GEORGIA. Customs Reforms Reality and Perspectives. Tax and Customs Administration-SPS Border Control Agency of Georgia

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1 GEORGIA Tax and Customs Administration-SPS Border Control Agency of Georgia Customs Reforms Reality and Perspectives LOGISTICS PROCESSES AND MOTORWAYS OF THE SEA II Joint Regional Working Group Meeting TBILISI, GEORGIA NOVEMBER 2013

2 Director General Deputy Director Generals Tax Administrati on Customs Administration Customs Department Service Department IT Center Dispute Solution Department Georgia Revenue Service 2007 SPS Control 2006 passport control (drivers of lorries) 2010 PR and Marketing Department Georgia Department for Revenue International Relations Service HR Department Administrative Department Audit Department Legal Department Tax Monitoring Department

3 CCZ land and/or railway CCPs CCPs on the occupied territories airport CCPs Sea Port BCPs future CCPs GANTIADI KAZBEGI ROKI KULEVI POTI SEA PORT SENAKI AIRPORT KUTAISI SARPI BATUMI SEA PORT BATUMI AIRPORT Maradidi Vale Kartsakhi AIRPORT TBILISI GARDABANI MTKVARI LAGODEEKHI NINOTSMINDA AKHKERPI RED BRIDGE SADAKHLO SAMTATSKARO GUGUTI

4 Institutional Reform Past Customs Department of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia Today Border Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia Phyto-sanitary Service of the Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia Revenue Service Veterinary Service of the Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia Transport Administration of the Ministry of Transport Patrol Police Customs Broker Cargo Carrier Insurance Company

5 Control System Past 100 % control Blind Control No risk analysis or assessment Today Risk management system Risk profiles Random selection Relevant Access to the database of 1) Patrol Police 2) Public Service Hall Tomorrow Joint use of BCPs 8 Different agencies on the border National Agency of Public Registry Civil Registry Notary Chamber of Georgia

6 Inter-Agency cooperation Collaborative Control Automated System of Customs Data Revenue Service Passport Data Base Patrol Police

7 Customs Reforms But only one document for transit Before 2005 import and export procedures required In import and export procedures required Since 2011 import and export procedures required Number of documents 4 documents 2 Documents Invoice and transport

8 Before Creation of Customs Clearance Zones Border Crossing Point minutes Warehous e 1-2 hour Broker For Declara tion 45 minutes - hour Bank for Payment 30 minutes hour Clearance Service Center minutes Examin ation (in case of red corrido r) 2 3 days Warehous e (in case of red corridor) 30 minutes Clearance Service Center minutes Warehouse 30 minutes Release of goods

9 Meaning of Customs Clearance Zone (CCZ) Place, where customs declarations are filled and goods/cargo are cleared CCZ Centers for goods Clearance: Located on several hectares With modern infrastructure, and With specially planned parking zone

10 Customs Clearance Zones Cargo Clearance Free Parking Different options for cargo clearance 5 ways Bank Services Barcode instead of seal Commodity Expertise

11 Customs Clearance Zone Clearance Options Clearance at CCZ Advance Declaration Distant Declaration Clearance of goods of single consignee/recipient

12 After Customs Crossing Points In case of standard procedures in average 15 minutes In case of red corridor average 1 hour Customs Clearance Zones In case of standard procedures in average 30 minutes Advance Declaration Case In case of green corridor - average 10 minutes (passport data registration control and customs procedures) In case of red corridor several hours in average

13 Infrastructure

14 Container Control Programme CONTAINER CONTROL PROGRAMME - Joint Initiative of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and World Customs Organization (WCO) Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Finance of Georgia and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Port Control Unit established in Georgia on the basis on Poti Customs Clearance Zone Customs Department of Georgia Revenue Service Patrol Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia Port Control Unit Central Criminal Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia

15 Common Inter-agency Group at the Customs Crossing Point Tbilisi Airport Memorandum of Understating concerning the Cooperation with regard to Revealing Illegal Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and Precursors in Georgia Georgia Revenue Service Patrol Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia Central Criminal Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia Expert-Criminal Main Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia Establishment of Common Inter-agency Group operating at the Customs Crossing Point Tbilisi Airport

16 Cooperation in Border related risks management PIRS System Georgia Revenue Service software Proper analysis and granting the proper suspicious status while creating the sufficient risk criteria

17 International Cooperation and Coordination Memorandum of Understanding Agreement Protocol Technical Provision document on data exchange

18 International Cooperation and Coordination Export Country B O R D E R Import Country Declaration Control DATA Declaration Control

19 International Cooperation and Coordination AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF GEORGIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA ON THE JOINT USE OF LAND CUSTOMS CROSSING POINTS OF SADAKHLO - BAGRATASHEN, SADAKHLO-AIRUM, GUGUTI - GOGAVAN AND NINOTSMINDA BAVRA Protocol between the Customs authorities of Georgia and Ukraine on advance exchange of information of goods and transport means crossing the borders of Georgia and Ukraine Technical Provisions on advance exchange of information of goods and transport means crossing the borders of Georgia and Ukraine Active Negotiations GUAM Initiative on Advance Exchange of Customs Information

20 Trade Facilitation System B2B & B2C cooperation USAID-EPI Task: Paperless environment for Poti and Batumi Sea ports

21 Perspectives Canine program Single window Paperless environment B2B and B2C DCFTA approximation with Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code Regulation (EU) No 608/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 concerning customs enforcement of intellectual property rights and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1383/2003 Acceding Common Transit Convention and SAD convention SPS border control system Opening Kartsakhi land BCP and railway BCP

22 Customs Main Responsibility Law Compliance Control Policy Prevention Policy

23 Control Policy Control Mechanism Modification Against Control Mechanism New Control Mechanism Modification Against New Control Mechanism

24 Prevention Policy More Compliance More Result Less Resources Less Violations

25 Prevention Policy Proactive Measures Why? Difficulty in Problem Elaboration Lack of Time Fear

26 Current Framework Information Information Control Receiving information Information registration Information processing and risk analysis Decision Making Implementation of Control

27 Prospective Resolution Control Identification in the System Symbols

28 Perspective Framework Information Information Control Receiving Time information Related to Saving Transit Resources Procedures Information registration Recognition Information Safety processing of of and Customs risk analysis Transit Control Chain Results Decision Making Implementation of Control

29 Thank you for your attention Maka KHVEDELIDZE Deputy Head Department for International Relations Georgia Revenue Service (Tax and Customs Administration-SPS Border Control Agency of Georgia) 68a, Kostava St., 0179 Tbilisi, Georgia Tel : m.khvedelidze@rs.ge Web :