TITLE IIICUSTOMS DEBT AND GUARANTEES

CHAPTER 1 Guarantee for a potential or existing customs debt

Section 3 Provisions for the Union transit procedure and the procedure under the TIR and the ATA Conventions

Subsection 2 Procedures under the TIR and the ATA Conventions

F1Article 163Liability of guaranteeing associations for TIR operations(Articles 226(3)(b) and 227(2)(b) of the Code)

For the purposes of paragraphs 3 and 4 of Article 8 of the Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under cover of TIR carnets, including any subsequent amendments thereof (TIR Convention), where a TIR operation is carried out in the customs territory of the Union, any guaranteeing association established in the customs territory of the Union may become liable for the payment of the secured amount relating to the goods concerned in the TIR operation up to a limit, per TIR carnet, of EUR 100 000 or the national currency equivalent thereof.