Process description
Service requests
In order to obtain an authorisation, an application shall be made to the Customs Decision System (CDS - EU Trader Portal) using the SRS Electronic Declaration System (EDS) (https://eds.vid.gov.lv/login/ - Connect to European Information Systems - Customs Decision System (CDS - EU Trader Portal) - Applications - New Application).
For customs warehouses not located on bunker barges, submit the following documents:
1. the location plan (or copy) for the customs warehouse;
2. if a customs warehouse is intended for storage of foodstuffs (as defined in Regulation (EEC) No 612 / 2009 37, par. 1), the applicant must submit a guarantee in accordance with Regulation No 612 / 2009 37, par. 2.
If a customs warehouse is intended to be located on a bunker barge, submit the following documents:
1. bunker barge sea worthiness certificate (copy);
2. storage hold placement diagram (copy) indicating the name of the applicant and EORI number and clearly marked and identified storage spaces including capacity and total pipeline system volume; and
3. documents (copies) indicating quantities the storage holds can accommodate (certificates for measuring instruments and hold capacity and tank calibration tables).Receipt of services
A decision regarding an authorisation for the operation of storage sites for the storage of goods in a customs warehouse (favourable or unfavourable) shall be communicated electronically to the economic operator (the applicant) in the Customs decision system.