Interface Control Document
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SD-ICS2-HTI-Interface Control Document-SfA-v3.30
Interface Control Document
ICS2 Harmonised Trader Interface
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DEFINITIONS
For a better understanding of the present document, the following table provides a list of the principal terms used.
- AS4 — Definition : AS4 (Applicability Statement 4) is a Conformance Profile of the OASIS ebMS 3.0 specification and represents an open standard for the secure and payload-agnostic exchange of Business-to-business documents using Web services.
- AS4 access point — Definition : An AS4 access point is an operational IT component that implements the AS4 specifications for the exchange of information with other AS4 access points, be it a Trader Interface (STI/NTI) or an access point used by an Economic Operator (EO).
- Carrier — Definition : Carrier means in the context of entry, the person who brings the goods, or who assumes responsibility for the carriage of the goods, into the customs territory of the Union. However, in the case of combined transportation, "carrier" means the person who operates the means of transport which, once brought into the customs territory of the Union, moves by itself as an active means of transport; in the case of maritime or air traffic under a vessel- sharing or contracting arrangement, "carrier" means the person who concludes a contract and issues a bill of lading or air waybill for the actual carriage of the goods into the customs territory of the Union. (Definition is from ICS2 definitions [R03])
- Certificate Authority — Definition : A Certificate Authority (CA) is an entity that issues digital certificates. A digital certificate certifies the ownership of a public key by the named subject of the certificate. This allows others (relying parties) to rely upon signatures or on assertions made about the private key that corresponds to the certified public key. A CA acts as a trusted third party—trusted both by the subject (owner) of the certificate and by the party relying upon the certificate. The format of these certificates is specified by the X.509 standard.
- Electronic Certificate — Definition : An electronic or digital certificate is an attachment to an electronic message used for security purposes. The most common use of a digital certificate is to verify that a user sending a message is who he or she claims to be, and to provide the receiver with the means to encode a reply. An individual wishing to send an encrypted message applies for a digital certificate from a Certificate Authority (CA). The CA issues an encrypted digital certificate containing the applicant's public key and a variety of other identification information. The CA makes its own public key readily available through print publicity or perhaps on the Internet.
- Electronic seal3 — Definition : According to the eIDAS regulation, an electronic seal is a piece of data attached to an electronic document or other data, which ensures data origin and integrity. Technically similar to digital signatures, electronic seals serve as evidence that an electronic document was issued by a specific legal entity, not a natural person.
- High Risk Cargo and Mail Screening (HRCM screening) — Definition : High Risk Cargo and Mail Screening (HRCM screening) is a notification communicated by the customs authority of the RMS to the person filing (and the carrier under certain conditions) that the goods concerned shall need to be screened as a high risk cargo and mail, in accordance with the point 6.7.3 of the Annex to Commission Decision C (2010) 774 of 13 April 2010, before being loaded on board of an aircraft bound to the customs territory of the Union. (Definition is from ICS2 definitions [R03])
- IT Service Provider — Definition : An IT Service Provider (ITSP) is a legal person contracted by a Person filing for services involving the delivery and reception of messages to and from ICS2 TI. An IT Service Provider must be identified and registered by Customs to be authorised to exchange messages with TI. Any EO can have its own system or make use of services from one or several ITSPs for the delivery of ICS2 messages to Customs (via STI/NTI). The use of these services must be covered by a contractual arrangement where the EO assumes the responsibility of any information sends by the ITSP to Customs.
- Payload — Definition : The present document refers to the term “payload” as the XML encoded data-set defined for information exchange as defined in the ICS2 Information Exchange Message definition document [R04]. For the technical realisation of an information exchange between two parties (a Sender and a Trader Interface), a payload is embedded in an AS4 message.
- Person filing — Definition : Person filing means any person that submits to the customs authority ENS filing in its complete or partial content and other notifications in the prescribed form and manner. This person can be any person that issues a bill of lading or air waybill and can be either carrier, NVOCC (i.e. freight forwarder), or any person identified by the legal provisions obliged to submit required particulars of ENS to the customs and can include postal operator, consignee stipulated in the lowest bill of lading. Person filing also includes a representative of any of the persons mentioned above that submits the ENS filing in its complete or partial content to the customs authority on behalf of the person that it is representing. (Definition is from ICS2 definitions [R03])
- Sender — Definition : The present document refers to the term "sender" as the system sending the technical messages to the TI. This can be a system implemented by the EO lodging the ENS filings or by an IT Service Provider. The sender is understood as a system actor in the ICS2 system context and is the one authenticated and authorised from the system security point of view.
- Signal Message — Definition : An AS4 Message is a logical unit which consists of User Messages or Signal Messages or both. A Signal Message is an ebMS message that contains a Signal Message unit (an eb:Messaging/eb:SignalMessage XML structure) and allows transmitting data interpreted by an AS4 Message Service Handler as a signal (e.g. a pull signal).
- Trader Interface — Definition : Trader Interface: The TI represents the IT system that will be used by Economic Operators to communicate with customs authorities in the context of ICS2. It is an abstraction of: The National Trader Interface (NTI), developed, hosted and operated by a particular Member State; The Shared Trader Interface (STI), developed, hosted and operated by DG TAXUD.
- User Message — Definition : An AS4 Message is a logical unit which consists of User Messages or Signal Messages or both. A User Message is a message that contains a User Message unit (an eb:Messaging/eb:UserMessageXML structure) and allows transmitting data interpreted by a Consumer.
3 This electronic seal must not be confounded with the physical electronic seals attached to shipping containers.
4 Web user interface for trade will only be available from ICS2 Release 2 onwards.
5 The eIDAS regulation (EU regulation № 910/2014 of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and repeals directive 1999/93/EC with effect from 30 June 2016) oversees electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the European Union's internal market and regulates electronic signatures, electronic transactions, involved bodies and their embedding processes to provide a safe way for users to conduct business online. Article 3(36) reads as follows: “(36) ‘electronic registered delivery service’ means a service that makes it possible to transmit data between third parties by electronic means and provides evidence relating to the handling of the transmitted data, including proof of sending and receiving the data, and that protects transmitted data against the risk of loss, theft, damage or any unauthorised alterations;”.
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