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Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (recast)

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Article 179U.K.Centralised clearance

1.The customs authorities may, upon application, authorise a person to lodge at a customs office responsible for the place where such person is established, a customs declaration for goods which are presented to customs at another customs office.

The requirement for the authorisation referred to in the first subparagraph may be waived where the customs declaration is lodged and the goods presented to customs offices under the responsibility of one customs authority.

2.The applicant for the authorisation referred to in paragraph 1 shall be an authorised economic operator for customs simplifications.

3.The customs office at which the customs declaration is lodged shall:

(a)supervise the placing of the goods under the customs procedure concerned;

(b)carry out the customs controls for the verification of the customs declaration, referred to in points (a) and (b) of Article 188;

(c)where justified, request that the customs office at which the goods are presented carry out the customs controls for the verification of the customs declaration referred to in points (c) and (d) of Article 188; and

(d)carry out the customs formalities for the recovery of the amount of import or export duty corresponding to any customs debt.

4.The customs office at which the customs declaration is lodged and the customs office at which the goods are presented shall exchange the information necessary for the verification of the customs declaration and for the release of the goods.

5.The customs office at which the goods are presented shall, without prejudice to its own controls pertaining to goods brought into or taken out of the customs territory of the Union, carry out the customs controls referred to in point (c) of paragraph 3 and provide the customs office at which the customs declaration is lodged with the results of these controls.

6.The customs office at which the customs declaration is lodged shall release the goods in accordance with Articles 194 and 195, taking into account:

(a)the results of its own controls for the verification of the customs declaration;

(b)the results of the controls carried out by the customs office at which the goods are presented for the verification of the customs declaration and the controls pertaining to goods brought into or taken out of the customs territory of the Union.

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