CHAPTER IVSTORAGE AND EXCHANGE OF ELECTRONIC INFORMATION ON ECONOMIC OPERATORS

Article 19Storage and exchange of information on authorisations of economic operators and tax warehouses1.

Each Member State shall maintain an electronic database containing the following registers:

(a)

a register of economic operators belonging to one of the following categories:

(i)

authorised warehousekeepers within the meaning of point (1) of Article 4 of Directive 2008/118/EC;

(ii)

registered consignees within the meaning of point (9) of Article 4 of Directive 2008/118/EC;

(iii)

registered consignors within the meaning of point (10) of Article 4 of Directive 2008/118/EC;

(b)

a register of premises authorised as tax warehouses within the meaning of point (11) of Article 4 of Directive 2008/118/EC.

The registers referred to in paragraph 1 shall contain the following information:

(a)

the unique excise number issued by the competent authority in respect of an economic operator or premises;

(b)

the name and address of the economic operator or premises;

(c)

the excise product category (CAT) and/or the excise product code (EPC) of the products covered by the authorisation referred to in Annex II, code list 11 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 684/2009 of 24 July 2009 implementing Council Directive 2008/118/EC as regards the computerised procedures for the movement of excise goods under suspension of excise duty

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(d)

the identification of the central excise liaison office or the excise office from which further information may be obtained;

(e)

the date as of which the authorisation is valid, is amended and, where applicable, ceases to be valid;

(f)

for authorised warehousekeepers, the tax warehouse or the list of tax warehouses to which his authorisation applies and, if applicable under national legislation, an indication that he is authorised to omit the details of the consignee at the time of dispatch, that he is authorised to split a movement in accordance with Article 23 of Directive 2008/118/EC, or that he is authorised to have excise goods moved to a place of direct delivery in accordance with Article 17(2) of that Directive;

(g)

for registered consignees, if applicable under national legislation, an indication that he is authorised to have excise goods moved to a place of direct delivery in accordance with Article 17(2) of Directive 2008/118/EC;

(h)

for registered consignees referred to in Article 19(3) of Directive 2008/118/EC other than those referred to point (i) of this paragraph, the content of the authorisation regarding the quantity of excise goods, the identity of the consignor in the Member State of dispatch and the period of time for which the authorisation is valid;

(i)

for registered consignees referred to in Article 19(3) of Directive 2008/118/EC that have an authorisation to receive wine from consignors who benefit from the derogation provided in Article 40 of Directive 2008/118/EC, the content of the authorisation regarding the quantity of excise goods and the period of time for which the authorisation is valid. An indication of the derogation under Article 40 of 2008/118/EC shall be included in the record;

(j)

for tax warehouses, the authorised warehousekeeper or list of authorised warehousekeepers for whose use the tax warehouse is authorised.

The central excise liaison office or a liaison department of each Member State shall ensure that the information contained in the national registers is complete, accurate and up to date.

The information contained in the respective national registers as referred to in paragraph 2 concerning economic operators engaged in moving excise goods under duty suspension arrangements between Member States, shall be automatically exchanged via a central register.

The Commission shall operate the register as a part of the computerised system in a manner that ensures at all times a correct up-to-date view of all national registry data provided by all Member States.

The central excise liaison offices or liaison departments of Member States shall communicate the content of the national register as well as any modification thereto to the Commission in a timely manner.

Article 20Access to and correction of information1.

The Commission shall ensure that persons involved in the movement of excise goods under duty suspension arrangements between the Member States can obtain confirmation by electronic means of the validity of excise numbers held in the central register referred to in Article 19(4). The Commission shall forward any requests from an economic operator for correction of that information to the central excise liaison office or liaison department that is responsible for the authorisation of that economic operator.

The central excise liaison offices or liaison departments of Member States shall ensure that economic operators can obtain confirmation of the information about them held under Article 19(2) and can obtain the correction of any inaccuracies therein.

The competent authority of a Member State may, under conditions fixed by that Member State, allow the Central Excise Liaison Office or designated Liaison Departments to communicate a confirmation of the information held under Article 19(2).

Article 21Data retention1.

Each Member State shall keep the information concerning movements of excise goods within the Union and the records contained in the national registers referred to in Article 19 for at least five years from the end of the calendar year in which the movement began, in order that such information can be used for the procedures provided for in this Regulation. That period may be limited to three years with respect to information entered into the national registers before 1 July 2012.

Information collected through the computerised system shall be kept in that system in a way that makes it possible to retrieve and to further process that information within the system in response to a request for information referred to in Article 8.

Article 22Implementation

The Commission shall adopt implementing acts:

(a)

to specify the technical details concerning the automated update of the databases referred to in Article 19(1) and of the central register referred to in Article 19(4);

(b)

to specify the rules and procedures concerning the access to and correction of information under Article 20(1).

Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 35(2).