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1. Member States shall, in cooperation with the Commission, make operational the following electronic customs systems according to the requirements and time limits set out in the legislation in force:

(a) systems for import and export interoperating with the system for transit and enabling the seamless flow of data from one customs system to another throughout the Community;

(b) a system of identification and registration for economic operators interoperating with the authorised economic operators system and enabling those economic operators to register only once for all their interactions with customs authorities throughout the Community, taking into account existing Community or national systems;

(c) a system for the authorisation procedure, including the information and consultation process, the management of certificates for authorised economic operators and the registration of those certificates in a data base accessible by customs authorities.

2. Member States shall, in cooperation with the Commission and by 15 February 2011, establish and make operational the common customs portals providing economic operators with the information needed for customs transactions in all Member States.

3. The Commission shall, in cooperation with the Member States and by 15 February 2013, establish and make operational an integrated tariff environment enabling connection to other import and export related systems in the Commission and the Member States.

4. The Commission shall, in partnership with the Member States in the Customs Policy Group and by 15 February 2011, evaluate the common functional specifications for:

(a) a framework of single access points, enabling economic operators to use one single interface to lodge electronic customs declarations, even if the customs procedure is carried out in another Member State;

(b) electronic interfaces for economic operators enabling them to conduct all customs-related business, even if several Member States are involved, with the customs authorities of the Member State where they are established; and (c) single window services providing for the seamless flow of data between economic operators and customs authorities, between customs authorities and the Commission, and between customs authorities and other administrations or agencies, and enabling economic operators to submit all information required for import or export clearance to customs, including information required by non customs-related legislation.

5. Within three years of a positive evaluation of the common functional specifications referred to in paragraph 4(a) and (b), the Member States shall, in cooperation with the Commission, endeavour to establish and make operational the framework of single access points and the electronic interfaces.

6. The Member States and the Commission shall endeavour to establish and make operational a framework of single window services. The evaluation of the progress achieved in this area shall be included in the reports referred to in Article 12.

7. The Community and the Member States shall provide for due maintenance of and the required improvements to the systems and services referred to in this Article.