Description of the FOCBS business partner roles

1. FOCBS business partner roles in the area of importation, exportation, transit

Description of the business partner roles
Business partner roles in ePortal (Passar)

Description

Freight (incl. Downloading of documents in movement of wares)

Import or export wares (ware-declarations) and obtain customs documents

Transport (incl. B2B Transport)

Register transports of wares (new for transport registrations)

Authorised consignee (ZE)

Carry out customs clearance/import directly at your approved location

Authorised consignor (ZV)

Export wares directly from your approved location

Holder of transit procedure (incl. Guarantor)

Responsible for the correctness of the customs information and guarantee to the customs authority

Authorised Economic Operator (AEO)

International facilitation of security-related customs and border controls

Downloading of documents in the movement of goods

Obtain electronic customs documents

2. FOCBS business partner roles in the area of road levies

Description of business partner roles

Business partner roles in ePortal

Description

HVC holder

Road levies if total weight of vehicle exceeds 3.5 tons

Via Billing Payment by invoice of the e-vignette

3. FOCBS business partner roles concerning domestic levies

Description of the business partner roles

Business partner roles in ePortal

Description

Beer Producer

Natural or legal person producing beer and mixed beer beverages in the customs territory (CH & FL)

Beer Importer

Natural or legal person who imports beer or mixed beer beverages from a foreign customs territory into the customs territory (CH & FL)

CO2 Refund Claiming a refund for the CO2 tax

4. Other FOCBS business partner roles

Description of business partner roles

Business partner roles in ePortal

Description

Precious Metals Control

Natural or legal person requesting a service from Precious Metals Control

Further information concerning business partner roles in the area of importation, exportation, transit

Comparison of ePortal (new) and customs client administration ZKV (previous) business partner roles
Business partner roles in ePortal (Passar)

Roles in the customs client administration (NCTS, e-dec)

Freight (incl. Downloading of documents in movement of wares)

Basic role freight

Transport (incl. B2B Transport)

new

Authorised consignee (ZE)

Authorised consignee (ZE)

Authorised consignor (ZV)

Authorised consignor (ZV)

Holder of transit procedure (incl. Guarantor)

Principal
- (neu in Rolle Verfahrensinhaber integriert, nicht separat verfügbar) Guarantor

Authorised Economic Operator (AEO)

Authorised Economic Operator (AEO)

Downloading of documents in movement of wares

Recipients of electronic documents

Selection of business partner roles according to activities
Business partner roles in ePortal (Passar)

Transit*

Export without ZV

Import without ZE

Export with ZV

Import with ZE

Freight (incl. Downloading of documents in movement of wares)

X X X X X

Transport (incl. B2B Transport)

X X X X X

Authorised consignee (ZE)

0 0 0 0 X

Authorised consignor (ZV)

0 0 0 X 0

Holder of transit procedure (incl. Guarantor)

X 0 0 0 0

Authorised Economic Operator (AEO)

Selectable if you have this special status

Downloading of documents in movement of wares

Can be selected if you do not have the Freight role and want to obtain electronic documents in wares traffic (e.g. electronic assessment decisions eVV).

*Transit incl. use of guarantee

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