ANNEX IVSupplementary provisions
ANNEX IV ‘ANNEX B-02 TRANSIT ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENT AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 185 CHAPTER I Specimen of transit accompanying document CHAPTER II Notes and particulars (data) for the transit accompanying document The acronym “BCP” (“Business continuity plan”) used in this Chapter refers to situations in which the fallback procedure defined in the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 of the Code and described in Annex 72-04 of the same regulation applies. If the Transit Accompanying Document is printed, the paper to be used may be plain paper. The transit accompanying document shall be produced on the basis of the data derived from the transit declaration, where appropriate, amended by the holder of the transit procedure and/or verified by the office of departure. 1. Box MRN The MRN shall be entered on the first page and on all lists of items except where these forms are used in the context of the BCP in which cases no MRN is allocated. The “MRN” shall also be produced in bar code mode using the standard “code 128”, character set “B”. 2. Box Forms — first subdivision: serial number of the current produced sheet, — second subdivision: total number of sheets produced (incl. list of items). 3. Box Security [11 07] Where this Document does not contain security information, the box shall be left blank. 4. Box Total items The sum of all goods items contained in one declaration. 5. Box Total packages The sum of all packages contained in one declaration. 6. Box “BCP – Return copy to be sent to the office” Name, address, and identification number of the customs office to which a copy of the transit accompanying document has to be returned where BCP is used. 7. Box Guarantee not valid in In case BCP is used, the country codes where the provided guarantee cannot be used shall be indicated. 8. Incidents during transport (BCP) This section shall be used when BCP is used and incidents occurred during a transport. Between the time when the goods leave the office of departure and the time they arrive at the office of destination, certain details may have to be added on the transit accompanying document accompanying the goods. The details relate to the transport operation and must be entered by the carrier responsible for the means of transport on which the goods are loaded as and when the corresponding activities are carried out. The particulars may be added legibly by hand, in which case the entries should be made in ink and in block letters. Carriers are reminded that goods can be transshipped only under an authorisation of the customs authorities of the country in whose territory the transshipment is made, without prejudice to the exceptions foreseen/defined in Article 305 in the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447. Where goods are carried in intermodal transport units, such as, but not limited to, containers, swap bodies and semi-trailers, the holder of the transit procedure does not have to provide this information where the logistical pattern at the point of departure may prevent the identity and nationality of the means of transport from being provided at the time the goods are released for transit. The intermodal transport units shall bear unique ID numbers, such numbers are indicated in D.E. 19 07 063 000 (Container identification number) and without handling the goods themselves when changing modes. Where those authorities consider that the Union transit operation concerned may continue in the normal way they shall, once they have taken steps that may be necessary, endorse the transit accompanying documents. The boxes and activities involved are: — Box Customs office of incident registration: Customs office reference number where the incident is registered. — Box Incident code: Indicate the nature of the occurred incident set in art. 305 (1) and (8) of the UCC-IA. 9. Box Customs office of departure [17 03] The name and the authorisation number of the authorised consignor (if any) shall also be provided in this box. The transit accompanying document shall not be modified nor shall any addition or deletion be made thereto unless otherwise specified in this Regulation. ’