Even the Christmas period saw changes to the regulations on the Electronic Public Road Customs Transit Control System (EKAER). What is more, two related key ministerial decrees were also only published on the last day of the year. Due to the rapid legislative process and only a few official comments there is still a great deal of uncertainty, even though the system will be in full operation as of 1 February 2015, which means that carriers without an EKAER number from this date on may face severe penalties from the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV). To help preparations, we have summarised the major year-end amendments to the EKAER regulation.
