xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
1. The following provisions shall apply mutatis mutandis to the trade in Union goods referred to in Article 1(3) of the Code:
(a) Chapters 2, 3 and 4 of Title V of the Code;
(b) Chapters 2 and 3 of Title VIII of the Code;
(c) Chapters 2 and 3 of Title V of this Regulation;
(d) Chapters 2 and 3 of Title VIII of this Regulation.
2. In the context of trade in Union goods referred to in Article 1(3) of the Code which takes place within the same Member State, the customs authorities of that Member State may approve that a single document may be used to declare the dispatch ( ‘ dispatch declaration ’ ) and the introduction ( ‘ introduction declaration ’ ) of the goods consigned to, from or between special fiscal territories.
3. Until the dates of the upgrading of the National Import Systems referred to in the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/578, in the context of trade in Union goods referred to in Article 1(3) of the Code which takes place within the same Member State, the customs authority of the Member State concerned may authorise the use of an invoice or a transport document instead of the dispatch or introduction declaration.]
Textual Amendments
F1Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/1063 of 16 May 2018 amending and correcting Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards detailed rules concerning certain provisions of the Union Customs Code.
1.Customs declarations for release for free circulation may be lodged orally for the following goods:
(a)goods of a non-commercial nature;
(b)goods of a commercial nature contained in the travellers’ personal baggage provided that they do not exceed either EUR 1 000 in value or 1 000 kg in net mass;
(c)products obtained by Union farmers on properties located in a third country and products of fishing, fish-farming and hunting activities, which benefit from duty relief under Articles 35 to 38 of Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009;
(d)seeds, fertilisers and products for the treatment of soil and crops imported by agricultural producers in third countries for use in properties adjoining those countries, which benefit from duty relief under Articles 39 and 40 of Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009.
2.Customs declarations for release for free circulation may be lodged orally for the goods referred to in Article 136(1) provided that the goods benefit from relief from import duty as returned goods.
1.Customs declarations for temporary admission may be lodged orally for the following goods:
[F1(a) pallets, containers and means of transport, and spare parts, accessories and equipment for those pallets, containers and means of transport, as referred to in Articles 208 to 216;]
(b)personal effects and goods for sports purposes referred to in Article 219;
(c)welfare materials for seafarers used on a vessel engaged in international maritime traffic referred to in point (a) of Article 220;
(d)medical, surgical and laboratory equipment referred to in Article 222;
(e)animals referred to in Article 223 provided that they are intended for transhumance or grazing or for the performance of work or transport;
(f)equipment referred to in Article 224(a);
(g)instruments and apparatus necessary for a doctor to provide assistance for a patient awaiting an organ transplant satisfying the conditions laid down in Article 226(1);
(h)disaster relief material used in connection with measures taken to counter the effects of disasters or similar situations affecting the customs territory of the Union;
(i)portable musical instruments temporarily imported by travellers and intended to be used as professional equipment;
(j)packings which are imported filled and are intended for re-export, whether empty or filled, bearing the permanent, indelible markings identifying a person established outside the customs territory of the Union;
(k)radio and television production and broadcasting equipment and vehicles specially adapted for use for the purposes of radio and television production and broadcasting and their equipment, imported by public or private organisations established outside the customs territory of the Union and approved by the customs authorities issuing the authorisation for the temporary admission of such equipment and vehicles;
(l)other goods, where this is authorised by the customs authorities.
2.Re-export declarations may be made orally when discharging a temporary admission procedure for the goods referred to in paragraph 1.
Textual Amendments
F1Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/1063 of 16 May 2018 amending and correcting Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards detailed rules concerning certain provisions of the Union Customs Code.
1.Customs declarations for export may be made orally for the following goods:
(a)goods of a non-commercial nature;
(b)goods of a commercial nature provided that they do not exceed either EUR 1 000 in value or 1 000 kg in net mass;
(c)means of transport registered in the customs territory of the Union and intended to be re-imported, and spare parts, accessories and equipment for those means of transport;
(d)domesticated animals exported at the time of transfer of agricultural activities from the Union to a third country which benefit from duty relief under Article 115 of Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009;
(e)products obtained by agricultural producers farming on properties located in the Union, which benefit from duty relief under Articles 116, 117 and 118 of Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009;
(f)seeds exported by agricultural producers for use on properties located in third countries, which benefit from duty relief under Articles 119 and 120 of Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009;
(g)fodder and feeding stuffs accompanying animals during their exportation and benefitting from duty relief under Article 121 of Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009.
2.Customs declarations for export may be lodged orally for the goods referred to in Article 136 (1) where those goods are intended to be re-imported.
Where not declared using other means, the following goods shall be deemed to be declared for release for free circulation in accordance with Article 141:
goods of a non-commercial nature contained in traveller's personal baggage, which benefit from relief from import duty either under Article 41 of Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009 or as returned goods;
goods referred to in Article 135(1)(c) and (d);
means of transport which benefit from relief from import duty as returned goods in accordance with Article 203 of the Code;
portable musical instruments re-imported by travellers and benefitting from relief from import duty as returned goods in accordance with Article 203 of the Code;
items of correspondence;
[F2until the date set out in accordance with the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2151 for the deployment of release 1 of the system referred to in Article 182(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447, goods in a postal consignment, which benefit from relief from import duty in accordance with Article 23(1) or Article 25(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009;]
[F3until the date preceding the date set out in the fourth subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Directive (EU) 2017/2455, goods the intrinsic value of which does not exceed EUR 22;
organs and other human or animal tissue or human blood suitable for permanent grafting, implantation or transfusion, in case of emergency;]
[F3goods covered by an EU form 302 or by a NATO form 302 which benefit from import duty relief as returned goods in accordance with Article 203 of the Code;
waste from ships, under the condition that the advance waste notification as referred to in Article 6 of Directive (EU) 2019/883 has been made in the maritime National Single Window or through other reporting channels acceptable to the competent authorities including customs.]
[ F4. . . . .
F4. . . . .]
Textual Amendments
F2Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/877 of 3 April 2020 amending and correcting Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, and amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/341 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, laying down the Union Customs Code.
F3Inserted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/877 of 3 April 2020 amending and correcting Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, and amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/341 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, laying down the Union Customs Code.
F4Deleted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/877 of 3 April 2020 amending and correcting Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, and amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/341 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, laying down the Union Customs Code.
1. Where not declared using other means, the goods referred to in points (a) to (d), point (h) and point (i) of Article 136(1) shall be deemed to be declared for temporary admission in accordance with Article 141.
2. Where not declared using other means, the goods referred to in points (a) to (d), point (h) and point (i) of Article 136(1) shall be deemed to be declared for re-export in accordance with Article 141 discharging the temporary admission procedure.
[F33. Where not declared using other means, goods covered by a NATO form 302 or by an EU form 302 shall be deemed to be declared for temporary admission in accordance with Article 141.
4. Where not declared using other means, goods covered by a NATO form 302 or by an EU form 302 shall be deemed to be declared for re-export in accordance with Article 141.
5. Where not declared using other means, goods covered by an EU form 302 shall be deemed to be declared for transit in accordance with Article 141.] ]
Textual Amendments
F3Inserted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/877 of 3 April 2020 amending and correcting Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, and amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/341 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, laying down the Union Customs Code.
1.Where not declared using other means, the following goods shall be deemed to be declared for export in accordance with Article 141:
(a)goods referred to in Article 137;
(b)portable musical instruments of travellers[F2;]
[F3(c) items of correspondence;
(d) goods in a postal or express consignment the value of which does not exceed EUR 1 000 and which are not liable for export duty;
(e) organs and other human or animal tissue or human blood suitable for permanent grafting, implantation or transfusion, in case of emergency;
(f) goods covered by a NATO form 302 or by an EU form 302.]
2.Where goods are dispatched to Heligoland, the goods shall be deemed to be declared for export in accordance with Article 141.
Textual Amendments
F2Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/877 of 3 April 2020 amending and correcting Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, and amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/341 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, laying down the Union Customs Code.
F3Inserted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/877 of 3 April 2020 amending and correcting Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, and amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/341 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, laying down the Union Customs Code.
[F21. In respect of goods referred to in Articles 138(a) to (d) and (h), 139 and 140(1), any of the following acts shall be deemed to be a customs declaration:]
(a)going through the green or ‘nothing to declare’ channel in a customs office where the two-channel system is in operation;
(b)going through a customs office which does not operate the two-channel system;
(c)affixing a ‘nothing to declare’ sticker or customs declaration disc to the windscreen of passenger vehicles where this possibility is provided for in national provisions[F5;]
[F6(d) the sole act of the goods crossing the frontier of the customs territory of the Union in any of the following situations:
where an exemption from the obligation to convey goods to the appropriate place applies in accordance with the special rules referred to in Article 135(5) of the Code;
where goods are deemed to be declared for re-export in accordance with Article 139(2) of this Regulation;
where goods are deemed to be declared for export in accordance with Article 140(1) of this Regulation [F2;]
[F3where means of transport as referred to in Article 212 are deemed to be declared for temporary admission in accordance with Article 139(1) of this Regulation;
where non-Union means of transport complying with the conditions established in Article 203 of the Code are brought to the customs territory of the Union in accordance with Article 138(c) of this Regulation.] ]
2.Items of correspondence shall be deemed to be declared for release for free circulation by their entry into the customs territory of the Union.
Items of correspondence shall be deemed to be declared for export or re-export by their exit from the customs territory of the Union.
[F23. Until the date set out in accordance with the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2151 for the deployment of release 1 of the system referred to in Article 182(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447, goods in a postal consignment can be declared for release for free circulation by their presentation to customs pursuant to Article 139 of the Code provided that all of the following conditions are met:
(a) the customs authorities have accepted the use of this act and the data provided by the postal operator;
(b) VAT is not declared under the special scheme set out in Title XII Chapter 6 Section 4of Directive 2006/112/EC for distance sales of goods imported from third countries or third territories, nor using the special arrangements for declaration and payment of import VAT set out in Title XII Chapter 7 of that Directive;
(c) the goods benefit from relief from import duty in accordance with Article 23(1) or Article 25(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009;
(d) the consignment is accompanied by a CN22 declaration or a CN23 declaration.
4. Goods in a postal consignment the value of which does not exceed EUR 1 000 which are not liable for export duty, shall be deemed to be declared for export by their exit from the customs territory of the Union.]
[F34a. Goods in an express consignment the value of which does not exceed EUR 1 000 and which are not liable for export duty shall be deemed to be declared for export by their presentation to the customs office of exit, provided that the data in the transport document and/or invoice are available to and accepted by the customs authorities.]
[F75. Until the date preceding the date set out in the fourth subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Council Directive (EU) 2017/2455 (1) , goods the intrinsic value of which does not exceed EUR 22 shall be deemed to be declared for release for free circulation by their presentation to customs pursuant to Article 139 of the Code, provided that the data required are accepted by the customs authorities.]
[F36. Goods to be moved or used in the context of military activities under cover of a NATO form 302 shall be deemed to be declared for release for free circulation, temporary admission, export or re-export by their presentation to customs pursuant to Articles 139 or 267(2) of the Code, respectively, provided that the data set out in the NATO form 302 are accepted by and available to the customs authorities.
This form may be submitted by means other than electronic data-processing techniques.
7. Goods to be moved or used in the context of military activities under cover of an EU form 302 shall be deemed to be declared for release for free circulation, temporary admission, transit, export or re-export by their presentation to Customs pursuant to Articles 139 or 267(2) of the Code respectively, provided that the data set out in Annex 52-01 are accepted by and available to the customs authorities.
This form may be submitted by means other than electronic data-processing techniques.
8. Waste from ships shall be deemed to be declared for release for free circulation by their presentation to customs pursuant to Article 139 of the Code, under the condition that the advance waste notification as referred to in Article 6 of Directive (EU) 2019/883 has been made in the maritime National Single Window or through other reporting channels acceptable to the competent authorities including customs.]
Textual Amendments
F2Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/877 of 3 April 2020 amending and correcting Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, and amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/341 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, laying down the Union Customs Code.
F3Inserted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/877 of 3 April 2020 amending and correcting Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, and amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/341 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, laying down the Union Customs Code.
F5 Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/651 of 5 April 2016 correcting Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards detailed rules concerning certain provisions of the Union Customs Code.
Articles 135 to 140 shall not apply to the following:
goods in respect of which formalities have been completed with a view to obtaining refunds or financial advantages on export under the common agricultural policy;
[F2goods in respect of which an application for the repayment of duty or other charges is made unless such application relates to the invalidation of the customs declaration for release for free circulation of goods subject to relief from import duty in accordance with Article 23(1) or Article 25(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009;
goods which are subject to prohibitions and restrictions, except for:
goods moved or used under cover of a NATO form 302 or an EU form 302;
waste from ships;
goods which are subject to any other special formality provided for in Union legislation which the customs authorities are required to apply, except for goods moved or used under cover of a NATO form 302 or an EU form 302.]
Textual Amendments
F2Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/877 of 3 April 2020 amending and correcting Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, and amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/341 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, laying down the Union Customs Code.
Travellers may lodge a paper-based customs declaration in respect of goods carried by them.
1. From the date set out in the fourth subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Directive (EU) 2017/2455, a person may declare for release for free circulation a consignment which benefits from relief from import duty in accordance with Article 23(1) or Article 25(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009 on the basis of the specific dataset referred to in Annex B, under the condition that the goods in that consignment are not subject to prohibitions and restrictions.]
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the specific dataset for consignments of low value shall not be used for the following:
(a) release for free circulation of goods the importation of which is exempt from VAT in accordance with point (d) of Article 143(1) of Directive 2006/112/EC and, where applicable, moved under an excise duty suspension in accordance with Article 17 of Directive 2008/118/EC;
(b) re-import with release for free circulation of goods the importation of which is exempt from VAT in accordance with point (d) of Article 143(1) of Directive 2006/112/EC and, where applicable, moved under an excise duty suspension in accordance with Article 17 of Directive 2008/118/EC.
[F33. Until the dates of the upgrading of the National Import Systems referred to in the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2151, Member States may provide that the declaration referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be subject to the data requirements set out in Annex 9 to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/341.] ]
Textual Amendments
F2Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/877 of 3 April 2020 amending and correcting Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, and amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/341 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, laying down the Union Customs Code.
F3Inserted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/877 of 3 April 2020 amending and correcting Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, and amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/341 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, laying down the Union Customs Code.
1. A postal operator may lodge a customs declaration for release for free circulation containing the reduced data set referred to in column H6 of Annex B in respect of goods in a postal consignment where the goods fulfil the following conditions:
(a) their value does not exceed EUR 1 000 ;
(b) they are not subject to prohibitions and restrictions.
2. Until the dates of the upgrading of the National Import Systems referred to in the Annex to the Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2151, Member States may provide that the customs declaration for release for free circulation referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article of goods in postal consignments other than those referred to in Article 143a of this Regulation shall be considered to have been lodged and accepted by the act of their presentation to customs, provided the goods are accompanied by a CN22 declaration or a CN23 declaration.]
Textual Amendments
F2Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/877 of 3 April 2020 amending and correcting Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, and amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/341 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, laying down the Union Customs Code.
[F7Council Directive (EU) 2017/2455 of 5 December 2017 amending Directive 2006/112/EC and Directive 2009/132/EC as regards certain value added tax obligations for supplies of services and distance sales of goods ( OJ L 348, 29.12.2017, p. 7 ).]