Establishment of a private warehouse
Authorization to open a private warehouse is granted by the National Director of Customs:
– Local authorities or individuals or legal entities whose main or secondary occupation is to store goods on behalf of third parties (ordinary private warehouse).
– Industrial or commercial companies for their exclusive use, for the purpose of storing goods which they resell when they leave the warehouse (special private warehouse).
Private warehousing can also be granted for goods destined for fairs, exhibitions, competitions and similar events.
Private warehouses are set up in commercial warehouses, under the guarantee of a bond, and re-export the goods or, if they are not prohibited, to pay the customs duties at the time they are released for consumption within the time limit stipulated in article 192 of the law.
The commitment to comply with current legislation is made on the declaration of entry into a private warehouse.
Authorized storage and handling of goods in private warehouses
1. Goods may remain in private warehouses for two years.
2. Damaged goods are excluded from the private warehouse.
The ordinary private warehouse is open only to goods subject to the provisions of article 179 of the law.
2. Private warehouses are open only to goods designated in the authorisation granting the benefit of this regime.
3. Warehouses used for private warehousing must contain only goods placed under this regime.
It is forbidden to move goods placed under private warehousing from one warehouse to another.
Packages must be arranged in such a way as to enable them to be identified and counted.
Warehousemen must keep a special register showing stocks and knots of goods in private warehouses.
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