Community transit

Two situations can be distinguished with respect to Community transit:

• internal Community transit
• external Community transit

In both cases, goods are transported from one location in the EU to another location in the EU. The difference between the two concerns the type of good you are transporting.

For a large part, the internal Community transit procedure is identical to the external Community transit procedure. The difference is that:

• the internal procedure applies to the transport of Community goods
• the external procedure applies to the transport of non-Community goods

Under the Community transit procedure, the customs transit declaration is filed by means of the Transit-NCTS system. A written declaration can only be filed in the following cases:

• under the emergency procedure in Transit, if no electronic data interchange is possible because of technical malfunction
  There are 3 emergency procedures:
  • Noodprocedure NCTS (normale procedure) bij vertrek (only available in Dutch)
  • Noodprocedure NCTS toegelaten afzender (TA) (only available in Dutch)
  • Noodprocedure NCTS toegelaten geadresseerde (TG) (only available in Dutch)
• by travellers (only available in Dutch)