Article 19 Object and structure of the EBTI system
United Kingdom
The EBTI system shall in accordance with Articles 33 and 34 of the Code enable the following:
communication between the Commission, Member States, economic operators and other persons for the purposes of submitting and processing BTI applications and BTI decisions;
the management of any subsequent event which may affect the original application or decision;
the monitoring of the compulsory use of BTI decisions;
the monitoring and management of the extended use of BTI decisions.
The EBTI system shall consist of the following common components:
an EU trader portal;
a central EBTI system;
capability to monitor the usage of BTI decisions.
Member States may create, as a national component, a national binding tariff information system (‘national BTI system’) together with a national trader portal.