Last week at the headquarters of the World Customs Organization (WCO) in Brussels, with the inaugural conference on "The Added Dimension", was presented to the European Port Community Systems Association (EPCSA) which was founded by six European companies operating PCS (Port Community System) to manage the electronic exchange of data and electronic documents and maritime traffic and port, land and air. This is the French Soget, the German and Dakosy dbh, the British Maritime Cargo Processing, Dutch and Spanish Portbase Portic.
The aim of the association is to promote EU-wide development of electronic and telematic systems of logistics activities in all European ports.
"The Port Community Systems - said Manuel Cabral, head of Customs policy and Electronic customs of the Directorate General Taxation and Customs Union (TAXUD) of the European Commission - are an area where he felt the lack of an association. It was difficult for the European Commission an overview of what is happening in the area of Port Community Systems. By the time we were involved in the development of Single Windows has highlighted the lack of such a contribution to the discussion. The creation of EPCSA should allow us to accelerate the pace of activity in non-traditional customs. "
During the meeting of Soget Pascal Ollivier, who is president of EPCSA, stressing that "Europe is home to the Port Community Systems more efficient in the world", presented by the association created the new White Paper on "The role of PCSS in the implementation of National Single Window ". The document - he said - is the means by which we, as PCS operators, we can act on the containment of costs for the benefit of the European Commission, Member States and trade promoting the development of a one-stop shop. "However - showed Ollivier - the business-to-business should never be placed under the control of the state and should stay out of the reach of National Single Windows "what - has found - is a very important prerequisite to ensure that new technologies enter the logistics industry and are implemented as quickly as possible and to ensure that Europe continues to be the market leader in the global logistics expertise. "
Ollivier said that there are a number of nations and European ports are not equipped with PCS systems, "part of the initiative for maritime commerce Electronic Mobility and Transport Directorate General - noted - is to go from a situation today where there are 40 ports with PCS to a scenario in which more than 200 ports are equipped with PCS. We believe - he explained - that the PCS are ideally placed to provide the foundation or spine of a Single Window, where automated systems are not in service, where we have to start from scratch. In this way, the PCS can be considered as the gateway to the concept of National Single Window. "
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Last week at the headquarters of the World Customs Organization (WCO) in Brussels, with the inaugural conference on "The Added Dimension", was presented to the European Port Community Systems Association (EPCSA) which was founded by six European companies operating PCS (Port Community System) to manage the electronic exchange of data and electronic documents and maritime traffic and port, land and air. This is the French Soget, the German and Dakosy dbh, the British Maritime Cargo Processing, Dutch and Spanish Portbase Portic. 
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