The customs authorities may require that goods to be examined by other competent authorities be declared at customs offices designated for that purpose.
(b)
Examination of goods outside the business hours of the customs office
35.
Standard
At the request of the declarant, and for reasons deemed valid by the customs authorities, the latter shall, so far as possible, allow goods declared for home use to be examined outside the business hours of the customs office; the expenses entailed by such examination may be charged to the declarant.
Note
Examination outside the business hours of the customs office may be arranged for, e.g., perishable goods, live animals and other urgent consignments.
(c)
Examinations of goods at a place other than the customs office
36.
Standard
At the request of the declarant, and for reasons deemed valid by the customs authorities, the latter shall, so far as possible, allow goods declared for home use to be examined at a place other than the customs office where the goods declaration was lodged; the expenses entailed by such examination may be charged to the declarant.
Notes
1.
Goods may be examined, according to the circumstances, at the premises of the person concerned, on premises with appropriate equipment, at any place within the customs surveillance zone or at a customs office other than that at which the goods declaration was lodged.
2.
The cases in which arrangements may be made for examination at a place other than the customs office where the goods declaration was lodged include:
— goods which cannot readily be examined until unloaded at destination (for example: wheat, oil or ores imported by ship or barge; bulk consignments of parts in containers; furniture and household effects imported on transfer of residence),
— goods which cannot be examined without appropriate equipment (such as a dark room or a cold chamber),
— goods which cannot usefully be required to be produced at a customs office (for example, products obtained from the working of border lands or quarries near the frontier, imported by the shortest route).
(d)
Presence of the declarant at examination of goods
37.
Standard
The declarant shall have the right to attend or to be represented at the examination of the goods. If the customs authorities deem it useful, they may require him to be present or to be represented at the examination of the goods in order that he may give the customs any assistance necessary to facilitate the examination.
Notes
1.
The declarant may be required to group the packages, open them, sort the goods by description and tally them.
2.
If goods declared for home use are dangerous, delicate or fragile, the declarant may be required to provide experts to assist the customs.
3.
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