On 20.01.2025 at 23:59:59 UTC (21.01.2025 01:59:59 Romanian time) the transitional period for NCTS4/NCTS5 ended.
Therefore, from this date onward, the following changes will occur in the transit declaration system NCTS5-RO:
– it becomes possible to issue a transit declaration with multiple House Consignments. In this regard, the “Guide to completing the transit declaration in NCTS5-RO”, published on the website of the Romanian Customs Authority, will be updated;
– the field created during the transitional period for entering multiple consignors will be deactivated. The multiple senders will be filled-in in the “House Consignment” section (a different House Consignment will be used for each sender);
– if all the items in a “House Consignment” have the same recipient, this will be entered at the “House Consignment” level, not at the item level.
It should be noted that the provisions of article 306 of the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447, regarding the presentation of the MRN at the customs office of destination, are corroborated with the provisions of article 184 of the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446, namely:
“The MRN for a transit declaration or for a TIR operation may be transmitted to the customs authorities by any of the following means, other than electronic data processing techniques:
(a) a barcode;
(b) a transit accompanying document;
(c) a transit/security accompanying document;
(d) in the case of a TIR operation, a TIR carnet;
(e) other means permitted by the customs authority receiving the information”
The Romanian Customs Authority, together with the National Centre for Financial Intelligence have taken all measures to ensure that the impact of the transition to the post-transition period, both on economic operators and customs workers, is minimal.
