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PART IIU.K. CUSTOMS-APPROVED TREATMENT OR USE

TITLE IU.K. RELEASE FOR FREE CIRCULATION

CHAPTER 2 U.K. Admission of goods with favourable tariff treatment by reason of their end-use

Section 1U.K. Goods other than horses for slaughter

Article 298U.K.

1.Where goods covered by Article 297 are consigned from one Member State to another the T5 control copy provided for in Articles 471 to 495 shall be used subject to the procedure laid down in paragraphs 2 to 8.

2.The consignor shall complete the T5 control copy in sextuplícate (one original and five copies). The copies shall be numbered in an appropriate manner.

The T5 control copy shall include:

3.The consignor shall retain the first copy in the records provided for in Article 293 (b) and, before despatching the goods, transmit the second and third copies to the competent customs office in the manner described by the office. He shall send the fourth and fifth copies and the original with the goods to the consignee. The competent customs office shall retain in its records the second copy and shall forward the third copy to the competent customs office of the Member State for the consignee.

4.On receiving the goods, the consignee shall enter them in the records provided for in Article 293 (b), to which he shall attach the original; the fourth copy shall be sent without delay to the competent customs office of the Member State of destination in the manner prescribed by that Member State with an indication of the date of arrival. The consignee shall immediately notify customs of any excess, shortfall, substitution or other irregularity. In addition, he shall forward the fifth copy to the consignor.

5.The consignor's obligations under this Chapter shall pass to the consignee on the date referred to in paragraph 4. Until then, these obligations shall be incumbent on the consignor.

6.Goods consigned under the procedure laid down in this Article shall be presented neither at the office of departure nor the office of destination.

7.The provisions of this Article shall apply equally to goods which in the course of transport between two points within the Community cross the territory of an EFTA country and are reconsigned from that country.

8.The customs authorities of the Member State of departure and the Member State of destination shall carry out periodic checks at the premises of the consignor and the consignee respectively. The consignor and consignee shall cooperate in this and provide any information requested.