TITLE VIISPECIAL PROCEDURES

CHAPTER 3Storage

Section 1Common provisions

Article 237Scope

1.

Under a storage procedure, non-Union goods may be stored in the customs territory of the Union without being subject to any of the following:

(a)

import duty;

(b)

other charges as provided for under other relevant provisions in force;

(c)

commercial policy measures, insofar as they do not prohibit the entry or exit of goods into or from the customs territory of the Union.

2.

Union goods may be placed under the customs warehousing or free zone procedure in accordance with Union legislation governing specific fields, or in order to benefit from a decision granting repayment or remission of import duty.

3.

The customs authorities may, where an economic need exists and customs supervision will not be adversely affected, authorise the storage of Union goods in a storage facility for customs warehousing. Those goods shall not be regarded as being under the customs warehousing procedure.