Customs Clearance Software Solution for Belgium - PLDA Import & PLDA Export as well as APCS e-Desk Interface

As each customs authority system of the various countries worldwide has special requirements referring to customs filing (e.g. country-specific electronic filing formats), MIC aims to provide standardized customs compliance software solutions together with the country-specific customs filing requirements for the country of customs declaration.

And that’s exactly what MIC does – offering MIC-CUST® for Belgium with standardized customs management processes together with the country-specific customs filing components.

Take advantage of MIC's software solutions for Belgium, as they not only demand high cost and time savings, but also enable being up-to-date with the Belgium customs requirements for the communication with PLDA (Paperless Douanes & Accises).

The MIC-CUST® Import Belgium module supports the EDI communication with the Belgian PLDA system for the following import processes:

• NCTS arrival (Electronic Transit System – ETS)
• Normal procedure
• Supplementary declaration subsequent “Entry into records” procedure
• Consolidated monthly declarations (globalization message)
• eGlobalisation
• “Entry Into Records” notification (EIR message)

The MIC-CUST® Export Belgium module supports the EDI communication with the Belgian PLDA system for the following export processes:  

• NCTS departure (Electronic Transit System – ETS)
• Normal procedure
• “Entry Into Records” procedure

This also covers the possibility that previously accepted and released export declarations can be corrected by sending a new declaration pointing to the old declaration (“regularization”).

The MIC-CUST® Export Belgium module also supports the fallback procedure required by the Belgian customs authorities.

The MIC-CUST® Belgium module supports the following special customs regimes in Belgium:

• Bonded warehouse (BWH)
• Inward processing relief (IPR)
• Outward processing relief (OPR)

Full stock tracing and stock management (i.e. stock entries, stock transfers, stock removals, home consumption) for all special customs procedures is supported. Further, consolidated monthly or quarterly declarations can be generated in the case that the corresponding authorization is given.

The MIC-CUST® Belgium module provides further a possibility for sending a ‘notification of arrival’ message to the port system of the port of Antwerp (APCS), based on export data processed in the export module of MIC-CUST®. The communication is done via the electronic communication hub of APCS called e-Desk.

MIC is closely monitoring the development of the UCC-related changes for Import (IDMS) as well as for Export (AES) and aims to provide solutions for interfacing with the new systems as soon as they are available.

As part of MIC‘s maintenance contract, MIC keeps the supported functions up-to-date with the legal customs requirements in Belgium, respectively the EU. MIC's maintenance contract ensures that the modules are adapted in time to upcoming legal customs changes.

• Customs administration's system name: PLDA
• Customs administration's link: www.finances.belgium.be/fr/douanes_accises/entreprises
• Customer references: Chemours, Ford, Philips Royal, Sabic, Scania, Volvo Cars Corporation, ...