Article 340 Goods released for export or re-export that do not leave the customs territory of the Union(Article 267 of the Code)

Where goods released for the export or re-export are no longer intended to be taken out of the customs territory of the Union, the declarant shall immediately inform the customs office of export.

Without prejudice to paragraph 1, where the goods have already been presented to the customs office of exit, the person who removes the goods from the customs office of exit for carriage to a place within the customs territory of the Union shall inform the customs office of exit that the goods will not be taken out of the customs territory of the Union and specify the MRN of the export or re-export declaration.

Where, in the cases referred to in Article 329(5), (6) and (7), a modification in the transport contract has the effect of terminating inside the customs territory of the Union a transport operation which should have terminated outside, the companies or authorities in question shall inform the customs office of exit of that modification and may only carry out the modified contract with the prior agreement of that customs office.

From the date of deployment of the Automated Export System (AES) referred to in the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/578 at the latest, in the cases referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3, the customs office of exit shall inform the customs office of export that the goods were not taken out of the customs territory of the Union.

In the case of an invalidation of the export or re-export declaration in accordance with Article 248 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446, the customs office of export shall inform the declarant and the declared customs office of exit of that invalidation.