HCOTEG122045 - Marking: authorisation and approval: application

Traders who wish to mark oils, or to deliver oils under a marking waiver, must apply for HMRC approval.

Type of trader

Type of Application and/or authorisation required

Operator of a duty-suspended installation 

Approval to mark, or deliver oil under a waiver, as part of oils warehouse approval.

Operator of a duty-paid terminal 

Registration as a “Registered Remote Marking Premises”.

Marking oils other than their own

Registration as a “Registered Remote Marker”.

Duty-suspended installations

Operators of a duty-suspended installation must write to HMRC, providing the details set out in Appendix L of Excise Notice 179.

Duty-paid terminals

Operators of duty-paid terminals seeking approval as a Registered Remote Marker must apply to HMRC by completing form HO RRM.

Registered Remote Markers

To mark oil as a Registered Remote Marker, a business case must be submitted in support of the application, demonstrating a commercial and operational need for registration.

See Excise Notice 179, paragraphs 8.8 and 8.9.