UK declaration in the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the Withdrawal of the UK from EU: on Authorised Carriers’ ability to comply with the obligations set out in Article 13 of Decision No 1/2023 of the Joint Committee (HTML)

on Authorised Carriers’ ability to comply with the obligations set out in Article 13 of Decision No 1/2023 of the Joint Committee

Pursuant to Article 23(5)(b) of Decision No 1/2023 of the Joint Committee, the United Kingdom declares that all authorised carriers are able to comply with the obligations set out in Article 13 of that Decision (Obligations of Authorised Carriers). In accordance with Article 13, an authorised carrier shall:

(a) take responsibility for establishing that the goods in each parcel are of the type described in Article 138, point (l), of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446;

(b) maintain operational processes that enable it to distinguish between economic operators and private individuals as recipients or senders of parcels;

(c) be able to determine whether the goods they bring into Northern Ireland correspond to category 1 as set out in Annex IV to this Decision;

(d) maintain systems that enable it to collect and share the data referred to in Annex 52-03 to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446;

(e) provide to the United Kingdom competent authority the data referred to in Article 141(1)(d)(vii) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 at regular intervals and under the conditions set out therein;

(f) report to the United Kingdom competent authority any suspicious activity relating to the movement of parcels referred to in Article 7(1)(a)(iii)(bb) of this Decision;

(g) respond to ad hoc requests from the United Kingdom competent authority for further information;

(h) comply with any instructions from the United Kingdom competent authority as to the movements of parcels referred to in Article 7(1)(a)(iii)(bb) of this Decision.