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CBAM: list of national competent authorities
EU Commission published the first list of competent national authorities for enforcing CBAM provisions. These authorities will be responsible for granting authorisation to the importers established in their Member States to access the CBAM Transitional Registry. Austria: Customs Authority; Belgium: Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment- Climate Change Section (DG Environment). Website: https://klimaat.be/klimaatbeleid/europees/cbam and https://climat.be/politique-climatique/europeenne/cbam ; Cyprus: Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment Czech Republic: Ministry for Finance Denmark: Danish Energy Agency Energistyrelsen. CBAM | Energistyrelsen (www.ens.dk ) Estonia: Environmental Board Keskkonnaamet. Keskkonnaamet https://keskkonnaamet.ee/ Greece: Ministry of National Economy and Finance. (General Directorate of the Financial and Economic Crime Unit – SDOE). Point of contact…
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AEO, compliance and special report 2023 European Court Auditors
On 5.05.2023 the European court of auditors published the “Special report 13/2023: Authorised Economic Operators – Solid customs programme with untapped potential and uneven implementation”. In this document, the Court highlights: About the process: “… The AEO programme is implemented by Member States, whose customs authorities are responsible for granting and managing AEO authorisations in the EU. Member States customs authorities can grant AEO status to any economic operator established in the EU’s customs territory, if the economic operator meets certain EU-wide criteria established in the UCC…” and “…Member States must have clear authorisation processes in place, with detailed national instructions and procedures…”. About the measuring the performance: “…The legislation…