Lodging a customs declaration
Article 170
1. Without prejudice to Article 167(1), a customs declaration may be lodged by any person who is able to provide all of the information which is required for the application of the provisions governing the customs procedure in respect of which the goods are declared. That person shall also be able to present the goods in question or to have them presented to customs. However, where acceptance of a customs declaration imposes particular obligations on a specific person, that declaration shall be lodged by that person or by his or her representative. 2. The declarant shall be established in the customs territory of the Union. 3. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, the following declarants shall not be required to be established in the customs territory of the Union: (a) persons who lodge a customs declaration for transit or temporary admission; (b) persons, who occasionally lodge a customs declaration, including for end-use or inward processing, provided that the customs authorities consider this to be justified; (c) persons who are established in a country the territory of which is adjacent to the customs territory of the Union, and who present the goods to which the customs declaration refers at a Union border customs office adjacent to that country, provided that the country in which the persons are established grants reciprocal benefits to persons established in the customs territory of the Union. 4. Customs declarations shall be authenticated.