Lodging of a receipt declaration
Article 3
1. The receipt of a product concerned on an artificial island, a fixed or floating installation or any other structure in the continental shelf or in the exclusive economic zone of a Member State shall be declared by the recipient by means of a receipt declaration. 2. The receipt declaration shall be lodged without delay and at the latest within 30 days of receipt of the product concerned using electronic data-processing techniques at the following customs authorities: (a) where the product concerned is brought from the customs territory of the Union, at the customs authority of the Member State where the re-export declaration is accepted or the re-export notification or the exit summary declaration is registered; (b) where the product concerned is not brought from the customs territory of the Union, at the customs authority of the Member State to which the continental shelf or exclusive economic zone belongs. 3. The receipt declaration shall contain the data elements set out in Part I of the Annex and shall be accompanied by the documents supporting those data elements. 4. The customs authority may allow the receipt declaration to be lodged by means other than electronic data-processing techniques. In that case, the recipient shall lodge the paper form set out in Part II of the Annex in an original and one copy together with the documents supporting the data elements provided in the form. The original shall be kept by the customs authority. The copy shall be returned by the customs authority to the recipient after it has registered the receipt declaration and acknowledged its receipt. 5. Member States shall use the information in the receipt declaration to fulfil their registration obligations under Article 14(5) and (5a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 and Article 24(5) and (5a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1037 as well as their reporting obligations to the Commission under Article 14(6) of Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 and Article 24(6) of Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1037.