Special Procedures Flashcards
What are the 2 categories of customs procedure ?
Definitive procedures (export/import) Special procedures (cutoms warehousing, Inward/outward processing(perfectionnement actif/passif), temporary admission, ...)
What are the interest of special procedure ? (3)
Reduce or eliminate customs duties and taxes at time of import
Suspend applicable régulations
Allow EU operators to face international competition
What are the constraints of special procedure ? (3)
Must request prior authorization
Must track all operations
Management and costs : guarantee and stock records
What are the tyology of special procedure ? (4)
“Specific Use” function
“Storage” function
“Processing” function
“Movement” function
What are the 5 steps for all special procedure ?
- Request for validation
- Provision of a guarantee
- Placement of goods under procedure
- Goods remaining under the procedure
- Discharge of the procedure
Whithin how many days an authorization for special procedure is delivered ? (3 cases)
30 days for national procedure
60 days for customs warehouse if only one member state is involved
1 years if the economic conditions have to be examinated (art 221 UCC)
For how long the authorization remains valid ?
5 years
Period of validity of a customs warehouse is unlimited
How long do you have to re-export goods with temporary admission ?
24 months without having undergone any change
What are the 2 types of temporary admission (+for which goods) ?
Total relief : complete admissible list established by UCC DA art.207-237
Partial relief : Merchandise not on the above list or for which a condition of the procedure is not respected
Taxation of TA : VAT at placement Under temporary admission + 3% of customs duties per month
What is the procedure code for Temporary Admission to be written on the SAD ?
53
How does the ATA carnet facilitate TA ?
substituing for the import and export declaration
provision guarantee if the goods are not reexported within 12 months
How many countries use the ATA carnet ?
+ convention
87 countries and territories
Istanbul and ATA convention
What type of goods cannot travel under an ATA carnet ?
Consumable products
such as food, seeds, fertilizer, explosives, disposables, postal traffic, …
For what is used the Green copy of the ATA carnet ?
List of merchandise,
List of countries,
List of guarantee organisms
General rules and conditions
The Yellow copy of the ATA carnet is for who ?
And is used for what ?
Departure country customs
Temporary exportation and re-importation