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-:: x.,:._‘1,.. .with paragraph 2 below. they shall return that (,a, Any available information relating tocopy to the Office of departure, or - in transitGoods declarations completed orcountries - to the OfIice en route where the accepted in their territory which aregoods entered the Customs territory. suspected of being false:3 A. At offices where goods are imported into theCusroms tevvitovy, the Customs authorities shallsatisfy themselves that the Goods declarationis in order, that any Customs seals andfastenings or identification marks previouslyaffixed are intact and, where appropriate, thatthe transport-unit is secure, and that theguarantee is in force; they shall then endorsethe Goods declaration accordingly, retain onecopy and return one copy to the Ofice en routein the Customs territory from which the goodswere imported.3. When an Oflice en route removes aCustoms seal or identification mark, forexample, when they are no longer consideredto be secure, it shall record details of the newCustoms seals or identification marks on theGoods declaration accompanying the goods.(b) Any available information enablingthe authenticity of seals claimed tohave been affixed in their territory tobe verified..Article 19: Notificationof inaccuraciesThe Customs authorities of theContracting Parties shall, spontaneously andwithout delay, notify each other of any seriousinaccuracy in a Goods declaration or of anyother serious irregularity discovered inconnexion with a Customs transit operationcarried out under the provisions of thisProtocol, in order that the matter may beinvestigated, any duties and taxes chargeablemay be collected and any repetition of thecircumstances may be prevented.Article 17: Formalities at the Office ofdestination l1. At the Office of destination, the Customsauthorities shall satisfy themselves that anyseals and fastenings or identification marks areintact and verify that the transport-unit isotherwise secure. They may also carry outeither a summary or a detailed examination ofthe goods themselves.2. After having satisfied themselves that allobligations relating to the Customs transitoperation have been fulfilled, the Customsauthorities at the Office of destination shallendorse the Goods declaration accordingly.They shall also send a copy of the Goodsdeclaration back to the appropriate Customsoffice so as to allow the authorities of the latterto take any action, documentary or otherwise,necessary for the completion of the Customstransit operation. ...*SECTION 4. MUTUAL ADMINISTRATIVEASSISTANCEArticle 18: Communicationof informationThe Customs authorities of theContracting Parties shall, on request,communicate to each other as promptly aspossible:SECTION 5. STORAGE FACILITIESArticle 20: Pert&ionin transitto store goodsThe Contracting Parties shall allow goodsconsigned from or destined to the territory ofother Contracting Parties, to be stored in theirterritory, either in a temporary store or in aCustoms warehouse, where such storage isnecessary either after or before a Customstransit operation or at any stage in the courseof such an operation, for example, at a frontierpost, for a period sufficient to enable the goodsto be forwarded to their ultimate destination ina third country or to be placed under Customstransit.Article 21: Operations permitted for goods stored1. Stored goods shall be allowed to undergonormal operations necessary for theirpreservation in good condition. Suchoperations include cleaning, beating, removalof dust, sorting and repair or change of faultypackings.2. Goods shall also be allowed to undergonormal operations necessary to facilitate theirremoval from their place of storage and theirfurther transport. Such operations includepiling, weighing, marking and labelling.lc
Article 22: Documents to cover storage lWhen arriving at the place of store, goodsshall be accepted in temporary store undercover of the commercial or transport documentaccompanying them, for example, a Cargo. manifest, Multimodal transport document, Billof lading, Air waybill or a Goods declarationfor Customs transit. Goods placed in aCustoms warehouse shall comply with thenational Customs warehousing procedure.ArticleSECTION6. MISCELLANEOUS23: Priority to certain consignmentsThe Contracting Parties shall grant, atany Customs office where Customs clearancetakes place during a Customs transit operation,priority to consignments consisting of liveanimals, perishable goods and of other urgentlyneeded goods for which rapid transport isessential.Article 24: DangerousgoodsTransport of dangerous goods underCustoms transit shall be governed by theprovisions of Article 31 of the NorthernCorridor Transit Agreement, and the ProtocolNo. 7 to this Agreement on the Handling ofdangerous goods.Article 25: AccidentsAccidents and other unforeseen events enroute affecting the Customs transit operationshall be reported to, and verified by, theCustoms or other competent authorities closestto the scene of the accident or other unforeseenevent.Article 26: Lost goods1. The Contracting Parties shall grantexemption from the payment of the importduties and taxes normally chargeable, when itis established to the satisfaction of the Customsauthorities that goods consigned from or to theterritor)l_ of another Contracting Party andbeing transported under Customs transit, havebeen destroyed or are irrecoverably lost byaccident or by force majeure, or are short forreasons due to their nature.2. Remnants of such goods may be:(a>(b)(cl(4Cleared for home use in their existingstate as if they had been imported inthat state; orRe-exported;orDestroyed or rendered commerciallyvalueless under Customs controlwithout expense to the Revenue; orWith the consent of the Customsauthorities, abandoned free of allexpenses to the Revenue.Article 27: Review of the implementationprovisions of this Protocolof theRepresentatives of ’ the CustomsAdministrations of the Contracting Partiesshall meet at least once a year or upon therequest of a Contracting Party or the TransitTransport Co-ordination Authority through itsSecretariat to monitor the implementation ofthe provisions of this Protocol.-6-
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