You cannot release goods from the warehouse without permission from Customs. You need a verification by Customs for your warehouse records, endorsing that the goods have been cleared through Customs. The verification may be in electronic or paper form. The verification can, for example, be a PDF generated by the Customs system or a document stamped by Customs, which the person who collects the goods presents when picking up the goods from the warehouse. It can also be an electronic release notification, which Customs sends to the warehouse keeper. The warehouse keeper may require PDF documents to be used in releasing goods in addition to the release notification. In some situations, the identification number (e.g. the MRN) provided by Customs is sufficient.
Based on the data in the verification, one must be able to connect the goods released from the warehouse to the consignment and the goods that arrived to your warehouse.
Undeclared goods must always be cleared through Customs one way or another. The good can be cleared through Customs for example by clearing them or by re-exporting them out of the European Union (EU). When goods from a customs warehouse are re-exported outside the EU, a re-export declaration must be submitted for the goods. After this, the goods can be transited. A T1 transit is used when undeclared goods are moved within the EU.
In some situations, the goods can also be abandoned to the State or destroyed under Customs’ supervision.
The holder of the customs warehousing authorisation shall also submit a discharge notification to Customs when customs warehousing has been discharged.
- Discharging the warehousing procedure
- Declarations on arriving goods
- Requesting permission to unload
- Instructions on completing the declaration in Customs' online service
- Choose the appropriate service channel
- Application for electronic declaration
- Identification