The Recovery of Import Duties and Export Duties (Andorra) Regulations 2010

Requests for Notification – procedure following receipt of the request

7.—(1) The Commissioners shall—

(a) acknowledge receipt of a request for information in writing not later than seven days after the date of such receipt;

(b) take the necessary measures to effect notification, as soon as possible, in accordance with the law applicable to notification of similar instruments in that part of the United Kingdom in which notification is given;

(c) promptly inform the applicant authority of the action taken on its request for notification and, in particular, confirm to the applicant authority, as soon as reasonably practicable, the date on which the instrument was notified to the person concerned by returning a copy of the request form with the relevant certificate completed;

(d) not question the validity of the instrument.

(2) The Commissioners may request additional information from the applicant authority for the purposes of effecting notification but shall not thereby jeopardise any final date for notification indicated in the request for notification.

(3) For the purposes of this regulation, “instrument” means any document or decision, including those of a judicial nature, which emanates from the Principality of Andorra and which relates to a claim which forms the subject of a request for recovery.