Knowledge Management

Question:
(I posted this earlier in Financials but got no replies)
Normally (except for the special Italian config to use IR date only) Intrastat arrivals declaration processes receipts as follows
GR in April, IR in April - declare in April
GR in April, IR in May - declare in May
GR in April, IR later than May - declare in May
However in the May 2004 arrivals declaration we won't want to include April GR with IR in May where the goods came from the new EU member states (EE, LT, LV, PL, CZ, SK, HU, SI, CY, MT).
Indeed for the new EU member states we won't want to include any April GR at all.
Any suggestions? I was thinking of using the foreign declaration selection user exit ZX50GU01 to deal with this.
Answer:
EU2004: INTRASTAT - Preparations for Intrastat declaration OSS note 718290
To avoid problems with the INTRASTAT declaration for receipts after Pola nd, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Slovenia and Cyprus have become members of the European Union, preparations may have to be made.
Refer to Note 692786 to see the countries for which SAP will provide a standad solution.
These problems can occur in the following constellation:
According to Customizing, the import data is to be displayed in purchasi ng documents (purchase orders, scheduling agreements) only in the case of EU deliveries (menu path: 'Materials Management -> Purchasing --> Foreign Trade/Customs -> Control Foreign Trade Data in MM and SD Documents -> Control Import Data Screens' ==> Indicator is set to 'initial').
In your case, check whether there is such a Customizing setting for comp any codes for which purchasing documents with receipts from one of the ten accession countries exist or can be expected prior to May 01, 2004.
The problem is as follows:
The selection of the INTRASTAT receipt declaration only includes documen ts with import data. Because the ten accession countries are not indicated as EU member countries until May 2004, purchasing documents that are created prior to this date do not contain any import data so that they are not included in the selection. This problem particularly concerns long-term outline agreements (scheduling agreements).
Other terms
EU enlargement, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Latvia, Eston ia, Lithuania, Malta, Cyprus, Slovenia, INTRASTAT, receipt, import
Reason and Prerequisites
Legal requirement
Solution
The import data must be maintained in all import documents that are rele vant for the INTRASTAT declaration as of May 2004. This means: The missing data must be maintained.
To determine the relevant documents, the evaluation of table VBPA which contains the country of the ship-to party (partner role GR).
SAP does not provide a correction report for the automatic maintenance o f the import data. The affected documents must be maintained manually (Transactions ME22 or ME22N (purchase order) and ME32 or ME32N (outline agreement)).
The problem is that the the import information is not provided for maint enance in the maintenance transactions because no import data is required according to Customizing.
Possible procedures:
1. The most convenient way is to wait for May when the EU indicator is set for the ten new accession countries and then to maintain the import data for the affected documents.
If you want or have to maintain the import data earlier (for example, fo r reasons of capacity), you can use the following procedures as an alternative:
1. You set the Customizing indicator for the control of the import data to '1'. As a result, the system provides the entire import data for all documents with a foreign vendor.
Advantage: You can maintain documents already entered, for new documents the system displays the import data and generates corresponding database segments.
Disadvantage: The system displays the import data for ALL countries, not only for the ten new accession countries. This increases the data volume and can lead to problems in the incompleteness check.
2. You set the Customizing indicator for the control of the import data to '1' temporarily and postprocess the documents at a time when no other pu rchasing documents are entered (for example, outside of the normal business hours). Then you reset the Customizing indicator from '1' to ' '.
Advantage: The disadvantages of alternative 1) do not apply.
Disadvantage: You must repeat this procedure periodically until early Ma y periodically because the import data is still missing for new documents with vendors from the ten accession countries.
3. You implement a temporary modification to narrow down the display of the import data to receipts from the ten new accession countries.
After the EU indicator has been set for the ten new EU countries, the source code can be removed again.
Advantage: You can add the import data to documents already entered, for new documents the system displays the import data automatically. This change only concerns documents with vendors from one of the accession countries.
Disadvantage: This is a modification. Source code must be implemented and de-implemented.
Remark:
Theoretically, you can also use user exit EXIT_SAPMM06E_004 to achieve t he system response required. However, it would be required to reprogram the determination of the dispatch country (which is a relatively extensive process), which is not required if you apply the modification.
Answer:
Yes I've seen that OSS note. It doesn't deal with our circumstances where the import data already exists for all countries.