Request central customs clearance
Source: Serviceportal Rheinland-Pfalz
In principle, goods must be declared at the customs office responsible for the place where the goods are located. However, central customs clearance allows you to submit a customs declaration at a centrally competent customs office - even if the goods are located at a different place at the time of declaration. The place of declaration specified in the authorization and the place of so-called presentation thus diverge. 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 central customs clearance, the following must be taken into account, among other things
- country- and goods-related restrictions as well as
- Special features relating to sales tax 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 responsible main customs office regularly and continuously checks
- whether you continue to meet the requirements for the authorization and
- whether you are complying with the obligations associated with the authorization.