Article 20

The movement of excise goods under a duty suspension arrangement shall begin, in the cases referred to in Article 17(1)(a) of this Directive, when the excise goods leave the tax warehouse of dispatch, and in the cases referred to in its Article 17(1)(b) upon their release for free circulation in accordance with Article 79 of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92. The movement of excise goods under a duty suspension arrangement shall end, in the cases referred to in Article 17(1)(a)(i), (ii) and (iv) and Article 17(1)(b), when the consignee has taken delivery of the excise goods and, in the cases referred to in Article 17(1)(a)(iii), when the goods have left the territory of the Community.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-31 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.