Messages concerning a change of destination or change of consignee during the movement of excise goods under a duty suspension arrangement
Article 4
1. When a consignor wishes to change the destination or the consignee as referred in Article 20(7) of Directive (EU) 2020/262, the competent authorities of the Member State of dispatch shall carry out an electronic verification of the data in the draft change of destination message, referred to Article 6 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1636. Where the data of the draft change of destination message are valid, the competent authorities of the Member State of dispatch shall: (a) add the date and time of validation and a sequence number to the draft change of destination message and inform the consignor thereof; (b) update the initial electronic administrative document according to the information in the draft change of destination message. 2. Where the update referred to in paragraph 1, point (b), of this Article, includes a change of Member State of destination or a change of consignee, Article 20(4) or 21(1) of Directive (EU) 2020/262 shall apply with respect to the updated electronic administrative document. 3. Where the update referred to in paragraph 1, point (b), of this Article, includes a change of Member State of destination, the competent authorities of the Member State of dispatch shall forward the change of destination message to the competent authorities of the Member State of destination mentioned in the initial electronic administrative document. The competent authorities of the Member State of destination shall then forward the change of destination message to the consignee mentioned in the initial electronic administrative document. 4. Where the update referred to in paragraph 1, point (b), of this Article, includes a change of consignee within the same Member State of destination as in the initial electronic administrative document, the competent authorities of that Member State shall inform the consignee mentioned in the initial electronic administrative document of the change. 5. Where the update referred to in paragraph 1, point (b), of this Article, includes a change of the place of delivery mentioned in the initial electronic administrative document, as referred to in Article 3 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1636 without involving a change of the Member State of destination nor a change of the consignee, the competent authorities of the Member State of dispatch shall forward the change of destination message to the competent authorities of the Member State of destination mentioned in the initial electronic administrative document. Upon receipt of the change of destination message, the authorities of the Member State of destination shall forward the change of destination message to the consignee. 6. Where data in the draft change of destination message are not valid, the competent authorities of the Member State of dispatch shall inform the consignor thereof without delay.