L 29440 Official Journal of the European Union 6.11.2013 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1099/2013 of 5 November 2013 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (enhancement of regular shipping services) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (1), and in particular Article 247 thereof, (6) Before issuing an authorisation for a regular shipping service, the authorising customs authority is required to consult the customs authorities of the other Member States concerned by that service. If, after having been granted authorisation, the holder of such authorisation (hereinafter the ‘holder’) subsequently wishes to extend the service to other Member States, further consultations would be required with the customs authorities of such Member States. To avoid in as much as possible the need to hold further consultations after the authorisation has Whereas: been granted, it should be provided that shipping companies applying for authorisation may, in addition (1)  Key action 2 of the Communication from the to listing the Member States actually concerned by the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the regions ‘Single Market Act II, Together for new growth’ () calls for the establishment of a true Single Market for maritime transport by no longer subjecting Union goods transported between Union seaports to administrative and customs formalities that apply to goods arriving from overseas ports. service, also specify Member States which could poten- tially be concerned for which they declare that they have plans for future services. Since 2010, a period of 45 days has been allowed for the consultation of the customs authorities of other Member States. However, experience has shown that this period is unnecessarily long and should be reduced. (2)  To this end, the Commission committed itself to tabling a ‘Blue Belt’ package with legislative and non-legislative . . . initiatives to reduce the administrative burden on (8) The use of an electronic information and commumcatlon operators engaging in intra-Union maritime transport system has rendered Annex 42 of Regulation (EEC) No to a level that is comparable to that of other modes of 2454]93 redundant. transport (air, rail and road). . . (9) At the request of the holder, authorisations for regular (3)  This Regulation forms part of the Blue Belt package. shipping ;lervices existing before the entry into forfe of this Regulation should be reviewed to take into account (4)  According to Article 313(2)(a) of Commission Regulation any Member States which could potentially be concerned (EEC) No 2454/93 (%), goods brought into the customs for which the holder declares that he has plans for future territory of the Community in accordance with Article 37 services. of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 shall not be deemed to be Community goods unless it is established that they have Community status. (10) The electronic information and communication system currently used to store information and to notify the (5)  Article 313(3)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 customs authorities of other Member States about provides that goods shipped between ports in the regular shipping service authorisations is not the customs territory of the Community by an authorised system referred to in Article 14x of Regulation (EEC) regular shipping service shall be considered to be No 2454/93. The references to this system should be Community goods, unless established otherwise. corrected. Regular shipping service vessels may also transport non-Community goods, provided they are placed under the external Community transit procedure. In addition, (11) Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 should therefore be the use of a regular shipping service for the transport of amended accordingly. non-Community goods is without prejudice to the appli- cation of controls for other purposes, including those relating to animal, public or plant health risks. (12)  The changes in the length of the period allowed for the () O] L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1. () COM(2012) 573 final, 3.10.2012. (}) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying consultation of the customs authorities of other Member States and in the number of Member States which may be specified in the application require changes to the electronic regular shipping services information and communication system and a deferred application of the relevant provisions of this Regulation. down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (O] L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1).