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Apply for "Authorized consignee" status for the Union transit procedure

Service Description

The goods can be transported under the Union transit procedure from the place of departure to their final destination, where the customs regulations and national tax regulations are fulfilled.

If you regularly receive goods from the Union transit procedure in Germany, you can apply for "Authorized consignee" status as a company or individual. This status simplifies the customs formalities when receiving the goods.

Specifically, you have the following advantages once you have been granted "Authorized Consignee" status:

  • You can receive the goods directly at your premises or at another specified location (the authorization will state the specific locations to which your "authorized consignee" authorization applies).
  • Presentation, i.e. the obligation to present the goods at the customs office of destination, does not apply. Instead, you inform the customs office electronically about the arrival of the goods (presentation).
  • You also exchange other messages electronically with customs.

The status of "Authorized Consignee" only applies to Union transit procedures that end in Germany.

Process flow

You must apply for "Authorized consignee" status in writing:

  • Go to the German customs website and call up the form "Application for Authorized Consignee Status for Union Shipment" (form 0358) from there. You can complete the form directly on your computer.
  • Also download the questionnaire for customs authorizations and complete parts I to III and V.
  • Print out the completed application and questionnaire and attach all the necessary documents.
  • Submit the form to your responsible main customs office. This is the main customs office in whose district your main accounts for customs purposes are kept or are accessible. Your application will be checked there.
  • The main customs office will send you a written decision as to whether you will be granted "Authorized Consignee" status.
  • The approval usually takes effect on the day it is sent to you.

Requirements

You or your company must

  • be based in the customs territory of the European Union
  • regularly use the Union transit procedure,
  • show that you comply with the law in the context of your economic activity, i.e:
    • You have not seriously or repeatedly violated customs or tax regulations and
    • you have not committed any serious criminal offenses in the course of your economic activity.
  • prove that you have a functioning, robust control system for your economic activities and movements of goods, i.e:
    • You must prove that you systematically keep business records and transport documents and enable customs to carry out appropriate checks.
  • prove that you have the practical or professional qualifications to act as an "Authorized Consignee",
  • have active access to the IT procedure "ATLAS Versand" (NCTS) or commission a service provider to do so,
  • have an authorization to operate a custody warehouse

Which documents are required?

  • Parts I to III and V of the completed questionnaire for customs authorizations
    • Authorized Economic Operators (AEO) do not have to complete the questionnaire.

Please ask your competent main customs office whether you need to submit further documents.

What are the fees?

There are no costs for you.

However, it should be noted that if you wish to act as an authorized consignee, you must also have a custody warehouse. This custody warehouse refers to the place where you receive the goods. A security must be provided for the operation of this storage warehouse. This security can only be provided within the framework of a comprehensive security authorization.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

Before you can receive goods in a simplified manner, you must be the holder of an Authorized Consignee permit.

Processing duration

Your application will be accepted within 30 days and a decision will be made within 120 days.

Legal basis

Applications / forms

  • Appeal. Detailed information on how to lodge an appeal can be found in the rejection or approval notice.
  • Appeal to the tax court

Appeal

Further Information

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The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

Technically approved by

Federal Ministry of Finance

Professionally released on

23.04.2021

Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)

Competent Authority

Generalzolldirektion (GZD), Zentrale Auskunftsstelle Zoll

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Carusufer 3-5
01099 Dresden, Stadt

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Monday: 08:00 - 17:00
Tuesday: 08:00 - 17:00
Wednesday: 08:00 - 17:00
Thursday: 08:00 - 17:00
Friday: 08:00 - 17:00

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