Single Window Systems
In the OIC Member States
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Table 8: Processed Customs Declarations with Permits / Certificates – Czech SW
Customs declarations with permits / certificates
Year Import Export
2012 217303 48165
2013 231499 60735
2014 271978 67060
Source: Authors from OIC survey
Inventory of services
The CZSW is the interface between traders and the government agencies for trade related
permits and certificates that are presented jointly with the initial, not supplementary, customs
declaration. It covers the business processes/services mentioned i
In 2012 the number of national government agencies delivering certificates through the Single
Window was 12. In the meantime, responsibilities for many regulatory procedures have been
transferred to the EU level and EU institutions deliver certificates through the EU Single
Window. Only three national agencies continue to deliver certificates/permits based on
domestic regulation (weapon, dangerous materials / dual use goods and export of objects of
cultural value).
Table 9: Czech Republic SW Services
Inventory of Business Processes / services
Request for permits and certificates
Submission of customs declaration
Risk management at all levels
Exchange of Common Veterinary Document (CVED) with all EU MS.
Source: Authors from OIC survey
The CZ Republic SW rests on the single submission of trade data. The related Business process
is shown i
The trader is lodging the Single Administrative Document (SAD) to the EU Member States (MS)
Customs Declaration Processing System. After authentication and validation, the SAD is
accepted. The rule-based engine, integrated in the Integrated Tariff Environment (ITE) is
creating request for permit and certificate according to the HS Code. The request for a permit
or a certificate is then sent via the EU Common Communication Network / Common System
Interface (CCN/CSI) to the EU Common Single Window - competent Directorate General (ex.
DG AGRI, DG Health and Food Safety etc.). The DG rule / risk profile based system is
automatically approving the request for permit and certificate. Manual intervention is possible
but only required for a limited percentage of all transactions. The process from creation of the
request for permit and certificate to approval is few seconds. The approved permits and