Very often, a customs agency is confused with an institution such as the Customs Office, and a customs agent with a customs officer. In fact, the customs agent is a representative of entities (customers) before the customs authorities, and the customs officer is an officer of the Customs Administration.
The Customs Agency, on the basis of the authorization granted, enables the circulation of goods in the European Union and outside it, in the case of export and import of goods (export-import). In addition, it acts as an intermediary in various activities related to the customs administration.
The task of the customs agency is to properly perform the customs clearance and take care of all formalities.

EORI identification number is required for every economic entity that has its registered office in the European Union and intends to import or export goods. The assigned number consists of two letters and 15 digits. The letters are the country code of the applicant for an EORI number. The registration process itself takes about 14 business days, and the submission of the application can be done online.

In cases where the original invoice is missing, a copy of the invoice with a value not exceeding the equivalent of EUR 70 or for goods with zero or suspended to zero duty rate and zero tax rate may be considered a document used to determine the customs value of the goods.

The notification should be made from the date of submission of the summary declaration by: 1. Ninety days for transport by sea. 2. twenty days for non-sea transport. These periods may be extended by the customs authority upon a written request of the person concerned, submitted before the expiry of the period, by 30 days and 7 days respectively.

• Translated Commercial Invoice
• Bill of Lading – For shipping
• Other documents – if required by separate regulations, for example: about Packing List, CE certificate, Certificate of origin.

• An invoice or, in the absence of an invoice, a provisional invoice or a proforma invoice
• Goods specification or packing list
• Other documents – if required by separate regulations

The Single Administrative Document is a universal statistical customs document used to carry out formalities relating to customs procedures. The SAD applies to all goods, regardless of their type and origin. It acts as an application for the initiation of a customs procedure.

EUR1 is a movement certificate proving the origin of goods exported to third countries. They are issued due to the goods being transported, for which customs preferences will be applied, i.e. the rate of customs duty in the country of importation will be reduced under, for example, preferential bilateral agreements between the EU and a given country of import.

The T2L document is used to confirm in the importer’s country that the notified goods have the Community status. As a rule, it is used when goods with EU status are transported from one place in the European Union to another place in the territory of the Community through the territory of third countries and when Community goods are transported between ports in the EU by sea or air.

The ATA carnet is a document used for the temporary admission of goods. The ATA carnet allows you to temporarily import or export goods to 74 ATA countries. The ATA carnet is not required to transport goods within the European Union. The ATA carnet is valid for 12 months from the date of issue.

The TIR carnet is an international customs transit document. Pursuant to the provisions of the TIR Convention, goods are transported in road vehicles as well as containers transported by road, which are usually sealed by the customs authorities. The TIR carnet also serves as a guarantee of the transported goods (each TIR carnet has a guarantee of several dozen thousand Euro).