# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239 of 18 May 2016 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the system of import and export licences (Text with EEA relevance), Article 9: Customs declaration

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

1. The customs declaration shall refer to the licence ... using a specific code and the licence issue number indicated in its Section 25 of the import licence or Section 23 of the export licence as published from time to time on the website of the customs authority, or, where applicable, in accordance with Annex I, point 4, in Section 2.
2. The IT applications of the licence issuing authority may provide direct access for the customs authority to the electronic licence .... If direct access is not available, the declarant or the licence issuing authority shall send the licence ... to the customs authority in electronic format.
If the IT applications of the licence issuing authority or customs authority are not suited for applying the first subparagraph, licences ... may be sent in paper format.
3. The declarant shall submit the titular holder's copy of the paper licence ... to the customs authority, or hold it at the disposal of the customs authorities in accordance with Article 163 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/1239/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1239/article-9
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