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The use of the TIR transit procedure requires a Customs’ decision on acceptance to the TIR system.

An AEO’s customs and logistics operations have a security certificate granted by Customs and they are therefore entitled to benefits across the EU.

Goods subjected to an outward processing procedure may be admitted with total or partial relief from import duty.

Customs grants authorisations for businesses’ customs procedures and customs declarations upon request.

Companies responsible for transits may be granted an authorisation by Customs to attach seals of a special type to means of transport or packages.

The authorisation may be granted to a shipping company that transports goods regularly between ports within the customs territory of the Union.

A company can receive goods arriving under a T or TIR transit procedure into its customs or temporary storage facility.

A company pays no duties or taxes for goods under warehousing procedures and they can wait for the permits and licences required for the importation.

The company is entitled to weigh fresh bananas (CN code 0809 9010) in their facilities without the presence of Customs.

An authorised consignor is a company that has been granted an authorisation to use simplified procedure for Union transit.