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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-341/annex-9/appendix-G1",
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  "legislation": "eur/2016/341",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/341 of 17 December 2015 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards transitional rules for certain provisions of the Union Customs Code where the relevant electronic systems are not yet operational and amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446",
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  "number": "G1",
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  "text": "TRANSIT/SECURITY ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENT (TSAD)\nCHAPTER I\nSpecimen of the Transit/Security Accompanying Document\nCHAPTER II\nExplanatory notes and particulars (data) for the Transit/Security Accompanying Document\nThe Transit/Security Accompanying Document contains data valid for the whole of the declaration.\nThe information contained in the Transit/Security Accompanying Document shall be based on data derived from the transit declaration; where necessary, that information will be amended by the holder of the procedure and/or verified by the office of departure.\nThe paper to be used for the Transit/Security Accompanying Document can be of green colour.\nIn addition to the provisions in the explanatory notes of Appendices A, C1 and D1, particulars have to be printed as follows:\n1.\nMRN (MOVEMENT REFERENCE NUMBER):\nThe MRN is to be printed on the first page and on all lists of items except where these forms are used in the context of the business continuity procedure for transit in which cases no MRN is allocated.\nThe information is alphanumerical and comprises 18 characters following the prescriptions below:\nField\nContent\nField type\nExamples\n1\nLast two digits of year of formal acceptance of the transit declaration (YY)\nNumeric 2\n06\n2\nIdentifier of the country where the movement originates (alpha 2 country code)\nAlphabetic 2\nRO\n3\nUnique identifier for transit movement per year and country\nAlphanumeric 13\n9876AB8890123\n4\nCheck digit\nAlphanumeric 1\n5\nFields 1 and 2 as explained above.\nField 3 shall be filled in with an identifier for the transit transaction. The way that field is used is under the responsibility of national administrations but each transit transaction handled during one year within the given country must have a unique number.\nNational administrations that want to have the office reference number of the customs authorities included in the MRN, could use up to the first 6 characters to insert the national number of the office.\nField 4 shall be filled with a value that is a check digit for the whole MRN.\nThis field allows for detection of an error when capturing the whole MRN.\nThe ‘MRN’ shall also be printed in bar code mode using the standard ‘code 128’, character set ‘B’.\n2.\nBOX SEC. DECL. (S00):\nIndicate code S where the Transit/Security Accompanying Document contains security information as well. Where this Document does not contain security information, the box shall be left blank.\n3.\nBOX FORMS (3):\nFirst subdivision: serial number of the current printed sheet,\nSecond subdivision: total number of sheets printed (including list of items)\n4.\nBOX REFERENCE NUMBERS (7):\nIndicate LRN or/and UCR.\nLRN a local reference number as defined in Appendix C2.\nUCR a Unique Consignment Reference Number as referred to in Appendix C1, title II, box 7.\n5.\nIN THE SPACE TO THE RIGHT OF BOX CONSIGNEE (8):\nName and address of the customs office to which the return copy of the Transit/Security Accompanying Document shall be returned.\n6.\nBOX OTHER SCI (S32):\nEnter other specific circumstance indicator.\n7.\nBOX OFFICE OF DEPARTURE (C):\nReference number of the office of departure,\nAcceptance date of the transit declaration,\nThe name and the authorisation number of the authorised consignor (if any).\n8.\nBOX CONTROL BY OFFICE OF DEPARTURE (D):\nControl results,\nSeals affixed or the indication ‘- -’ identifying the ‘Waiver — 99201’,\nThe indication ‘Binding itinerary’, where appropriate.\nThe Transit/Security Accompanying Document shall not be modified nor shall any addition or deletion be made thereto unless otherwise specified in this Regulation.\n9.\nFORMALITIES EN ROUTE\nBetween the time when the goods leave the office of departure and the time they arrive at the office of destination, certain details may have to be added on the Transit/Security Accompanying Document accompanying the goods. The details relate to the transport operation and must be entered by the carrier responsible for the means of transport on which the goods are loaded as and when the corresponding activities are carried out. The particulars may be added legibly by hand, in which case the entries should be made in ink and in block letters.\nCarriers are reminded that goods can be transhipped only under an authorisation of the customs authorities of the country in whose territory the transhipment is to be made.\nWhere those authorities consider that the Union transit operation concerned may continue in the normal way they shall, once they have taken any steps that may be necessary, endorse the Transit/Security Accompanying Documents.\nThe customs authorities at the office of transit or office of destination, as the case may be, have the obligation to incorporate into the system the added data on the Transit/Security Accompanying Document. The data can also be incorporated by the authorised consignee.\nThe boxes and activities involved are:\n10.\nTRANSHIPMENT: USE BOX 55\nBox Transhipment (55):\nThe carrier must complete the first three lines of this box when goods are transhipped from one means of transport to another or from one container to another in the course of the operation in question.\nHowever where goods are carried in containers that are to be transported by road vehicles, customs authorities may authorise the holder of the procedure to leave box 18 blank where the logistical pattern at the point of departure may prevent the identity and nationality of the means of transport from being provided at the time of establishment of the transit declaration, and where they can ensure that the proper information concerning the means of transport shall be subsequently entered in box 55.\n11.\nOTHER INCIDENTS: USE BOX 56\nBox Other incidents during carriage (56):\nBox to be completed in accordance with current obligations regarding transit.\nIn addition, where goods have been loaded on a semi-trailer and the tractor is changed during the journey (without the goods being handled or transhipped), enter in this box the registration number and nationality of the new tractor. In this case, endorsement by the competent authorities is not necessary.",
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