TITLE VIISPECIAL PROCEDURES

CHAPTER 2 Transit

Section 2 External and internal Union transit procedure

Subsection 3 Formalities during the Union transit procedure

Article 305Incidents during movement of goods under a Union transit operation(Articles 226(3)(a) and 227(2)(a) of the Code)

1.

The carrier shall present without undue delay after the incident the goods together with the MRN of the transit declaration to the nearest customs authority of the Member State in whose territory the means of transport is located where:

(a)

the carrier is obliged to deviate from the itinerary prescribed in accordance with Article 298 of this Regulation due to circumstances beyond his control;

(b)

seals are broken or tampered with in the course of a transport operation for reasons beyond the carrier’s control;

(c)

under the supervision of the customs authority, goods are transferred from one means of transport to another means of transport;

(d)

imminent danger necessitates immediate partial or total unloading of the sealed means of transport;

(e)

there is an incident which may affect the ability of the holder of the procedure or the carrier to comply with his obligations;

(f)

any of the elements constituting a single means of transport as referred to in Article 296(2) of this Regulation is changed.

2.

Where the customs authority in whose territory the means of transport is located considers that the Union transit operation concerned may continue, it shall take any steps that it considers necessary.

Relevant information concerning the incidents referred to in paragraph 1 shall be recorded in the electronic transit system by that customs authority.

3.

In case of an incident as referred to in paragraph 1(c), the customs authorities shall not require presentation of the goods together with the MRN of the transit declaration if all of the following conditions are fulfilled:

(a)

the goods are transferred from a means of transport that is not sealed;

(b)

the holder of the procedure or the carrier on behalf of the holder of the procedure provides relevant information concerning the transfer to the customs authority of the Member State in whose territory the means of transport is located;

(c)

the relevant information is recorded in the electronic transit system by that authority.

4.

In the case of an incident as referred to in paragraph 1(f), the carrier may continue the Union transit operation when one or more carriages or wagons are withdrawn from a set of coupled railway carriages or wagons due to technical problems.

5.

In the case of an incident as referred to in paragraph 1(f), where the tractor unit of a road vehicle is changed without its trailers or semi-trailers being changed, the customs authority shall not require presentation of the goods together with the MRN of the transit declaration if all of the following conditions are fulfilled:

(a)

the holder of the procedure or the carrier on behalf of the holder of the procedure provides relevant information concerning the composition of the road vehicle to the customs authority of the Member State in whose territory that road vehicle is located;

(b)

the relevant information is recorded in the electronic transit system by that authority.

6.

Until the dates of deployment of the upgrading of the NCTS referred to in Annex to Implementing Decision 2014/255/EU, in the cases referred to in paragraph 1, the carrier shall make the necessary entries in the transit accompanying document or in the transit/security accompanying document and present without undue delay after the incident the goods together with the transit accompanying document or the transit/security accompanying document to the nearest customs authority of the Member State in whose territory the means of transport is located.

In the cases referred to in paragraphs 3(a) and (b), 4 and 5(a) the carrier is waived from the presentation of the goods and of the MRN of the transit declaration to this customs authority.

Relevant information concerning incidents during transit operation shall be recorded in the electronic transit system by the customs office of transit or by the customs office of destination.

7.

Until the dates of deployment of the upgrading of the NCTS referred to in Annex to Implementing Decision 2014/255/EU, the second subparagraph of paragraph 2 of this Article shall not apply.