in force 2019-05-15 MODIFIED+1,906 −49§
Amended by Regulation (EU) 2019/474 32019R0474 · Regulation (EU) 2019/632 32019R0632
applies from: unknown (the text changed beyond its dates, so no date that moved can be read as the application date)
dates added to the text: 2022-12-31, 2025-12-31
The single unnumbered paragraph is restructured into three numbered paragraphs, with paragraph 1 keeping the original 31 December 2020 deadline but now excluding the electronic systems covered by new paragraphs 2 and 3.
A new paragraph 2 sets a transitional allowance until 31 December 2022 for systems tied to notification of arrival, presentation, temporary storage declarations and customs declarations for goods brought into the Union's customs territory, listing specific Code articles.
A new paragraph 3 sets a transitional allowance until 31 December 2025 for systems tied to guarantees, entry summary declarations and risk analysis, customs status of goods, centralised clearance, transit, and outward processing and export-related provisions, again listing specific Code articles.
Cited: Art. 278, v1 · Art. 278, v2
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before (02013R0952-20161224)
Article 278 Transitional measures Means for the exchange and storage of information, other than the electronic data-processing techniques referred to in Article 6(1), may be used on a transitional basis, until 31 December 2020 at the latest, where the electronic systems which are necessary for the application of the provisions of the Code are not yet operational.
after (02013R0952-20190515)
Article 278 Transitional measures 1. Until 31 December 2020 at the latest, means for the exchange and storage of information, other than the electronic data-processing techniques referred to in Article 6(1), may be used on a transitional basis where the electronic systems which are necessary for the application of the provisions of the Code other than those referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article are not yet operational. 2. Until 31 December 2022 at the latest, means other than the electronic data-processing techniques referred to in Article 6(1) may be used on a transitional basis, where the electronic systems which are necessary for the application of the following provisions of the Code are not yet operational: (a) the provisions on the notification of arrival, on presentation and on declarations of temporary storage laid down in Articles 133, 139, 145 and 146; and (b) the provisions related to the customs declaration for goods brought into the customs territory of the Union laid down in Articles 158, 162, 163, 166, 167, 170 to 174, 201, 240, 250, 254 and 256. 3. Until 31 December 2025 at the latest, means other than the electronic data-processing techniques referred to in Article 6(1) may be used on a transitional basis, where the electronic systems which are necessary for the application of the following provisions of the Code are not yet operational: (a) the provisions on guarantees for potential or existing customs debts laid down in point (b) of Article 89(2) and Article 89(6); (b) the provisions on entry summary declarations and risk analysis laid down in Articles 46, 47, 127, 128 and 129; (c) the provisions on the customs status of goods laid down in Article 153(2); (d) the provisions on centralised clearance laid down in Article 179; (e) the provisions on transit laid down in point (a) of Article 210, Article 215(2) and Articles 226, 227, 233 and 234; and (f) the provisions on outward processing, pre-departure declarations, formalities on exit of goods, export of Union goods, re-export of non-Union goods and exit summary declarations for taking goods out of the customs territory of the Union laid down in Articles 258, 259, 263, 267, 269, 270, 271, 272, 274 and 275.