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Traffic Manual

VII.3.4.1. Competent authority and deadline for initiating the investigation request

The competent authorities of the country of departure will be responsible for sending the "Investigation Request" message (IE142):

Article 49, paragraphs 2, 3 and 6 of Appendix I to the Convention
Article 310, sections 2, 5 and 6, of the AE

  • when the IE006 message has not been received within the deadline for presenting the goods at the customs office of destination and the information entered in box 8 of a transit declaration is considered sufficient; or
  • when the IE006 message has not been received within six days of receipt of the IE006 message; or
  • as soon as the competent authorities are informed that the transit regime has not been terminated or suspect it has been terminated; or
  • as soon as the competent authority discovers, a posteriori, that the evidence presented has been falsified and, therefore, that the regime has not ended. However, investigations will not be initiated unless they are useful to confirm or invalidate previously submitted evidence or to determine the (customs) debt and identify the debtor and the competent authority for its collection; or
  • When the information provided by the holder of the regime is not considered sufficient to finalize the regime, but is sufficient to continue the investigation procedure.