TITLE IIICUSTOMS DEBT AND GUARANTEES

CHAPTER 3Recovery and payment of duty and repayment and remission of the amount of import and export duty

Subsection 1General provisions and procedure

Article 97Extension of the time-limit for taking a decision on repayment or remission(Article 22(3) of the Code)

Where the first subparagraph of Article 116(3) of the Code or point (b) of the second subparagraph of Article 116(3) of the Code applies, the time-limit for taking the decision on repayment or remission shall be suspended until such time as the Member State concerned has received the notification of the Commission’s decision or the notification by the Commission of the return of the file for the reasons provided in Article 98(6).

Where point (b) of the second subparagraph of Article 116 (3) of the Code applies, the time-limit for taking the decision on repayment or remission shall be suspended until such time as the Member State concerned has received the notification of the Commission's decision on the case involving comparable issues in fact and of law.