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2.2.3.7 Other forms of Transit Declaration registered and processed in NCTS
NCTS TIR procedure - Within the EU and/or some EFTA countries, the NCTS is used for
registration, processing, and management of transit declarations in the form of TIR Carnet, ATA
Carnet or CIM Consignments Note.
Under the EU legislation, the TIR procedure can be used in the EU only for a transit movement
which begins or ends outside the EU or is made between two points in the EU through the
territory of a third country.
Within the customs territory of the EU, the TIR Carnet holder is also responsible for submitting
the TIR Carnet data for the TIR operation at the Customs office(s) of Departure or entry to be
registered, processed and managed by the NCTS, i.e., the procedures for the Customs office of
Departure, the Customs office of Destination and the Change of Customs office of Destination
described above are applied correspondingly.
Within the customs territory of the EU, the termination/discharge of the TIR operation between
the Customs Offices of Departure or entry and the Customs Offices of Destination or exit is
accelerated by replacing the return of the appropriate part of the TIR Voucher No 2 with the
sending of messages "Arrival Advice" (IE006) and "Control Results" (IE018).
The NCTS is used only for TIR operations within the EU (e.g., not in common transit countries).
For a TIR transport entering the EU from a third country and involving a part of the journey in a
non-EU country before re-entering the EU again, the TIR Carnet holder (or his representative)
is responsible for submitting the TIR Carnet data to start a TIR operation at each Customs Office
of entry to the EU.
NCTS ATA Transit Procedure - Under the national Customs legislation, the ATA transit
procedure can be used in a country only for a transit movement which begins or ends outside
this country.
The term ATA Carnet holder means the person on whose behalf the ATA Carnet is presented.
The ATA Carnet holder is responsible for the presentation of the goods together with the ATA
Carnet at the Customs Offices of Departure and Destination. Within the customs territory of the
country the ATA Carnet holder is also responsible for submitting the ATA Carnet data for the
transit operation at the Customs office of Departure or entry to be registered, processed and
managed by the NCTS, i.e., the procedures for the Customs office of Departure, the Customs office
of Destination and the change of Customs office of Destination described above are applied
correspondingly. The NCTS is used only for ATA transit operations within one country.
2.2.3.8 Statistics