IFCSM Administration
Moll d'Andalusia, Port of Tarragona
977 999 014
Moll d'Andalusia, Port of Tarragona
977 999 014
BCP
GOODS HEALTH CONTROL BORDER FACILITIES (INSTAL·LACIONS FRONTERERES DE CONTROL SANITARI DE MERCADERIES - IFCSM)
The Port of Tarragona has goods health control border facilities (Instal·lacions Frontereres de Control Sanitari de Mercaderies - IFCSM), known commonly as the Border Control Post (BCP), approved in accordance with the legislation in force for the physical and documentary inspection, customs and health control of the goods that come into the European Union.
Opening times for IFCSM service
From 8:00am to 3:00pm
Monday to Friday
From 8:00am to 3:00pm
Monday to Friday
IFCSM EQUIPMENT
The IFCSM-BCP building occupies a plot measuring 1,684.11 sq. metres. Outside there is a paved manoeuvring area for trucks and a parking area (cars and trucks). The ground floor is devoted to inspection operations, where there are four different types of installation depending on the products that are inspected and controlled in each of them. The BCP building is a facility that has various sections where the Border Inspection Post, the Enabled Customs Enclosure, the Designated Point of Import and the PVNCH/PNAA are located.
BCP
Border Control Post | BCP
Destined for the inspection of live animals and products of animal origin for human consumption and not for human consumption. Products of non-animal origin for animal consumption are also inspected.
FACILITIES
Total surface area: 417.15 sq metres
2 areas of operations (human and non-human consumption)
6 fingers or loading docks (with hydraulic platform)
2 chambers at room temperature
4 freezing and refrigeration chambers
2 inspection rooms
ACP
Accredited Custom Precint | ACP
Destined for the inspection of products non-animal origin and for human consumption.
FACILITIES
Total surface area: 162.20 sq metres
1 area of operations
2 fingers or loading docks (with hydraulic platform)
1 chamber at room temperature
1 freezing and refrigeration chamber
1 inspection room
DIP
Designed Import Point | DIP
For the inspection of products subject to special protection measures.
FACILITIES
Total surface area: 265.90 sq metres
1 area of operations
3 fingers or loading docks (with hydraulic platform)
3 chambers at room temperature
1 inspection room
1 showing room
PVNCH / PNAA
PVNCH / PNAA
FACILITIES
Total surface area: 386.87 sq metres
1 area of operations
2 fingers or loading docks (with hydraulic platform)
1 chamber at room temperature
1 freezing and refrigeration chamber
1 inspection room
CUSTOMS INSPECTION POINT (PIA)
The Port of Tarragona has a Customs Inspection Point for controlling customs and import duties and taxes established by current national and European Union legislation. The Customs - the Department of Customs and Special Taxes of the State Taxation Administration Agency (Agencia Estatal de Administració Tributaria - AEAT) - have a new building in the Moll d’Andalusia dock, equipped with specific installations for exercising powers in the Port of Tarragona, including a container and vehicle scanner
CIP
Custom Inspection Post | CIP
Output of goods by customs
1.2016 Instruction
FACILITIES
Total surface area: 400 sq metres
1 inspection room
3 fingers or loading docks (with hydraulic platform)
1 refrigeration chamber
SCANNER
CIP SCANNER
A scanner for the non-intrusive inspection of containers and vehicles that aids customs procedures at the port, providing the necessary flexibility in the control of goods and reducing the delay that would otherwise be caused by these inspections.
FACILITIES
A Linear Electron Accelerator as a source of x-rays
An exploration speed of 0.4 metres/second
Two-way functional exploration
An estimated analysis time of 3 minutes for each goods item
The ability to scan items 4.7 metres high, 2.8 metres wide and 19 metres in length
Makes it possible to determine the nature of the objects, distinguishing between organic and non-organic matter in terms of content
A maximum start-up time of 15 minutes
Re-locatable and set on rails
IFCSM SERVICES
The goods health control border facilities (instal•lacions frontereres de control sanitari de mercaderies - IFCSM) as a whole is where the tasks of inspecting and controlling goods are carried out in order to ensure the adequate hygiene, medical, commercial and industrial safety conditions of the products that are imported and exported.
SIF
BORDER INSPECTION SERVICE PROCEDURES
This service is responsible for carrying out checks to ensure compliance with the regulations governing the safety and commercial quality of agri-food products, toys, textiles, footwear and low voltage electrical appliances. Its functions also include the inspection and control of the trade in species protected by the CITES Convention (wild flora and fauna and their derivatives). It carries out the inspections in the IFCSM and in the rest of the Port’s customs area. This organisation depends technically on the Ministry of Economy, the Office of the Secretary of State for Trade and Tourism, the General Foreign Trade Secretariat, and the General Sub-directorate for Inspection, Certification and Technical Assistance of Foreign Trade. The centre intervenes in Port activity whenever any exports to third world countries take place, and that basically consist either of fruit, vegetables, frozen fish, dried fruits and olive oil, among others, or imports from third world countries, in the case of frozen fish. Their aim is to carry out commercial quality inspections of goods to make sure that these products comply with the specifications established in EU regulations.
SOIVRE
The Official Service for Inspecting, Monitoring snd Regulating Exports (Servei Oficial d'Inspecció, Vigilància i Regulació de les Exportacions - SOIVRE)
CENTRE FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND INSPECTION OF FOREIGN TRADE
Sub-directorate for Inspection, Certification and Technical Assistance of Foreign Trade
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