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Version date: 18 March 2020 - onwards
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Article 19 Beginning and end of movements of excise goods under duty suspension

1. The movement of excise goods under a duty suspension arrangement shall begin:

(a) in the cases referred to in point (a) of Article 16(1), when the excise goods leave the tax warehouse of dispatch;

(b) in the cases referred to in point (b) of Article 16(1) upon their release for free circulation in accordance with Article 201 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013.

2. The movement of excise goods under a duty suspension arrangement shall end:

(a) in the cases referred to in points (a)(i), (ii) and (iv) of Article 16(1) and point (b) of Article 16(1), when the consignee has taken delivery of the excise goods;

(b) in the cases referred to in point (a)(iii) of Article 16(1), when the goods have left the territory of the Union;

(c) in the cases referred to in point (a)(v) of Article 16(1), when the goods are placed under the external transit procedure.