# Council Decision of 28 May 2009 publishing in consolidated form the text of the Customs Convention on the international transport of goods under cover of TIR carnets (TIR Convention) of 14 November 1975 as amended since that date (2009/477/EC), Article 10

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Discharge of a TIR operation has to take place without delay.
2. When the Customs authorities of a Contracting Party have discharged a TIR operation they can no longer claim from the guaranteeing association payment of the sums mentioned in Article 8, paragraphs 1 and 2, unless the certificate of termination of the TIR operation was obtained in an improper or fraudulent manner or no termination has taken place.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2009/477/annex/article/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-477/annex/article-10
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