TITLE VIU.K. RELEASE FOR FREE CIRCULATION AND RELIEF FROM IMPORT DUTY
CHAPTER 1 U.K. Release for free circulation
Article 251U.K.Banana weighing certificates(Article 163(1) of the Code)
1.The economic operator authorised to draw up certificates in accordance with Article 155 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 (banana weighing certificates) shall give the customs authorities advance notice of the weighing of a consignment of fresh bananas for the purpose of drawing up a that certificate, giving details of the type of packaging, the origin and the time and place of weighing.
2.The banana weighing certificate shall be in the declarant’s possession and at the disposal of the customs authorities at the time of lodging of a declaration for release for free circulation of fresh bananas falling within CN code 0803 90 10 subject to import duty.
3.By way of derogation from paragraph 2, at the declarant’s request for an authorisation as set out in Article 166 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, the customs authorities may decide to release consignments of fresh bananas into free circulation on the basis of a provisional declaration of the weight on the following conditions:
(a)The authorisation shall oblige the importer to transport bananas in their unaltered state from the same shipment to designated authorised weighs mentioned in the simplified declaration where the correct weight and value will be determined;
(b)The declarant is responsible for submitting the weighing certificate to the customs office of free circulation within 10 calendar days after the simplified declaration has been accepted;
(c)The declarant shall lodge a guarantee as set out in Article 195(1) of the Code.
The provisional weight may be derived from a previous weighing certificate for bananas from the same type and origin.
4.The banana weighing certificate shall be drawn up using the form set out in Annex 61-02.
Article 252U.K.Control of the weighing of fresh bananas(Article 188 of the Code)
Customs offices shall control at least 5 % of the total number of banana weighing certificates presented each year, either by being present at the weighing of the representative samples of the bananas by the economic operator authorised to draw up banana weighing certificates or by weighing those samples themselves, in accordance with the procedure laid down in points 1, 2 and 3 of Annex 61-03.
CHAPTER 2 U.K. Relief from import duty
Section 1 U.K. Returned goods
Article 253U.K.Information required(Article 203(6) of the Code)
1.The declarant shall make the information establishing that the conditions for relief from import duty have been fulfilled available to the customs office where the customs declaration for release for free circulation is lodged.
2.The information referred to in paragraph 1 may be provided by any of the following means:
(a)access to the relevant particulars of the customs or re-export declaration on the basis of which the returned goods were originally exported or re-exported from the customs territory of the Union;
(b)a print out, authenticated by the competent customs office, of the customs or re-export declaration on the basis of which the returned goods were originally exported or re-exported from the customs territory of the Union;
(c)a document issued by the competent customs office, with the relevant particulars of that customs declaration or re-export declaration;
(d)a document issued by the customs authorities certifying that the conditions for the relief from import duty have been fulfilled (information sheet INF3).
3.Where information available to the competent customs authorities establishes that the goods declared for release for free circulation were originally exported from the customs territory of the Union and at that time fulfilled the conditions for being granted relief from import duty as returned goods, the information referred to in paragraph 2 shall not be required.
4.Paragraph 2 shall not apply where goods may be declared for release for free circulation orally or by any other act. Nor shall it apply to the international movement of packing materials, means of transport or certain goods admitted under specific customs arrangements unless where provided otherwise.
Article 254U.K.Goods which on export benefited from measures laid down under the common agricultural policy(Article 203(6) of the Code)
A declaration for release for free circulation relating to returned goods whose export may have given rise to the completion of formalities with a view to obtaining refunds or other amounts provided for under the common agricultural policy, shall be supported by the documents referred to in Article 253 of this Regulation and by a certificate issued by the authorities responsible for the granting of such refunds or amounts in the Member State of export.
Where the customs authorities at the customs office where the goods are declared for release for free circulation have information establishing that no refund or other amount provided for on export under the common agricultural policy has been granted, and cannot subsequently be granted, the certificate shall not be required.
Article 255U.K.Issuing information sheet INF 3(Articles 6(3)(a) and 203(6) of the Code)
1.The exporter may request an information sheet INF 3 from the customs office of export.
2.Where the exporter requests the information sheet INF 3 at the time of export, the information sheet INF 3 shall be issued by the customs office of export at the time of completion of the export formalities for the goods.
Where it is possible that the exported goods will be returned to the customs territory of the Union through several customs offices, the exporter may request several information sheets INF 3 each covering a part of the total quantity of the goods exported.
3.Where the exporter requests an information sheet INF 3 after the completion of the export formalities for the goods, the information sheet INF 3 may be issued by the customs office of export if the information about the goods stated in the exporter’s request corresponds to the information about the exported goods at the disposal of the customs office of export and no refund or other amount provided for on export under the common agricultural policy has been granted, and cannot subsequently be granted, in respect of the goods.
4.Where an information sheet INF 3 has been issued, the exporter may request that the customs office of export replace it by several information sheets INF 3 each covering a part of the total quantity of goods included in the information sheet INF 3 initially issued.
5.The exporter may ask for an information sheet INF 3 to be issued only in respect of a part of the exported goods.
6.Where an information sheet INF 3 is issued on paper, a copy shall be kept by the customs office of export which issued it.
7.Where the original information sheet INF 3 was issued on paper and has been stolen, lost or destroyed the customs office of export which issued it may issue a duplicate at the request of an exporter.
The customs office of export shall record on the copy of information sheet INF 3 in its possession that a duplicate has been issued.
8.Where information sheet INF 3 is issued on paper, it shall be drawn up using the form laid down in Annex 62-02.
Article 256U.K.Communication between authorities(Article 203(6) of the Code)
At the request of the customs office where the returned goods are declared for release for free circulation, the customs office of export shall communicate any information at its disposal establishing that the conditions for the relief from import duty have been fulfilled in respect of those goods.
Section 2 U.K. Products of sea-fishing and other products taken from the sea
Article 257U.K.Relief from import duty(Article 208(2) of the Code)
Evidence that the conditions laid down in Article 208(1) of the Code are fulfilled may be provided in accordance with the provisions of Articles 213, 214 and 215 of this Regulation and Articles 130, 131, 132 and 133 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446, as appropriate.