L 360/64 Official Journal of the European Union 19.12.2006 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1875/2006 of 18 December 2006 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (%), and in particular Article 247 thereof, Whereas: G) The amendments to Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92, here- inafter ‘the Code’, laid down in Regulation (EC) No 648/2005, introduce a number of measures to tighten security for goods entering or leaving the Community. Those measures should produce faster and better targeted customs controls, and consist in the analysis and elec- tronic exchange of risk information between customs authorities and between those authorities and the Commission under a common risk management framework, the requirement for pre-arrival and pre- departure information to be provided to the customs authorities on all goods entering or leaving the customs territory of the Community, and the granting of the status of authorised economic operator to reliable economic operators who meet certain criteria and who are to benefit from simplifications provided for under the customs rules andfor facilitations with regard to customs controls. In order to ensure effective and expeditious implemen- tation of those measures, it is necessary that data exchange between customs authorities is carried out through  information technology and computer networks, using agreed standards and common data sets. Given the progress in Member States’ computerised customs clearance systems, as well as the use by the () OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 6482005 of the European Parliament and of the Council (O] L 117, 4.5.2005, p. 13). Member States and the Commission of information tech- nology and computer networks, the common use of such systems should be extended beyond the existing compu- terised transit system, starting with the introduction of an computerised system for the control of exports. For the purposes of a common risk management framework and the establishment of an equivalent level of customs controls throughout the Community, risk analysis should be based upon data processing techniques using common criteria. The risk information should therefore be exchanged among customs authorities and the Commission using, without prejudice to national or international obligations, a Community customs risk management system, common priority control areas, and common risk criteria and standards for the harmonised application of customs controls in specific cases. Economic operators who fulfil the conditions for obtaining the status of authorised economic operator, thus distinguishing themselves positively from other economic operators, should be considered as reliable partners in the supply chain. Authorised economic operators should therefore be able to benefit not only from simplifications provided for under the customs rules but also, where they fulfil certain safety and security conditions, from facilitations with regard to customs controls. It is necessary to establish common conditions and criteria in all Member States for the granting, amendment or revocation of authorised economic operators’ certificates, or for suspension of the status of authorised economic operator, as well as rules on the application for and issuing of authorised economic operators’ certificates. In order to ensure that a high level of security is maintained, customs authorities should continuously monitor the compliance of authorised economic operators with the relevant requirements. It is necessary to establish and maintain a common elec- tronic information and communication system to store and exchange information regarding authorised economic operators.