Customs consultations

Open dialogue involving the European Commission, stakeholders and interested parties helps ensure that rules and regulatory proposals keep pace with reality of rapid change. This dialogue helps to achieve the regulatory efficiency we need to foster best administrative and legislative practice tailored to meet the needs of business in the European Union in the third millenium.

The Commission is responding to ever-wider use of the Internet by making greater use of Interactive Policy Making (IPM) and similar Internet-based tools as an additional means to evaluate existing EU policies and conduct consultations on new initiatives. We hope that businesses, consumers and citizens will use these tools wherever possible, to help us to respond faster and more accurately to their needs.

This page provides an access point to consult the list of planned, open and closed consultations for customs. On our website you will also find an overview of tax consultations.

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Planned consultations

Title & description	Policy activity	Target group	Launching date
There are no planned consultations for the moment.

Open consultations

Title & description	Policy activity	Target group	Closing date

Closed consultations

Title & description	Policy activity	Target group	Closing date	Questionnaire, results & summary reports
Revision of the Union Customs Code	Customs	All stakeholders	14/09/2022	Results
EU rules governing e-commerce transactions from third countries	Customs	All stakeholders	10/03/2022	Results
Interim evaluation of the Union Customs Code (UCC)	Customs	All stakeholders	18/07/2021	Results
EU Single Window environment for Customs	Customs	All stakeholders	16/01/2019	Questionnaire, results, summary report, position papers
Public consultation for the evaluation of the EU drug precursors regulations	Customs	All stakeholders	02/11/2018	position papers Follow this link
Exploratory Public Consultation on the establishment in the EU of Decisions relating to binding information in the field of customs valuation	Customs	All stakeholders	08/06/2018	Follow this link
Public consultation on the exchange of customs related information with third countries	Customs	All interested parties on exchange of customs related information with third countries. This includes contributions from citizens, companies, NGOs, academics, public authorities, international organisations, etc.	16/10/2017	Questionnaire, results, position papers, summary report
Open public consultation for the Evaluation of the European Customs Inventory of Chemical Substances (ECICS)	Customs	Businesses, professional associations, public authorities, customs laboratories, international organizations and any other possible users of the ECICS database.	06/06/2017	Follow this link
Consultation on rules on imports of cultural goods	Customs	Citizens, companies, NGOs, academics, public authorities, international organisations	23/01/2017	Questionnaire, results, summary report
Public consultation on a review of Regulation (EC) N° 1889/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 “on controls of cash entering or leaving the Community”	The proposal would impact several policy areas, notably Customs, Taxation, Trade, Home Affairs, Justice, Internal Market.	Public authorities, organisations (including SMEs) and citizens (both inside and outside the European Union).	01.06.2015	Questionnaire, results, summary report
Consultation on VAT collection procedures in relation to centralised customs clearance	Customs/Taxation	Public and businesses	31/10/2010	Consultation paper, summary report
Review of customs legislation on enforcement of intellectual property rights	Customs	Public and stakeholders	07/06/2010	Consultation paper, results and summary report
Customs tariff and chemical classification: Five minutes to tailor our services to your needs	Customs	Economic operators	02/12/2005	Results
Customs and security: draft implementing provisions concerning new security and safety measures	Customs	Economic operators	16/09/2005
Modernized Customs Code Rev. 4 - annex to impact assessment	Customs	Business, administrations and any other stakeholders	31/01/2005	Questionnaire, summary report
Modernized Community Customs Code	Customs	Business, administrations and any other stakeholders	30/08/2004	Summary report
The future of rules of origin in preferential trade arrangements	Customs	Business, administrations and any other stakeholders	15/03/2004	Summary report, statistical annex, Communication