Summary Description 
Overview | Platforms | Type of users | Usage of the web-form | Availability

Overview

"DEB sur le Web" (Intrastat declaration on the web) was developed internally by the IT service of French Customs. It is the migration to the internet of the existing French videotex system (Minitel) for Intrastat data collection. The internet user interface is new but the existing internal programs have not changed. The system will be released on the 1 October 2000. Companies which are already reporting their Intrastat declarations via Minitel will be the first to migrate to internet.

The main functions offered are:

• user authentication,
• creation of a new declaration,
• management of declarations,
• validation and acknowledgement of the declaration,
• printing of declarations,
• looking up a country code,
• looking up a CN8 code,
• downloading the country code file,
• downloading a CN8 code file,
• correction of a recorded declaration.

Platforms

The minimum system requirements for the user are:

• 32-bit PC,
• Windows 95 (or above) or Windows NT,
• Internet access,
• Netscape Navigator version 4 (or above) or Internet Explorer version 3 (or above),
• screen resolution of 800 x 600 (recommended minimum).

The users targeted by "DEB on the Web" are the SMEs using Minitel (videotex system) or declaring less than 10 lines on paper form. The web-form is available in French.

Usage of the web-form

The number of users expected to use "DEB on the Web" is estimated as:

• 1500 users/month in 2000,
• 3000 users/month in 2001,
• 5000 users/month in 2002,
• 10,000 users/month in 2004.

Except the telecommunication costs, "DEB on the Web" is free of charge for the provider of statistical information who must be registered with French Customs.

Source document containing the complete description

"Web-forms for Intrastat"
 

Other documents reporting usage of this tool

Doc. CoRD028: "Electronic collection of raw data"