Deposit
Article 12
1. Member States may authorise the licence to be kept in deposit at the licence issuing authority, the paying agency or customs, or to stay available in the IT applications. 2. The licence issuing authority shall determine the cases in which deposit of a licence at the authorities involved in the procedure for release for free circulation or for export shall apply, and the conditions to be met by the titular holder or transferee. 3. Member States shall designate the authority involved in the system of deposit that is to carry out the functions referred to in Article 10 and they shall publish that information on their public website. 4. In box 44 of the paper customs declaration or in the appropriate data element of the electronic customs declaration the declarant shall add the words ‘in deposit’ to the licence issuing number. For electronic licences Member States may waive this obligation or apply a special code for this purpose.