The Customs Service on September 15 launched a series of conferences intended for economic entities that will be held at the seven customs offices of the country in the period between September 15 and October 15, IPN reports.

The conferences center on the recent changes to the customs legislation, which aim to simplify the customs procedures and to help comply with the European clearance standards. “The impact of these changes on the economic entities is great. They help save time and money when performing export-import operations,” said the head of the Customs Control Organization Division Corneliu Croitoru.

In the inaugural conference, there were presented the advantages of electronic declaration on export and import, the necessary documents and the method of obtaining digital signatures. The economic entities were informed about the introduction of the blue clearance corridor for hastening the procedure and about the possibility of obtaining the status of authorized economic entity that benefits from simplified customs procedures when crossing the border.

To raise the awareness of economic entities, the Customs Service produced a number of guidebooks that refer to the stages of electronic export and import and other customs procedures and regimes. These will be distributed to economic entities in a digital format.

The Customs Service is hopeful that the conferences will involve representatives of over 500 economic entities, exporters, importers, carriers and customs brokers. The conferences are organized in partnership with the USAID Business Regulatory, Investment and Trade Environment (BRITE) Program.