TQGN2250 - General principles: action in the Central Tariff Quota Unit (CTQU)

Action on data

CTQU collates quota requests, sends them electronically to the Commission in Brussels, receives responses by the same method and advises the National Clearance Hub (NCH), National Import Duty Adjustment Centre (NIDAC) and National Duty Repayment Centre (NDRC) of:

• status changes, eg quotas exhausted or made critical
• the outcome of claims against critical or exhausted quotas, by issue of email advice slips.

Information systems

CTQU broadcasts urgent information by email to the relevant offices. Tariff Circulars and Notices are used for less urgent material.

Responses to claims

Critical advice slip

This is the authority to adjust the security taken with each claim to a critical quota. CTQU send a copy to the NIDAC, (and the NCH and NDRC where necessary). It shows details of the:

• entry on which the claim was made
• amount claimed and
• amount allowed.

Table 4 at TQGN3200 offers guidance on action to be taken on receipt of critical advice slips.