SPE16055 - General relief conditions: provisions for common storage of goods

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Where there is a proven commercial need, traders may apply to their Supervising office for authority to store Authorised Use goods together with non Authorised Use goods of the same kind. Equivalence may be approved only if the goods are of the same commercial quality, the same technical characteristics and fall within the same Tariff Sub-Heading (that is, the same first 8 digits of the Commodity Code).

If you are satisfied that there is a need for such an arrangement and no control difficulties are likely to arise, the application may be approved.

Note: Northern Ireland (NI) customs authorisations will continue to fall within the provisions of the Union Customs Code (UCC), as retained by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and CEMA 1979.