What is BS EN 16992 - Competency for customs representatives about?
BS EN 16992 is an international standard that focuses on competency for customs representatives.
BS EN 16992 provides, by the EU legislation, competency requirements for customs representatives.
Who is BS EN 16992 - Competency for customs representatives for?
BS EN 16992 on competency for customs representatives is useful for:
- Authorized Economic Operator - Customs
- Excise department
Why should you use BS EN 16992 - Competency for customs representatives?
The activity carried out by a customs representative is to offer customs representation services for all the domains of customs legislation. As such, a customs representative shall comply with the EU and national customs legislation and customs related requirements. Compliance shall be permanently observed and monitored and where necessary procedures shall be adapted to new regulatory developments and circumstances.
BS EN 16992 is established as a tool to support mutual understanding and provide transparency of language through the articulation of competencies required and deployed by Customs representatives.
BS EN 16992 support customs representation services offered by any customs representative in an EU Member State where the customs representative is not established (Union Customs Code (UCC), Article 18.3).
BS EN 16992 is developed and maintained through an EU-wide balanced multi-stakeholder agreement process, under the umbrella of the European Committee for Standardization.
BS EN 16992 is designed for use by any organization engaged in customs representative human resource planning and competence development.