Economic Chamber Criticizes Import Control System

OrganizationsOther ♦ Published: December 27, 2010; 16:32 ♦ (Vindobona)

According to the WKÖ, Austrian businesses incur additional costs and bureaucracy by the import control system.

Economic Chamber Criticizes Import Control System / Picture: © Vindobona.org

Since January 2011, goods imported into the EU and exported from the EU, must be notified to the customs authorities by electronic pre-registration. After a 18-month postponement, the Import Control Systems (ICS) will now be implemented as the core of the customs security initiative. "For businesses, the introduction of ICS not only means extra costs, but also a new wave of bureaucratic…