In certain situations, customs formalities may also require other customs documents or arrangements. Below you will find information on various customs documents and arrangements.
An ATR certificate is a customs document that can be used for trade between countries from the EU and Turkey. The EU has concluded a customs agreement with Turkey, which allows you to import most goods without import duties. The goods must originate from the EU or Turkey. This is recorded in an ATR certificate.
As the sender, you transfer the ATR certificate to one of our couriers when exporting to Turkey. We then take care of the further customs clearance.
For more information about the ATR certificate, please refer to the website of the Chamber of Commerce.
A EUR.1 certificate is a customs document used for trade between the EU and a large number of countries or territories with which the EU has a free trade agreement. These trade agreements can make your goods eligible for reduced or zero import duties.
In general, these trade agreements are bilateral (two-sided), meaning that the contracting parties grant each other tariff preferences. In certain cases, the agreement is unilateral (one-sided). Goods of preferential origin from the partner countries concerned receive a discount or exemption when imported into the European Union, whereas goods of preferential origin from the EU do not receive this when imported into the partner countries concerned.
The "rules of origin" for the EUR.1 certificate are laid down in the origin protocols of the relevant agreement. The application and validation of a EUR.1 certificate is done at the Chamber of Commerce and the Dutch customs.
For shipments with an invoice value lower than € 6000, you can use an invoice declaration instead of the EUR.1 certificate. Please note: the origin rules as they apply to a EUR.1 certificate are also applicable to the invoice declaration.
For more information about the EUR.1 certificate or the invoice declaration, please refer to the website of the Chamber of Commerce.
A Certificate of Origin (CO) is an origin document and serves as proof of the origin of goods. For political or trade policy reasons, a number of countries outside the EU require a CO when importing goods. This enables them to restrict or prohibit the import of goods from certain, non-friendlier countries, for example, or to prevent market disruption from these particular countries. The Certificate of Origin is issued by the Chamber of Commerce.
For more information about the Certificate of Origin (CO), we refer you to the website of the Chamber of Commerce.
A T1 document is a customs document that indicates that the non-Union goods (external transit or goods from outside the EU) mentioned on the document are transported under the Union transit procedure. The advantage is that the goods can move freely through the EU or be stored in a customs warehouse without having to pay import duties.
For example, you have resold goods from Argentina to a customer in Serbia. The goods arrive in the port of Rotterdam. By means of a T1 declaration and thus placing the goods under the External EU-Customs Transit procedure, the goods can be transported freely through the EU to Serbia without having to clear customs.
A T2 document is a customs document which indicates that the Union goods (internal transit or goods from within the EU) mentioned on the document are moving under the Union transit procedure. With the T2 document you can ship Union goods from one EU country, via an EFTA country, to another EU country. Think for example of sending goods from the Netherlands to Italy via Switzerland (EFTA country). In the EFTA country, you use the T2 document to prove that it concerns union goods for which duties have already been paid.
You can also use a T2 document when you export union goods to an EFTA country. In that case, a T2 document will be made up in addition to a mandatory export document. This has the advantage that the goods can then be declared at their destination in the EFTA country, instead of at the country's external border.
An ATA Carnet is a customs document that exempts you from paying import duties and taxes on temporary imports, exports and transit. The ATA-Carriage is based on a treaty to which many countries are affiliated. The goods are temporarily admitted to the affiliated countries without having to pay import duties and taxes. Transport takes place under cover of an ATA Carnet, a kind of passport for your goods, which is issued by the Chamber of Commerce. The ATA carnet allows you to import and transit the goods covered by the document in affiliated countries an unlimited number of times during one year (the maximum validity period of the document). The goods must be returned to the country of export within one year.
You can use an ATA carnet for the temporary import, export and transit of, for example
For more information on ATA carnets please visit the website of the Chamber of Commerce.
