IV.1.4.2.1. Form and how to complete the transit declaration

Annexes A1 and B1 of Appendix III of the Convention
Article 5, section 12, of the CAU

It should be noted that the term "transit declaration" has two meanings. Firstly, a "transit declaration" is understood to be the declaration by which a person expresses, in due form and in accordance with established procedures, his or her intention to place goods under the transit regime. Secondly, this is the data used as the transit declaration, i.e. the "Declaration Data" message (IE015) and the copy of said declaration in DAT form. In the following chapters, the term "transit declaration" will be used in its original meaning.

The data referred to in Annex A1 of Appendix III to the Convention/Appendix C2 of Annex 9 to the ADT shall be provided.
To submit a transit declaration, all mandatory data must be entered (IE015).

The transit declaration must be drawn up in one of the official languages of the Contracting Parties acceptable to the competent authorities of the country of departure.

It is important that economic operators complete the transit declaration correctly so that the NCTS does not reject it.

If the NCTS rejects a transit declaration, the declarant will be notified of the reasons for this and will be allowed to make the necessary corrections to the declaration or submit a new declaration.

Each transit operation may relate to a maximum of 999 items of goods. Each item in a return will be recorded in the NCTS and printed on the DAT or LdA. An LdA will be printed when the transit declaration refers to more than one item. This list will be attached to the DAT, which contains a reference to said list in box 31. The DAT model and the corresponding notes are set out in Annexes A3-A4 of Appendix III to the Convention/Appendix F1 of Annex 9 to the ADT. The model LoA and its notes are set out in Annexes A5-A6 of Appendix III to the Convention/Appendix F2 of Annex 9 to the ADT.