Procedure owners are responsible for compliance with the reference amount and request an increase in the surety under their own responsibility. The FOCBS provides companies with a corresponding monitoring tool, called Garanzia.
The new independent guarantee management with the support of Garanzia will be put into regular operation on 12 January 2026. Until then, companies can contact the FOCBS debtor management team if they have any questions.
Principles
The following principles apply to guarantee management:
- The procedure owner is responsible for compliance with the reference amount
- The procedure owner requests an increase in the surety under their own responsibility
- The procedure owner must allow sufficient time for adjusting the surety
- 10% of the value of the goods is reserved as a reference amount with the GRN when the transit goods declaration (T-GD) is activated; the declarant must specify the reference amount in the T-GD
- A transit procedure can be initiated only if the reference amount is covered
- The sum of the reserved reference amounts for all open procedures of a guarantee (GRN) may not exceed the total authorised reference amount
International transit directive (R-14-01) (PDF, 995 kB, 28.02.2025)
Garanzia
The Garanzia application is available to registered business partners in ePortal and enables active monitoring and independent management of guarantees in the case of the international transit (CTP) goods provision.