Single Administrative Document

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The Single Administrative Document (SAD), also known as Form C88 in the UK,{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/import-and-export-single-administrative-document-full-8-part-set-c88-1-8|title=The Single Administrative Document for import and export |website=GOV.UK|date=28 November 2019 }}, updated 28 November 2019, accessed 6 March 2021 is the main customs form used in international trade to or from the European Union Customs Union. Traders and agents can use the SAD to assist with declaring import, export, transit and community status declarations in manual processing situations. It is used for EU trade with non-EU countries and for the movement of non-EU goods within the EU,European Commission, [https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/business/customs-procedures/general-overview/single-administrative-document-sad_en The single administrative document (SAD)], accessed 6 March 2021 and replaced the various national forms in use among member states before its introduction in 1988.Henning Harders (New Zealand) Ltd., [https://www.harders.co.nz/freight-forwarding-tools/glossary/ Glossary], accessed 6 March 2021

SAD legislation needed to take full account of today's environment and adapt with the evolution that occurred since its inception. Regulation 2286/2003 did this by introducing a radical modernization of data collection on EU customs declarations.{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/business/customs-procedures/general-overview/single-administrative-document-sad_en|title=The single administrative document (SAD) - Taxation and customs union |publisher= European Commission}}

The SAD breaks down into 54 boxes; the full version comes in 8 parts for use at different points in the trading process; see also the C88A alternative version of the form.HMRC, [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/import-and-export-single-administrative-document-c88a Single Administrative Document (C88A)], updated 3 December 2019, accessed 6 March 2021

The SAD can be filled in by the consignee or by an agent representing them.

All instructions to complete the Single Administrative Document are stated in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/341 of 17 December 2015.[http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0341 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/341 of 17 December 2015 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards transitional rules for certain provisions of the Union Customs Code where the relevant electronic systems are not yet operational and amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446]