IMPROVING THE INTERACTION OF STATE INSTITUTIONS FOR THE CONTROL OF DISPLACED GOODS ACROSS THE CUSTOMS BORDER OF UKRAINE USING THE “SINGLE WINDOW” MECHANISM

Abstract

The creation and use of the principle and mechanism of a “single window” for international trade contributes to the optimization of control procedures in the framework of movement of goods units across the customs border of Ukraine and increasing the institutional capacity of state institutions. The implementation of the “single window” mechanism in customs, sanitary-epidemiological, veterinarysanitary, phytosanitary, environmental, radiological and other types of state control is complicated by the inconsistency of the regulatory framework on the functioning of the “single window” both in the customs sphere and in implementation of other types of state control; the imperfection of the organizational and technical support of the functioning of the “single window”; insufficient use of risk-based methods for the selective selection of control objects. The study found that, thanks to the introduced legislative changes, it was possible to get closer to the basic principles of organizing a “single window” for the implementation of: standardization in providing information and presenting documents required for all types of state control through a single information channel; the coordination of the actions of the control authorities in connection with the election of the chief authority in the system of control authorities (as a rule, this is a customs authority) of the body that coordinates their activities; one-time implementation of control procedures with the inspection of goods. The article focuses on the need as soon as possible to conduct information and technological coordination of the interaction of state institutions for the control of displaced goods across the customs border of Ukraine to prepare a list of information presented by government authorities as well as the content and format of these data; approving a set of harmonized information for presentation using a single state information web portal “Single Window for International Trade”; the exchange of experience with the Ministry of Environmental and Natural Resources of Ukraine, the State Environment Inspectorate and the organization of training seminars on the control by customs officers of specific foreign economic operations. It has been substantiated that the full functioning of the “single window” mechanism will contribute to the fulfillment of a number of international legal obligations of Ukraine within the framework of the WTO, will improve the conditions for conducting foreign economic activity in Ukraine.