Verification and administrative assistance
9.—(1) HMRC may use their powers to carry out post-release controls of the information supplied and of any documents, forms, authorisations or data relating to the common transit procedure in order to check that the entries, the information exchanged and the stamps are authentic.
(2) They must respond without delay upon receiving a request for such controls from the customs authority of another common transit state.
(3) Where the competent customs authority (see paragraph 58(1)(b)) of the place of departure makes a request to HMRC for a post-release control of information related to the common transit procedure, the conditions laid down in paragraph 13(1) for discharging the common transit procedure are deemed not to have been fulfilled until the authenticity and accuracy of the data have been confirmed.
(4) For these purposes, “post-release control” is a specific act performed by HMRC in order to ensure compliance with customs and other legislation governing the common transit procedure.