# Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 of 28 July 2015 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards detailed rules concerning certain provisions of the Union Customs Code, Article 217: Time-limits for discharge of the temporary admission procedure in the case of means of transport and containers(Article 215(4) of the Code)

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

The discharge of the temporary admission procedure in the case of means of transport and containers shall take place within the following time-limits from the time the goods are placed under the procedure:
(a) for means of rail transport: 12 months;
(b) for commercially used means of transport other than rail transport: the time required for carrying out the transport operations;
(c) for means of road transport privately used:
(i) by students: the period they stay in the customs territory of the Union for the sole purpose of pursuing their studies;
(ii) by persons fulfilling assignments of a specified duration: the period they stay in the customs territory of the Union for the sole purpose of fulfilling their assignment;
(iii) in other cases, including saddle or draught animals and the vehicles drawn by them: 6 months;
(d) for privately used means of air transport: 6 months;
(e) for privately used means of sea and inland waterway transport: 18 months;
(f) for containers, their equipment and accessories: 12 months.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/2446/article/217 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-2446/article-217
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