinary Entry Document (CVED) functionalities are also further
enhanced. 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.
40 European Commission DG TaxUD, IT Strategy (Brussels: EC, 2016) MASP ANNEX 5 Revision 2016 v1.3
customs_initiative/masp_annex5_en.pdf
41 The EU certificates databases are managed by several European Commission Directorate Generals and is coordinated by
DG TAXUD.