Apply for central customs clearance
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Schleswig-Holstein (Linie6Plus)
Service Description
Do you want to declare goods for a customs procedure at a centrally responsible customs office, even though the goods are located elsewhere at the time? This is possible with an authorization for central customs clearance.
In principle, goods must be declared at the customs office responsible for the place where the goods are located. However, centralized customs clearance allows you to submit a customs declaration to a centrally responsible customs office - even if the goods are located elsewhere at the time of declaration. The place of declaration specified in the authorization and the place of presentation are therefore different. Presentation means making goods available to the customs office.
You can currently apply for central customs clearance for the following procedures:
- customs warehouse
- temporary admission
- end use
- inward processing
- outward processing
- export
- Re-export
In connection with centralized customs clearance, the following must be observed, among other things
- Country and goods-related restrictions and
- special features under VAT law and foreign trade statistics
The main customs office in whose district your main accounts for customs purposes are kept or accessible is responsible for the application.
Even after the authorization has been granted, the main customs office responsible regularly and continuously checks
- whether you continue to meet the authorization requirements and
- whether you are complying with the obligations associated with the authorization.
Teaser
Do you want to declare goods for a customs procedure at a centrally responsible customs office, even though the goods are located elsewhere at the time? This is possible with an authorization for central customs clearance.
Process flow
You can only apply for authorization for central customs clearance electronically via the European Commission's Trader Portal (EU Trader Portal):
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Log in to the EU Trader Portal.
- If you do not yet have a user account (EU login) for the EU Trader Portal, you must apply for one using form 05700.
- If you do not yet have a registration and identification number for economic operators (EORI number), you must apply for such an EORI number using form 0870a.
- You can find these forms on the Customs Administration website. Send the applications to the General Customs Directorate, Directorate II, Master Data Management Team - Dresden office.
- Follow the instructions on the EU Trader Portal for the application for centralized clearance (CCL).
- It is advisable to get in touch with your contact person at the responsible main customs office before submitting the application in order to clarify any open questions regarding the application.
- In addition to the electronic application, the "Supplementary sheet of national data" must be sent directly to the responsible main customs office with reference to the application number generated by the EU Trader Portal.
- Once the main customs office has successfully checked whether all authorization requirements have been met, you will receive the authorization electronically via the EU Trader Portal. The member states affected by the authorization must coordinate their actions. It may therefore take longer for the authorization to be granted than for other applications.
- If the requirements are not met, you will receive notification that your application has been rejected.
Requirements
- You are an Authorized Economic Operator for Customs Simplifications (AEOC). You are an Authorized Economic Operator for Customs Simplifications (AEOC)
- Your request involves cross-member state processing. This means that the place of declaration and the place of presentation must be in different EU member states. If both locations are in Germany, it is currently not possible to use centralized customs clearance.
- You are the holder of an authorization for the simplified customs declaration (SDE) or entry in the accounts (EIR).
Which documents are required?
- Supplementary sheet national data
What are the fees?
There are no costs for you.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
You do not have to observe any deadlines in the application process.
Processing duration
You will usually receive notification of your application within 120 days of it being accepted.
Legal basis
Appeal
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Objection
Detailed information on how to lodge an objection can be found in the notification of your application. - Administrative court action
Applications / forms
Forms: no
Online procedure possible: yes
Written form required: no
Personal appearance required: no
Weiterführende Informationen
- Information on centralized customs clearance for placing goods under the export procedure on the Customs Administration website
- Information on cross-member state authorization on the website of the Customs Administration
- Information on the simplified customs declaration for exports on the Customs Administration website
- Information on the simplified customs declaration or entry in the accounts on import on the website of the customs administration
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
- Application for central customs clearance (CCL) authorization
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