TITLE IIIU.K. CUSTOMS DEBT AND GUARANTEES

CHAPTER 2 U.K. Recovery, payment, repayment and remission of the amount of import or export duty

Section 1 U.K. Determination of the amount of import or export duty, notification of the customs debt and entry in the accounts

Subsection 1 U.K.
Article 165U.K.Mutual assistance between customs authorities(Articles 101(1) and 102(1) of the Code)

1.Where a customs debt is incurred, the customs authorities competent for the recovery of the amount of import or export duty corresponding to the customs debt shall inform the other customs authorities involved of the following:

(a)the fact that a customs debt was incurred;

(b)the action taken against the debtor to recover the sums concerned.

2.The Member States shall assist each other in the recovery of the amount of import or export duty corresponding to the customs debt.

3.Without prejudice to Article 87(4) of the Code, where the customs authority of the Member State in which the goods were placed under a special procedure other than transit, or were in temporary storage, obtains, before the expiry of the time-limit referred to in Article 80 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446, evidence that the events from which the customs debt arises or is deemed to arise have occurred in another Member State, that customs authority shall immediately and in any event within that time-limit send all the information available to the customs authority responsible for that place. The latter customs authority shall acknowledge receipt of the communication and indicate whether it is responsible for the recovery. If no response is received within 90 days, the sending customs authority shall immediately proceed with the recovery.

4.Without prejudice to Article 87(4) of the Code, where the customs authority of the Member State in which it has been found that the customs debt has been incurred with respect to goods which were neither placed under a customs procedure nor under temporary storage, obtains, before the notification of the customs debt, evidence that the events from which the customs debt arises or is deemed to arise have occurred in another Member State, that customs authority shall immediately and in any event before that notification, send all the information available to the customs authority responsible for that place. The latter customs authority shall acknowledge receipt of the communication and indicate whether it is responsible for the recovery. If no response is received within 90 days, the sending customs authority shall immediately proceed with the recovery.