TITLE VIISPECIAL PROCEDURES

CHAPTER 2Transit

Section 2External and internal Union transit procedure

Subsection 6Simplifications used for the Union transit procedure

Article 318Customs supervision for the use of seals of a special type(Article 233(4)(c) of the Code)

The customs authority shall do the following:

  1. (a)

    notify the Commission and the customs authorities of the other Member States of seals of a special type in use and of seals of a special type which it has decided not to approve for reasons of irregularities or technical deficiencies;

  2. (b)

    review the seals of a special type approved by it and in use, when it receives information that another authority has decided not to approve a particular seal of a special type;

  3. (c)

    conduct a mutual consultation in order to reach a common assessment;

  4. (d)

    monitor the use of the seals of a special type by persons authorised in accordance with Article 197 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446.

Where necessary, the Commission and the Member States in agreement with each other may establish a common numbering system, define use of common security features and technology.