General declaration process
VTTI Terminals II B.V. is holder of an Entry Into the Declarant's Records authorisation based on which VTTI is allowed to lodge customs declarations by entry in it's own administrative records. The customs declaration is deemed to have been accepted by the customs authorities at the moment of entry. VTTI applies the EIDR declaration process whenever possible, for placing goods under the following customs procedures:
- Release for free circulation
- Customs warehouse
- Inward processing
VTTI does not apply the EIDR process in the following situations:
- For placement of goods under the (re)export procedure
- When goods are subject to veterinary controls
When it's not possible to apply the EIDR process, a regular customs declaration is filed via the declaration system of the Customs Authorities.
Application of the EIDR process consists of three steps:
- Presentation of the goods
- Entry into the records
- The supplementary declaration
In relation to the presentation of the goods, VTTI applies the Chain Arrangement (ketenregeling). This means that a comprehensive goods presentation message only needs to be lodged upon the first placement of a product in a chain of customs procedures (in practice, usually when the product first arrives at the terminal). A waiver of the presentation requirement applies to subsequent procedures. For example, if a product is first placed under the customs warehousing procedure, then under inward processing, subsequently returned to customs warehousing and finally released for free circulation, a comprehensive goods presentation message is only required for the initial placement under the customs warehousing procedure.
The process of entry into the records is almost entirely automated and embedded in VTTI's ERP and CMS. This process is described in more detail in the Automation paragraph in this AOIC.
The supplementary declaration is lodged via the declaration system of the Customs Authorities, ultimately 10 days after entry into the records. The process of filing the supplementary declaration is also embedded in ERP and CMS.