Article 251 Banana weighing certificates(Article 163(1) of the Code)
United Kingdom
The economic operator authorised to draw up certificates in accordance with Article 155 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 (banana weighing certificates) shall give the customs authorities advance notice of the weighing of a consignment of fresh bananas for the purpose of drawing up a that certificate, giving details of the type of packaging, the origin and the time and place of weighing.
The banana weighing certificate shall be in the declarant’s possession and at the disposal of the customs authorities at the time of lodging of a declaration for release for free circulation of fresh bananas falling within CN code 0803 90 10 subject to import duty.
By way of derogation from paragraph 2, at the declarant’s request for an authorisation as set out in F1Article 166 of the Code, the customs authorities may decide to release consignments of fresh bananas into free circulation on the basis of a provisional declaration of the weight on the following conditions:
The authorisation shall oblige the importer to transport bananas in their unaltered state from the same shipment to designated authorised weighs mentioned in the simplified declaration where the correct weight and value will be determined;
The declarant is responsible for submitting the weighing certificate to the customs office of free circulation within 10 calendar days after the simplified declaration has been accepted;
The declarant shall lodge a guarantee as set out in Article 195(1) of the Code.
The provisional weight may be derived from a previous weighing certificate for bananas from the same type and origin.
The banana weighing certificate shall be drawn up using the form set out in Annex 61-02.