Article 14U.K.Submission of the application
1.The application for an APEO certificate shall be submitted to the competent Member State authority on whose territory the importer is established in accordance with the specimen set out in Annex VII.
2.The application shall include records and documentation enabling the competent Member State authority to verify and monitor the compliance with the criteria laid down in Articles 9 to 13 of this Regulation, including a copy of the AEO certificate issued in accordance with the Implementing Rules of the Community Customs Code. Applicants shall submit necessary data to the competent Member State authority.
3.If a part of the relevant records and documentation is kept in another Member State, the consultation procedure referred to in Article 17 shall apply.
4.Where the competent Member State authority establishes that the application does not contain all the information required, it shall, within 30 calendar days of receipt of the application, require the applicant to supply the relevant information.
5.When the authority has received all the information necessary it shall inform the applicant that the application has been deemed complete, specifying the date from which the time limits laid down in Article 18(2) of this Regulation will run.
6.An operator who has been granted the status of approved economic operator in one Member State shall when applying for the same status in a subsequent Member State, attach a copy of the APEO certificate granted by the first Member State.