Customs

Updated on: 25 August 2025

EU4PFM aims to strengthen capacities of Ukraine's Ministry of Finance and the State Customs Service as well as introducing the EU best practices in customs

Accession to the Convention on a Common Transit Procedure and the Convention on the Simplification of Formalities in Trade in Goods

Ukraine has joined the Conventions on a Common Transit Procedure and Simplification of Formalities and the international use of a common transit procedure has started

Phase 4 and 5 of the New Computerised Transit System (NCTS) launched; NCTS Phase 6 under development

Legal framework developed and adopted

Extensive communication support provided

Law No. 3291-IX on the use of Customs Declarations and the Electronic Transit System provided for by the Common Transit Procedure Convention entered into force

Alignment of Ukrainian Customs Legislation with EU Customs Code

Assistance with the drafting and assessment of the Law No. 2510-IX on Amendments to the Customs Code of Ukraine and relevant secondary legislation provided

The draft of the new Customs Code, based on the Union Customs Code (UCC), developed

The Law on amending the Customs Code on granting of special authorisation adopted

Risk-based management and post-clearance control introduced

Enforcement of intellectual property rights at the border strengthened

Joining the Convention on a Common Transit Procedure (CCTP):

On 1 October 2022, Ukraine joined the Convention on the Common Transit Procedure and Convention on simplification of formalities in trade in goods

Support in preparing legislation necessary for ensuring compliance with the Convention on a Common Transit Procedure (CCTP) and the Convention on Simplification of Formalities in Trade in Goods (CSFTG) provided
New Computerised Transit System Phase 4 and Phase 5 in Ukraine deployed and international application of the NCTS Phase 5 started
Functional-technical requirements for NCTS Phase 6 and procurement finalised, the development has started
EU best practice on NCTS Help Desk shared and Help Desk for NCTS
Communication on New Computerised Transit System (NCTS) supported
350 bar code scanners transferred to regional customs checkpoints to speed up information input in NCTS.

Implementation of Authorised Economic Operators (AEO) program in Ukraine:

Support in preparing secondary legislation on Authorised Economic Operators (AEO) provided
Support for application of Authorised Economic Operators (AEO) program in Ukraine provided
Communication on Authorised Economic Operators (AEO) supported
EU best practice in financial audit (financial solvency) shared.

Alignment of the Ukrainian legislation with the Union Customs Code (UCC):

Assistance with drafting, consultations, assessment of the adopted Law on amendments to the Customs Code № 2510-IX dated 15.08.2022 to align with EU Customs legislation provided
Assistance with drafting, consultations and recommendations to the Law on amendments to the Customs Code of Ukraine 3926-IX dated 22.08.2024 to align with EU Customs legislation provided
Assistance with the development of the secondary legislation following adoption of the Law on amendments to the Customs Code of Ukraine 3926-IX dated 22.08.2024 provided
First drafts of the new UCC based Customs Code prepared
Expertise on current legislation and amendments to the Customs Code on relief from customs duties and non-preferential origin of goods provided
Assessment of Ukrainian legislation concerning BTI and BOI decisions and recommendations for its improvement provided

EU best practice on the usage of prearrival information and recommendations on entry summary declaration shared
EU best practice and recommendations on EU customs data model shared

EU best practice on the EU provisions in the field of implementation of customs warehousing, temporary storage, free zones and duty-free shops
Recommendations on customs debt and guarantees.

Alignment of Ukraine’s financial guarantees system with the EU customs legislation:

International expertise on draft legislation provided.

Post clearance control and customs audit:

EU best practice on effective customs audit, risk assessment, management, selection and possible usage of risk assessment information shared
Recommendations for improvement of the post-clearance control/ customs audit processes provided
EU best practice and recommendation on profiling data sets of economic operators involved in international trade, IT systems and selecting economic operators for operational control plans provided
IT system on post-customs clearance control (Post-Audit 1.0) developed and tested.

Modern Customs Risk management system:

EU best practices and recommendations on risk management for safety and security purposes, recommendations for the IT system with targeting function, on the usage of data on possible violations for risk management, on monitoring of the usage of the risk management system, on the development of risk profiles, shared
EU best practices and recommendations for improving existing risk management process according to best EU practice, on risk management capacities of Coordination and Monitoring Customs House shared
Automated risk management platform ASUR 2.0 developed and tested
EU best practice and recommendations on customs requirements for preliminary information and Import Control System 2 (ICS2) provided
Functional-technical requirements for “Risk Profile Manager” IT system and procurement finalised, the development has started.

Criminalisation of smuggling:

EU best practices and recommendations on criminalization of smuggling shared
Assistance with the development of the adopted Draft Law on criminalization of large-scale smuggling
Assistance with drafting of amendments to the Customs Code of Ukraine on administrative responsibility for violation of customs rules.

Customs valuation control system:

EU best practices, recommendations on legislation, administrative and technical environment, databases in the field of customs valuation shared
Training of trainers conducted.

Application of tariff and non-tariff measures:

Training of trainer on BTI/BOI, the non-preferential origin of goods, on CITES, dual-used goods, on IPR, PEM Convention conducted
EU best practices and recommendations on IPR, CITES, market surveillance shared
EU best practice and recommendations on the implementation of special economic and other restrictive measures (sanctions)
EU best practice and recommendations on ensuring effective customs control on tariff classification of goods
EU best practice and recommendations on FORM 302 (movement of military goods).

Implementation of the EU Customs Code through IT instruments:

EU best practices on e-Customs presented (including the Multi-annual Strategic Plan (MASP) and UCC Work Programme) and recommendations on the development of the national e-Customs prepared

Presentation of the Customs Decisions System (CDS)
EU best practice and recommendations on customs processes regarding the import and export of goods and functioning of Import Control System and Risk Analysis Systems
Technical specifications for Customs Decision System (CDS) drafted and implementation supported.
The functional-technical specifications for the new customs clearance and risk management systems (with additional functionality of AES, ECS, ICS2, data exchange with the EU central domain and EU Member States) were prepared. Analysis of business processes and data models used at the SCS was done against EU Customs Data Model.

Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights:

Regular workshops with the world-famous companies (right holders) and presentation of EU best practice on IPR
Functional-technical requirements on IPR based on COPIS functionality drafted.