MOL selected Descartes Systems to help manage its container division's EU Import Control System customs filings.

The carrier will use Descartes’ Global Filer to manage import security filings into Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, France, Spain and Italy.

Descartes said this software helps customers like MOL get ready to comply with the EU ICS requirements scheduled to take effect in January 2011.

The company said Global Filer is designed to support import security filings for the 27 EU countries and for several other countries around the world.

The EU Customs Union Security Filing program is scheduled to go live in the EU on Jan. 1, 2011.

The program was developed in an effort to address the security and automation of trade shipments for imports and exports in and out of the EU. The EU Customs Union is introducing these customs compliance regulations to standardize and automate its customs filings process.

EU member states and the community have come together to form the electronic customs multiannual strategic plan. The goal of MASP is to provide the vision, objectives, strategic framework and milestones towards a paperless environment for customs and trade.

Source: JOC