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Authorisation type codes for Data Element 3/39 of the Customs Declaration Service

Find codes which identify the type of customs authorisation held (Appendix 6).

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Authorisation type codes for Data Element 3/39 of the Customs Declaration Service

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This list of codes identifies the type of customs authorisation you hold, for example, SDE to be declared when Simplified Declaration Procedure is being used.

You should use this Data Element to declare the EORI number against the appropriate authorisation type code. This should be done for each type of authorisation required in order to declare the goods to the customs procedure.

The corresponding authorisation decision number must be declared in Data Element 2/3 against the document code.

This Data Element does not require completion where an authorisation by customs declaration is used for special procedures.

Published 1 August 2018
Last updated 1 July 2022 + show all updates
  1. Authorisation type code LVBI has been deleted as it is no longer in use. Authorisation type codes BRD, EXRR, FP, FTI, UKD and UKTS have been added to the list of authorisation type codes.

  2. First published.