DG TAXUD ## Harmonised Trader Interface Specifications Date: Doc. Version: **Document Control Information** | Settings | Value | | --- | --- | | Document Title: | Harmonised Trader Interface Specifications | | Project Title: | | Document Author: | DG TAXUD ICS2 Project team | | Project Owner: | DG TAXUD ICS2 Project team | | Doc. Version: | | Sensitivity: | | | Date: | | **Document Approver(s) and Reviewer(s):** NOTE: All Approvers are required. Records of each approver must be maintained. All Reviewers in the list are considered required unless explicitly listed as Optional. | Name | Role | Action | Date | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | ECCG | | Approve | | | RIMSCO | | Review | | | TCG | | Review | | **Document history:** The Document Author is authorized to make the following types of changes to the document without requiring that the document be re-approved: Editorial, formatting, and spelling Clarification To request a change to this document, contact the Document Author or Owner. Changes to this document are summarized in the following table in reverse chronological order (latest version first). | Revision | Date | Created by | Short Description of Changes | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1.0 | 07/05/2018 | DG TAXUD | Initial version | | 1.10 | 15/10/2018 | DG TAXUD | Updated version for Release 1 | | 1.11 | 07/12/2018 | DG TAXUD | Updated document references | | 1.12 | 26/04/2019 | DG TAXUD | Updated document references | | 1.20 | 07/06/2019 | DG TAXUD | Updated version for Release 2 | | 1.22 | 31/03/2020 | DG TAXUD | Updated version with second package of RfCs for Release 2 | | 1.23 | 17/07/2020 | DG TAXUD | Updated version with third package of RfCs for Release 2 | | 1.24 | 19/03/2021 | DG TAXUD | Updated with KELv0.09 and R2 RfC’s from MS CAB7 29/01/2021 | | 1.25 | 23/04/2021 | DG TAXUD | Updated with KELv0.10 | | 1.30 | 30/04/2021 | DG TAXUD | Updated with R3 RfC’s from MS CAB7 29/01/2021 | | 2.00 | 30/07/2021 | DG TAXUD | Updated RfC’s from MS CAB8 08/07/2021 and KELv0.11 R2 and R3 specifications incorporated. | | 2.01 | 07/03/2022 | DG TAXUD | The information exchanges were updated with “RfC200019 - Identify related ENS and involved parties_Trade_v2” and the indicated for the information exchanges KEL entries (KEL v0.12 and KEL v0.13) to be implemented in the impacted artefact “5. ICS2-HTI-IE-(2021-07-30)-v2.00” in v2.01. | | 2.02 | 23/05/2022 | DG TAXUD | The following KEL entries implemented – 186, 203, 204, 205, 214, 215, 216, 219, 220, 226. | ## TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Introduction 6 1.1 Purpose 6 1.2 Scope 6 1.3 Target Audience 6 1.4 Structure of this document 6 1.5 Reference and applicable documents 7 1.5.1 Reference Documents 7 1.6 Abbreviations and Acronyms 7 2 Scope of the HTI specifications 8 3 Structure and content of the HTI specifications 9 3.1 Definitions 9 3.2 Business Process Description document 9 3.3 BPM L4 Process Description 9 3.4 Information exchange specifications 9 3.5 Rules and Conditions 10 3.6 Code lists 10 ## TABLE OF TABLES *Table 1: Reference documents 6* *Table 3: Abbreviations and acronyms 6* # Introduction ## Purpose This document describes the scope, structure and the content of the ICS2 Harmonised Trader Interface Specifications. It also serves as a release note of the new version of the HTI package. ## Scope This document covers Harmonised Trader Interface Specifications. ## Target Audience The intended audience for this document are the representatives of the Member States and trade, any person involved in ICS2 project. ## Structure of this document The present document contains the following chapters: **Chapter 1 – Introduction**: describes the scope and the objectives of the document; **Chapter 2 – Scope of the HTI specifications**: explains the scope of the CFSS. **Chapter 3 – Structure and content of the HTI specifications**: describes the structure of the CFSS and content of each artefact. ## Reference and applicable documents ### Reference Documents | Ref. | Title | Reference | Version | Date | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | R01 | ICS2 Definitions | | 1.11 | 16/03/2020 | | R02 | ICS2 Business Process Description | | 2.00 | 30/07/2021 | | R03 | ICS2 HTI BPM L4 Process Description | | 2.00 | 30/07/2021 | | R04 | ICS2 HTI Information Exchange Specifications | | 2.02 | 04/05/2022 | | R05 | ICS2 HTI Rules and Conditions | | 2.01 | 23/05/2022 | | R06 | ICS2 HTI Code Lists | | 2.01 | 23/05/2022 | *Table 1: Reference documents* ## Abbreviations and Acronyms | Abbreviation/Acronym | Definition | | --- | --- | | BPM | Business Process Model | | CFSS | Common Functional System Specifications | | CR | Common Repository | | DDS | Data Dissemination Service | | EU | European Union | | HTI | Harmonised Trader Interface | | ICS2 | Import Control System 2 | | IE | Information exchange | | MS | Member State | | NES | National Entry System | | OMS | Other Member State | | UCC DA and IA | Union Customs Code Delegated Act and Implementing Act | *Table 2: Abbreviations and acronyms* # Scope of the HTI specifications ICS2 Harmonised Trader Interface Specifications cover: - Lodgement and registration of the ENS filings (full or partial) and Arrival notifications via the Trader Interface; - Exchanges of requests, responses and notifications between the economic operators and Customs administrations; - Processing of the referrals; - Consultation of the ENS; - Invalidation and amendment of ENS filings; Not in scope of CFSS: - Specifications for the customs declarations containing ENS particulars as per Art. 130 UCC; - ENS filing for postal items on other modes of transport than air; - ENS filing for express consignments on other modes of transport than air. # Structure and content of the HTI specifications ICS2 HTI Specifications are provided as a package of documents covering different artefacts of the system specifications. The documents are describes below. ## Definitions Definitions document [R01] provides definitions of the terms used in ICS2 project. These definitions apply to all other related documents. ## Business Process Description document Functional system specifications for the EU Customs IT systems are developed using the EU Customs BPM methodology. EU Customs BPM provides different views depending on level of detail that is relevant for the reader: - L1 and L2 BPM give an overview of all customs business domains (core processes and enabling processes) and global business data and define the interaction between them, - L2 and L3 BPM give an overview of the process steps and tasks (legal requirements) as defined by the UCC legislation, - L4 BPM provides Functional Specifications/ Requirements. Business Process Description document [R02] provides an end-to-end business process of entry of goods into the EU including the risk analysis and control. This is a new Level 3.5 of the EU Customs BPM, which is IT system agnostic. It depicts the actual business process, including all the actors and their roles in the process. BPM L3.5 is in between the Level 3, which shows the legal process as defined in the UCC DA and IA, and Level 4, which shows the same process from an IT system perspective. BPM L3.5 consists of High level overview and 7 sub-processes that provide a detailed overview of the ICS2 business process. ## BPM L4 Process Description BPM L4 Process Description document [R03] provides a mapping of the business process and data to the IT system components. There are 3 components of the ICS2: - Trader interface - Common Repository - National Entry Systems BPM L4 depicts the process at TI component, interface with CR as well as information exchanges between the 2 components. The process is depicted through the sequence of the system tasks and exchanges of messages. There is 1 Master process and 8 underlying sub-processes. BPM L4 also provides 1 supporting process which will offer additional functionality to the economic operators, such as consultation for specific ENS filings by the economic operators. ## Information exchange specifications Information exchange specifications document [R04] consists of the main document and underlying documents per IE. These specifications cover the structure and the content of all the messages to be exchanged between the system components. The document covers External domain IEs to be exchanged between the Economic operator and Customs administration via the TI. There are 84 IE specified. ## Rules and Conditions Rules and Conditions document [R05] provides rules and conditions that apply to the data elements in the messages. ## Code lists Code lists document [R06] provides lists of codes that are used for coded data elements in the messages. The code lists are specified for information only. Actual code lists will be maintained in CS/RD2 and TARIC and will be made available to the economic operators via DDS. *End of document*