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Requirement · CUST-03

Verify, on a competent authority's request, the correctness or accuracy of communicated customs information.

Customs authorities and the Commission must comply, and it sits in an act that is partly law and partly a proposal.

Why it matters

The act this comes from is partly law in force and partly a proposal that can still change.

  • It is Art. 1(15)(b), adding a subparagraph to Art. 25(3) of Regulation (EU) 2023/956, in the CBAM extension — downstream goods and anti-circumvention. as of 2026-08-14
  • The act gives its timing as: from entry into force (third day after publication), Art. 2. as of 2026-08-14
  • It names no industry: it applies across the economy rather than to one of them. as of 2026-08-14
  • Compliance is checked by none, if it happens. as of 2026-08-14
Addressee Customs authorities and the CommissionAct COM(2025) 989 final, 2025/0419 (COD)Article Art. 1(15)(b), adding a subparagraph to Art. 25(3) of Regulation (EU) 2023/956Class Governments

The rule

New — no predecessor
Trigger

competent authority considers communicated information incorrect or inaccurate

Obligation

Verify, on a competent authority's request, the correctness or accuracy of communicated customs information.

Who is affected

Addressee
Customs authorities and the Commission
Class
Governments
Sectors
No sector named — applies by size or activity
Applies
from entry into force (third day after publication), Art. 2

Burden drivers

No burden drivers recorded on this provision.

Source text

Verbatim

‘Where the competent authority considers that the information is incorrect or inaccurate, the competent authority may request the customs authorities or the Commission to verify the correctness or the accuracy of that information.

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