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Proving the Union status of arriving goods

Union goods can be transported within the EU without any customs formalities. Goods for which the Union status has been verified at the place of exit can move freely within the customs territory of the Union. However, upon request by Customs, the customer must be able to prove the Union status of the goods. 

The Union status of the goods can be declared to Customs 1) request endorsement or registration of Union status in  Proof of Union Status (PoUS) system 2) with an entry summary declaration (IE315) in message format or in the Arrival and exit declaration service (AREX) or 3) with a temporary storage declaration (FI335, FI337) in message format or in the Customs Clearance Service or 4) in message format or in the Commission’s ICS2 system (STI-STP) with a presentation notification (FI332) submitted after an entry summary declaration and an arrival notification.

The submitter of the declaration is responsible for the accuracy of the information they have provided. Read more on proving Union status.

Read more about proving the Union status of goods on the page Changes to entry declarations and temporary storage declarations.

Points to consider

An authorised issuer’s shipping company’s cargo manifest or another document  proving the Union status must be submitted to the temporary storage operator that received the goods. The storage operator can release the goods in exchange for the document and remove the goods from the temporary storage records. The temporary storage operator must add to their records the document that proves the Union status of the goods.

The following must be added to the document that is to be submitted to the temporary storage facility: the reference number (MRN) of the entry summary declaration submitted for the goods as well as the and goods items numbers of the goods in the declaration or the reference number (MRN) of the temporary storage declaration, the reference of the house level transport document as well as the goods item numbers of the goods in the declaration.

The storage operator must send the documents proving the Union status to Customs when a presentation notification has been submitted for the goods. The scanned documents must be sent by email to unioniasema(at)tulli.fi. Documents covering e.g. one calendar week, but no more than one calendar month, can be sent at the same time.