51 a Require, at any time, the presentation of the goods deposited in the customs
warehouse; b Check and re-check the entry and the exit of the goods, whenever deemed
necessary; c Require the preparation, with or without regularity, of inventories of all or of
part of the goods liable to the customs warehousing procedure, as well as undertake inspections to the stock records.
3. Public warehouses shall be liable to permanent supervision and to searches and
seizures by the customs authorities.
D. Transit
Article 112 Internal Transit and External Transit
1. The internal transit procedure shall allow the movement of national goods from
one point to another point of the national customs territory, passing through the territory of a third country, without changing their customs status.
2. The external transit procedure shall allow the movement of foreign goods
between two points of the national customs territory without such goods being subject to import duties and other charges or to commercial policy measures.
3. Foreign goods moving between two customs warehouses or between customs, as
well as goods intended for exportation, shall be liable to external transit procedure.
4. In case the transportation of goods under the external transit procedure is made by
sea, the vessel shall not suspend the navigation between the port of departure and the port of arrival.
5. The customs authorities may set a mandatory itinerary in relation to land
transports, as well as require the provision of a guarantee and set a time limit for the discharge of the transit procedure.
6. Whenever they deem it necessary, customs authorities shall determine the
permanent supervision of the goods to be transported under the present customs procedures.
7. Goods circulating under a transit procedure shall be accompanied the 13 copy of
the Single Administrative Document.
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Article 113 Discharge of the Procedure
1. A transit procedure shall be considered discharged when the customs at the point
of arrival returns the 13 copy of the Single Administrative Document, duly authenticated, to the customs at the point of departure.
2. The supervisor of the customs at the point of arrival referred to in paragraph 1
shall appoint a customs officer to check the Single Administrative Document. After certifying the conformity of the procedure, the customs officer so appointed
shall write the following:
Found to be correct. Checked. And shall put the date, sign and stamp. 3.
Without prejudice to the sanctions provided for in this Code, the non-discharge of a transit procedure shall be communicated to the Customs Controller, who shall
immediately require the provision of a guarantee and prepare a record of fiscal violation.
E. Temporary Importation