SPE04090 - Applying for an authorisation for a Special Procedure: time limits for considering an application and issuing a decision

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Decisions on authorisations for:

  • Inward Processing
  • Outward Processing
  • Temporary Admission
  • Authorised Use procedure

shall be taken within a time limit of 30 days.

Decisions on authorisations for a customs warehouse shall be taken within a time limit of 60 days.

If the application requires an examination of the economic conditions (‘the economic test’) the time limits as referred to above shall be extended for a maximum of one year from the date on which the file was transmitted to the Commission Committee.

Under certain conditions these time limits may be extended. See SPE04100. Please refer to sections CAA02060 and CAA02070 for further details.

For further information see:

Time limits for customs authorisations/CAA02040 and

for those involving another Member State:

Consultation involving another Member State/CAA02060.

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.