TITLE IIFACTORS ON THE BASIS OF WHICH IMPORT OR EXPORT DUTY AND OTHER MEASURES IN RESPECT OF TRADE IN GOODS ARE APPLIED

CHAPTER 2Origin of goods

Section 2Preferential origin

Subsection 5

Article 82Registered exporter database: access rights to the database(Article 64(1) of the Code)

1

The Commission shall ensure that access to the REX system is given in accordance with this Article.

2

The Commission shall have access to consult all the data.

3

The competent authorities of a beneficiary country shall have access to consult the data concerning exporters registered by them.

4

The customs authorities of the Member States shall have access to consult the data registered by them, by the customs authorities of other Member States and by the competent authorities of beneficiary countries as well as by Norway, Switzerland or Turkey. This access to the data shall take place for the purpose of carrying out verifications of customs declarations under Article 188 of the Code or post-release control under Article 48 of the Code.

5

The Commission shall provide secure access to the REX system to the competent authorities of beneficiary countries.

6

Where a country or territory has been removed from Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 978/2012, its competent authorities shall keep the access to the REX system as long as required in order to enable them to comply with their obligations under Article 70 of this Regulation.

7

The Commission shall make the following data available to the public with the consent given by the exporter by signing box 6 of the form set out in Annex 22-06:

a

name of the registered exporter;

b

address of the place where the registered exporter is established;

c

contact details as specified in box 2 of the form set out in Annex 22-06;

d

indicative description of the goods which qualify for preferential treatment, including indicative list of Harmonised System headings or chapters, as specified in box 4 of the form set out in Annex 22-06;

e

EORI number or the trader identification number (TIN) of the registered exporter.

The refusal to sign box 6 shall not constitute a ground for refusing to register the exporter.

8

The Commission shall always make the following data available to the public

a

the number of registered exporter;

b

the date from which the registration is valid;

c

the date of the revocation of the registration where applicable;

d

information whether the registration applies also to exports to Norway, Switzerland or Turkey;

e

the date of the last synchronisation between the REX system and the public website.