TITLE VII

SPECIAL PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 3

Storage
Section 1

Common provisions

Scope
Article 237
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.