ECEP02200 - Control: verification of preference documents

Introduction

All preference agreements provide for any preference certificate to be verified by the authorities of the importing country.

Such requests are usually made where specific doubts have arisen as to the originating status of the goods, but random checks can also be made.

Under the terms of the various preference agreements HMRC must undertake such checks and report the findings to the requesting authority.

Information can be found here: Get proof of origin for your goods - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Occasionally requests may also be received from other countries or territory's. These will usually relate to suppliers' declarations supplied to other companies who in turn want to export under preference (see ECEP02050).