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Business Rules

BR001

BR001 Optional Uniqueness
It is obligatory that the local reference number of the draft e-AD/e-SAD has not been used by the consignor of the movement in another e-AD/e-SAD.
- if possible, the Local Reference Number has not yet been used by the consignor for a previous e-AD/e-SAD.

BR002

BR002 Mandatory SEED - Registration Data
It is obligatory that the origin type code of the draft e-AD is Origin-import, if the operator type code of the trader authorisation that is registered in seed for the consignor of the movement is Registered consignor.
- if the consignor is a registered consignor, the type of origin is import

BR003

BR003 Optional SEED - Registration Data
It is obligatory that the reference of tax warehouse of the place of dispatch that is included in the draft e-AD exists in the using tax warehouse that is included in the trader authorisation, that is registered in seed for the consignor of the movement, if the origin type code of the draft e-AD is Origin-tax warehouse.
- if the type of origin is tax warehouse,optionally, validity of the link (manages or uses) between consignor and place of dispatch

BR004

BR004 Mandatory SEED - Registration Data
It is obligatory that the excise product code of each body e-AD that is included in the draft e-AD exists in the tax warehouse authorisation that is registered in seed for the place of dispatch that is included in the draft e-AD, if the origin type code of the draft e-AD is Origin-tax warehouse.
- if the type of origin is tax warehouse, nature of goods compared to the categories and/or products allowed for the tax warehouse of dispatch.

BR005

BR005 Mandatory Customs Office List
It is obligatory that the reference number of the office responsible for release for free circulation that is included in the draft e-AD exists in the customs office list, if the origin type code of the draft e-AD is Origin-import.
- if the type of origin is import,validity of the code of the Customs office of import

BR006

BR006 Mandatory SEED - Registration Data
It is obligatory that the excise product code of each body e-AD that is included in the draft e-AD exists in the trader authorisation that is registered in seed for the consignor of the movement, if the origin type code of the draft e-AD is Origin-import.
- if the type of origin is import, nature of goods compared to the categories and/or products allowed for the consignor.

BR007

BR007 Mandatory Relation
It is obligatory that each journey time of the draft message is less or equal to the maximum defined journey time, considering the transport mode code of the draft message.It is permitted that the maximum defined journey time is equal to the maximum journey time for the corresponding transport mode code of the reference data in seed, or a national system parameter for journey time, if the national system parameter for journey time is less or equal to the maximum journey time.
- the journey time is less than the maximum duration allowed (common system parameter) as defined for the transport mode of the movement and it conforms to additional national provisions.

BR008

BR008 Mandatory SEED - Reference Data
It is obligatory that the excise product code of each body e-AD that is included in the draft e-AD corresponds to the excise products category code Energy products in the excise products category of the reference data in seed, if the destination type code of the draft message is Unknown destination.
- if destination data are left empty (Article 22 of Directive 2020/262), the goods are energy products.

BR009

BR009 Mandatory Relation
It is obligatory that the transport mode code of the transport mode that is included in the draft e-AD is Sea transport or Inland waterway transport, if the destination type code of the draft e-AD is Unknown destination.
- if destination data are left empty (Article 22 of Directive 2020/262), the transport mode is either sea or inland waterway

BR010

BR010 Mandatory SEED - Registration Data
It is obligatory that the operator role code of at least one operator role that is included in the trader authorisation, that is registered in seed for the consignor of the movement, is Allowed to leave empty the destination fields according to article 22 of the directive 2020/262, if the destination type code of the draft e-AD is Unknown destination.
- if destination data are left empty (Article 22 of Directive 2020/262, the consignor is allowed to leave these fields empty

BR011

BR011 Mandatory SEED - Registration Data
It is obligatory that the excise product code of each body e-AD that is included in the draft message exists in the trader authorisation that is registered in seed for the consignee that is included in the draft message, if the destination type code of the draft message is Destination-registered consignee or Destination-direct delivery.
- if the consignee is a registered consignee: nature of goods compared to the categories and/or products allowed for the consignee; - if the consignment is for direct delivery: nature of goods compared to the categories and/or products allowed for the consignee.

BR012

BR012 Mandatory SEED - Registration Data
It is obligatory that the trader id of the delivery place that is included in the draft message is equal to the reference of tax warehouse of the using tax warehouse that is included in the trader authorisation, that is registered in seed for the consignee of the draft message, if the destination type code of the draft message is Destination-tax warehouse.
- if the (new) place of delivery is a tax warehouse, validity of the link (manages or uses) between (new) consignee and (new) place of delivery

BR013

BR013 Mandatory SEED - Registration Data
It is obligatory that the excise product code of each body e-AD that is included in the draft message exists in the tax warehouse authorisation that is registered in seed for the delivery place that is included in the draft message, if the destination type code of the draft message is Destination-tax warehouse.
- if the (new) place of delivery is a tax warehouse, nature of goods compared to the categories and/or products allowed for the (new) tax warehouse of delivery.

BR014

BR014 Mandatory SEED - Registration Data
It is obligatory that the operator role code of at least one operator role that is included in the trader authorisation, that is registered in seed for the consignee of the draft message, is Allowed to practice direct delivery, if the destination type code of the draft message is Destination-direct delivery.
- if the consignment is (now) for direct delivery, the (new) consignee is allowed to practise direct delivery

BR015

BR015 Mandatory SEED - Registration Data
It is obligatory that the consignor of the movement exists in the temporary authorisation that is registered in seed for the temporary registered consignee that is included in the draft message, if the destination type code of the draft message is Destination-temporary registered consignee.
- if the (new) consignee is a temporary registered consignee, the consignor is the same as registered in temporary authorization

BR016

BR016 Mandatory SEED - Registration Data
It is obligatory that the excise product code of each body e-AD that is included in the draft message exists in the temporary authorisation that is registered in seed for the temporary registered consignee that is included in the draft message, if the destination type code of the draft message is Destination-temporary registered consignee.
- if the (new) consignee is a temporary registered consignee, conformance of the product codes of the e-AD with the temporary authorization.

BR017

BR017 Mandatory Customs Office list
It is obligatory that the reference number of the delivery place customs office that is included in the draft message exists in the customs office list with export role, if the destination type code of the draft message is Destination-export.
- if the consignment is for export, validity of the Customs office of export

BR018

BR018 Optional SEED - Reference Data
It is obligatory that the cn code of each body e-AD/e-SAD that is included in the draft message exists in the same correspondence cn code-excise product of the reference data in seed, with the excise product code of the same body e-AD/e-SAD that is included in the draft message, if the excise product code is anything but S500.
- for each body record, optionally, validity of the CN code by reference to the product code. This validation rule is not applicable when the Excise Product Code is S500 (Other products containing ethyl alcohol).

BR019

BR019 Mandatory Authentication
It is obligatory that the submitter of the draft cancellation of an e-AD is equal to the consignor that is included in the e-AD.
- the submitter of the cancellation is entitled to submit it (submitter of the e-AD)

BR020

BR020 Mandatory Existence
It is obligatory that the administrative reference code of the draft message already exists in an e-AD/e-SAD.
- the e-AD exists.

BR021

BR021 Mandatory Relation
It is obligatory that the trader id of the consignee that is included in the draft message is equal to the trader id of the consignee that is included in the e-AD/e-SAD, if the trader id of the consignee is present in the draft message.
- if any, the Excise number or any other identifier of the consignee is the same as in the e-AD/e-SAD;- if any, the Excise number of the consignee is the same as in the e-AD/e-SAD;- if any, the Temporary Authorisation reference is the same as in the e-AD/e-SAD.

BR022

BR022 Mandatory Relation
It is obligatory that the trader id of the delivery place that is included in the draft report of receipt is equal to the trader id of the delivery place that is included in the e-AD/e-SAD or in the last change of destination, if the trader id of the delivery place is present in the draft report of receipt and in the e-AD/e-SAD or in the last change of destination.
- if any, the Excise number of the tax warehouse of delivery is the same as in the e-AD/e-SAD or in the last Change of Destination received for this e-AD/e-SAD, if the Excise number of the tax warehouse of delivery is actually included in the e-AD/e-SAD or in the last Change of Destination;- for any other kind of place of delivery, the identifier, if any, is the same as in the e-AD/e-SAD or in the last Change of Destination received for this e-AD/e-SAD, if the identifier is actually included in the e-AD/e-SAD or in the last Change of Destination.

BR023

BR023 Mandatory Relation
It is obligatory that the submission date of the draft report of receipt is equal or after the date of arrival of excise products of the report of receipt/export that is included in the draft report of receipt.
- the report of receipt is submitted at or after the date of arrival of the goods

BR024

BR024 Mandatory Relation
It is obligatory that the body record unique reference of each body report of receipt/manual closure that is included in the draft report of receipt/manual closure corresponds to the same excise product code as in the e-AD/e-SAD.
-For each record referring to a body record of the e-AD/e-SAD, the referred sequential number concerns the right product code.

BR025

BR025 Mandatory Relation
It is obligatory that the sum of the observed shortage and the refused quantity of each body report of receipt/manual closure that is included in the draft report of receipt/manual closure is less or equal to the quantity of the body e-AD/e-SAD with the same body record unique reference that is included in the last e-AD/e-SAD or the refused quantity of the body report of receipt/manual closure with the same body record unique reference that is included in the last, if any, report of receipt/manual closure that indicated partial refusal.
- For each record referring to a body record of the e-AD/e-SAD, the sum of the observed shortage and of the refused quantity does not exceed the current quantity for the e-AD/e-SAD; these current quantities are those refused in the latest partially refused report of receipt/manual closure, if any; if there is no such partially refused report of receipt/manual closure, they are copied from the original e-AD/e-SAD.

BR026

BR026 Mandatory SEED - Registration Data
It is obligatory that the reference number of the destination office that is included in the draft alert or rejection of an e-AD/e-SAD is equal to the reference number of excise office of the trader authorisation that is registered in seed for the consignee that is included in the draft alert or rejection of an e-AD/e-SAD.
- code of the Excise office exercising on the consignee

BR027

BR027 Mandatory SEED - Registration Data
It is obligatory that the reference number of the destination office that is included in the draft alert or rejection of an e-AD is equal to the reference number of issuance office of the temporary authorisation that is registered in seed for the temporary registered consignee that is included in the draft alert or rejection of an e-AD, if the destination type code of the draft alert or rejection of an e-AD is Destination-temporary registered consignee. Or It is obligatory that the reference number of the destination office that is included in the draft alert or rejection of an e-SAD is equal to the reference number of issuance office of the temporary authorisation that is registered in seed for the temporary certified consignee that is included in the draft alert or rejection of an e-SAD, if the destination type code of the draft alert or rejection of an e-SAD is Destination-temporary certified consignee.
- if the consignee is a temporary registered consignee, the code of the Excise office is mentioned in the temporary authorisation - if the consignee is a temporary certified consignee,oothe code of the Excise office is mentioned in the temporary authorisation

BR028

BR028 Mandatory Relation
It is obligatory that the trader id of the consignee or at least the trader id of the delivery place or (in case the trader id of the delivery place is not required) the address of the delivery place (street name, street number, postcode, city) or the reference number of the delivery place customs office that are included in the draft message are not equal to the trader id of the consignee or the trader id of the delivery place or (in case the trader id of the delivery place is not required) the address of the delivery place (street name, street number, postcode, city) or the reference number of the delivery place customs office that are included in the e-AD or the change of destination in case another change of destination has preceded.
- the destination changes actually (i.e. there is a new consignee or at least a new place of delivery).

BR029

BR029 Optional Relation
It is permitted that for a Duty Suspension movement, the trader id of the consignee that is included in the draft change of destination is equal to the trader excise number of the consignor of the movement for the case that the consignor returns the goods back to his/her premises.
- the new consignee may be the consignor himself (for a return of goods in a Duty Suspension movement).

BR030

BR030 Mandatory Relation
It is permitted that the trader id of the consignee and the trader id of the delivery place or the reference number of the delivery place customs office of at most one split details e-AD that is included in the draft splitting operation are simultaneously equal to both the trader id of the consignee and the trader id of the delivery place or the reference number of the delivery place customs office that are included in the e-AD.
- if destination data of the former e-AD are empty (Article 22), only at most one of the new e-AD (s) is left with that information empty;- At most one of the new destinations is the same as for the initial e-AD, including the case where the destination fields of the e-AD are not filled in yet in accordance to Article 22 of Directive 2020/262. There is no constraint on the MSAs of destination of the new e-AD (s).

BR031

BR031 Mandatory SEED - Reference Data
It is obligatory that the excise product code of each body e-AD that is included in each split details e-AD contained in the draft splitting operation corresponds to an excise products category code in the splitting excise products category parameters of the reference data in seed.
- the following must be globally verified: nature of goods compared to the categories allowed for splitting (energy products); - the following must be verified separately for each part resulting from the splitting: if destination data are left empty (Article 22 - at most once for the submission), the goods are subject to splitting according to the applicable common system parameter

BR032

BR032 Mandatory Relation
It is obligatory that the excise product code of each body e-AD that is included in each split details e-AD contained in the draft splitting operation exists in at least one body e-AD that is included in the e-AD.
- compared to the former e-AD, no product has been added in any of the new e-Ads

BR033

BR033 Mandatory Relation
It is obligatory that the sum of the quantities of the body e-ADs with the same body record unique reference that are contained in all split details e-ADs in the draft splitting operation is equal to the quantity of the body e-AD with the same body record unique reference that is included in the former e-AD or the refused quantity of the body report of receipt with the same body record unique reference that is included in the last, if any, report of receipt that indicated partial refusal.
- compared to the former e-AD, for each body record described in the former e-AD, the sum of quantities described in all new e-ADs is equal to the quantity lastly refused (if a partial refusal has occurred in the history of the former e-AD) or declared in the former e-AD (in the other cases).

BR034

BR034 Mandatory Relation
It is permitted that the destination type code of at most one split details e-AD that is included in the draft splitting operation is Unknown destination, if the destination type code of the e-AD is Unknown destination.
- if destination data are left empty (Article 22 - at most once for the submission), the former e-AD had an empty destination

BR035

BR035 Mandatory Relation
It is necessary that the draft splitting operation includes at least 2 split details e-AD.
- Splitting is achieved by fully replacing the concerned e-AD by two or several new ones

BR036

BR036 Optional Relation
It is obligatory that the country code that appears in the first two characters of the reference number of the delivery place customs office that is included in the draft e-AD is equal to the member state code that appears in the first two characters of the trader excise number of the consignor that is included in the draft e-AD, if the submission message type is Submission for export-local clearance and the country code that appears in the first two characters of the reference number of the delivery place customs office that is included in the draft e-AD is not Gr. It is obligatory that the country code that appears in the first two characters of the reference number of the delivery place customs office that is included in the draft e-AD is Gr and the member state code that appears in the first two characters of the trader excise number of the consignor that is included in the draft e-AD is El, if the submission message type is Submission for export-local clearance and the country code that appears in the first two characters of the reference number of the delivery place customs office that is included in the draft e-AD is Gr.
- the place of delivery is a Customs office of the Member State of dispatch/export.

BR037

BR037 Optional EMCS-ECS Interface
It is obligatory that for each goods item that is included in the export message containing a previous administrative references in which the previous document type is Ead, an e-AD exists for which the body record unique reference of exactly one body e-AD and the administrative reference code are extracted from the previous document reference of the previous administrative references contained in the same goods item that is included in the export message.
- for each GOODS ITEM data group of IE501/IE515 containing a PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIVE REFERENCES data group with the Previous Document Type set to “eAD”, there is currently an accepted for export or an accepted e-AD containing an e-AD body identified by the ARC and Body Record Unique Reference extracted from the Previous Document Reference

BR038

BR038 Optional EMCS-ECS Interface
It is obligatory that for each goods item that is included in the export message containing a previous administrative references in which the previous document type is Ead, the net mass of the goods item is equal to the net weight of the body e-AD that is included in the e-AD.
- for each GOODS ITEM data group of IE501/IE515 containing a PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIVE REFERENCES data group with the Previous Document Type set to “eAD”, in addition, the net mass in GOODS ITEM must be equal to the net mass in e-AD body.

BR039

BR039 Optional EMCS-ECS Interface
It is obligatory that for each goods item that is included in the anticipated export record containing a previous administrative references in which the previous document type is e-AD, the combined nomenclature of the code commodity that is included in the goods item is equal to the cn code of the body e-AD that is included in the e-AD.
- for each GOODS ITEM data group of IE501 containing a PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIVE REFERENCES data group with the Previous Document Type set to “eAD”, also the CN codes between the export (IE501) and the e-AD (IE801) should be cross-checked

BR040

BR040 Optional EMCS-ECS Interface
It is obligatory that for each body e-AD that is included in the e-AD, a goods item is contained in the anticipated export record for which the previous document reference of the previous administrative references comprises of the body record unique reference of the same body e-AD and the administrative reference code that are included in the e-AD.
- For each E-AD Body data group in each e-AD of which the ARC has been found during the examination of IE501, determine whether there is a corresponding GOODS ITEM data group in IE501.

BR041

BR041 Mandatory Relation
It is obligatory that the body record unique reference of each body analysis that is included in the draft explanation on reason for shortage exists in a body report of receipt in which the indicator of shortage or excess is given and that is included in the corresponding report of receipt (which has the same administrative reference code and sequence number as the draft explanation on reason for shortage).
- After having received a report of receipt ascertaining shortages or excesses, the consignor sends to the MSA dispatch application complementary explanations (IE871:C_SHR_EXP) regarding the shortages or excesses (e.g. the quantity of goods actually dispatched did not match with the e-AD/e-SAD);- After having sent a report of receipt ascertaining shortages or excesses, the consignee sends complementary explanations (IE871:C_SHR_EXP) regarding the shortages or excesses (e.g. part or all of missing goods have been received after issuance of the report of receipt).

BR042

BR042 Mandatory Relation
An administrative cooperation request may concern zero or more economic operators registered in the Member State of the requesting authority and may not concern more than one economic operator registered in the Member State of the requested authority.
- If Trader Excise Number or VAT Number or Trader Name are used, these should concern one or more economic operators registered in the Member State of the requesting authority and no more than one economic operator registered in the Member State of the requested authority.

BR043

BR043 Mandatory Relation
It is obligatory for an e-AD/e-SAD created as a result of a change of destination triggered from a rejected consignment (i.e. from the submission of an IE818 message with rejected quantities), then the quantity of excise goods included in the new e-AD/e-SAD is equal to the refused quantity of the original consignment.
- If a new e-AD/e-SAD is created for as a result of a rejected consignment, then the quantity included in the e-AD/e-SAD should be equal to the rejected quantity in the original consignment

BR044

BR044 Mandatory SEED - Registration Data
It is obligatory that the delete operation must be related to an economic operator who is not involved in any movement or who is not involved in an open movement and that the activation date of the “delete” operation “must be at least five years after the end of the calendar year of the start of any movement (i.e. date and time of validation of the e-AD/e-SAD) the economic operator is involved in.
- If a “delete” operation is submitted, then this should be related to: - An economic operator who is not involved in any movement;OR - An economic operator not involved to any open movement and; - An economic operator involved in movements, but the activation date of the deletion is at least five years from the end of the calendar year in which the corresponding movement began (i.e. date and time of validation of the e-AD/e-SAD).

BR045

BR045 Mandatory SEED - Registration Data
If the destination type code of the draft message is Destination-certified consignee and the consignor of the movement is a temporary certified consignor, it is obligatory that the consignee of the movement exists in the temporary authorisation that is registered in seed for the temporary certified consignor that is included in the draft message.
- if the (new) consignee is a certified consignee and the consignor is a temporary certified consignor, the consignee is the same as registered in the temporary authorization

BR046

BR046 Mandatory SEED - Registration Data
If the destination type code of the draft message is Destination-temporary certified consignee and the consignor of the movement is a certified consignor, it is obligatory that the consignor of the movement exists in the temporary authorisation that is registered in seed for the temporary certified consignee that is included in the draft message.
- if the (new) consignee is a temporary certified consignee and the consignor is a certified consignor, the consignor is the same as registered in the temporary authorization

BR047

BR047 Mandatory SEED - Registration Data
If the destination type code of the draft message is Destination-temporary certified consignee and the consignor of the movement is a temporary certified consignor, it is obligatory that the temporary certified consignor and temporary certified consignee authorisations are interlinked, i.e. thata)the consignee of the movement exists in the temporary authorisation that is registered in seed for the temporary certified consignor that is included in the draft message; andb)the consignor of the movement exists in the temporary authorisation that is registered in seed for the temporary certified consignee that is included in the draft message.
- if the (new) consignee is a temporary certified consignee and the consignor is a temporary certified consignor, the consignor is the same as registered in the temporary authorization of the consignee, and the consignee is the same as registered in the temporary authorization of the consignor.

BR048

BR048 Mandatory SEED - Registration Data
It is obligatory that the excise product code of each body e-SAD that is included in the draft message exists in the trader authorisation that is registered in seed for the consignee that is included in the draft message, if the destination type code of the draft message is Destination-certified consignee.
- if the consignee is a certified consignee: nature of goods is the same compared to the categories and/or products allowed for the consignee;

BR049

BR049 Mandatory SEED - Registration Data
It is obligatory that the excise product code of each body e-SAD that is included in the draft message exists in the temporary authorisation that is registered in seed for the temporary certified consignee that is included in the draft message, if the destination type code of the draft message is Destination-temporary certified consignee.
- if the (new) consignee is a temporary certified consignee, conformance of the product codes of the e-SAD with the temporary authorization.

BR050

BR050 Mandatory Relation
It is obligatory that for the draft change of destination with destination type code “Destination-Return to the place of dispatch of the consignor, for a Duty Paid B2B movement”, the trader id of the consignee that is included in the draft change of destination is equal to the trader excise number of the consignor of the movement.It is obligatory that for the draft change of destination with destination type code “Destination-certified consignee” or “Destination-temporary certified consignee”, the trader id of the consignee that is included in the draft change of destination is equal to the trader id of the consignee of the initial movement.
- the new consignee may be the consignor himself (for a return of goods) or the same consignee as in the e-SAD.

BR051

BR051 Mandatory SEED - Registration Data
It is obligatory that the trader excise number of the linked to temporary authorization temporary certified consignee, which is included in the draft temporary authorisation of the temporary certified consignor, has not been used by another authorization of a temporary certified consignor registered in SEED.
- the temporary certified consignee, that is linked in the draft temporary authorisation of the temporary certified consignor, has not been used by another authorization of a temporary certified consignor registered in SEED.