(1) With respect to consignments referred to in Article 241 (2) 1, which are goods prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, an import declaration under Article 241 (1) may be omitted when a transportation business entity (referring to a person registered with the Commissioner of the Korea Customs Service or the head of a customs office pursuant to Article 222 (1) 6; hereinafter referred to as "transportation business entity of consignments") submits a list (hereinafter referred to as "list of customs clearance") stating the following matters to the head of a customs office: <Amended on Jan. 1, 2013; Dec. 19, 2017; Dec. 22, 2020>
1. Names, addresses and countries of a shipper and a consignor of goods;
2. Item, quantity, weight and price of goods;
3. Matters related to a list of customs clearance of consignments and determined by Ordinance of the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
(2) No transportation business entity of consignments shall submit a false list of customs clearances.
(3) Where a transportation business entity of consignments delivers any consignment, or entrusts the delivery of any consignment (excluding cases falling under the proviso of Article 31 of the Postal Service Act), to a place other than the place of domicile (in cases of a consignment on which the import declaration has been filed pursuant to Article 241 (1), referring to the place of domicile of the person liable to pay duties entered in the import declaration) of the consignor indicated on the list of customs clearance submitted under paragraph (1), it shall notify the head of a customs office of the place of domicile to which such consignment is actually delivered on or before the 15th day of the month following the month in which the date of delivery falls. <Newly Inserted on Jan. 1, 2014; Dec. 19, 2017; Dec. 22, 2020>
(4) Where a transportation business entity of consignments violates paragraph (2) or (3) or brings goods, the customs clearance of which is restricted pursuant to this Act into Korea, the head of a customs office need not apply customs procedures prescribed in paragraph (1) to such goods. <Amended on Jan. 1, 2014>
(5) The Commissioner of the Korea Customs Service or the head of a customs office shall order customs officers to inspect consignments, and the Commissioner of the Korea Customs Service shall prescribe and publicly announce matters necessary for the submission deadline for a list of customs clearance, notification of the place of domicile to which such consignments are actually delivered, inspections of consignments, etc. <Amended on Dec. 31, 2011; Jan. 1, 2014>
(6) The head of a customs office shall clear a consignment through customs at a designated storage place separately determined in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the Commissioner of the Korea Customs Service: Provided, That where the head of a customs office deems that it is not likely to cause any trouble to watch and control over the consignments, he or she may clear the consignment through customs in a bonded warehouse or facilities (limited to facilities operated by a company that moved in a free trade zone after entering into contract for occupancy pursuant to Article 11 of the Act on Designation and Management of Free Trade Zones in the relevant free trade zone) operated by the relevant transportation business entity of consignments. <Newly Inserted on Jan. 1, 2013; Jan. 1, 2014; Jan. 27, 2016>
(7) Where the head of a customs office deems that no impediment will be inflicted on the monitoring and control of consignments after the inspection prescribed in paragraph (5) is completed to a consignment exempt from customs clearance under paragraph (1), he or she may have such consignments cleared through a bonded area, etc. prescribed by the Commissioner of the Korea Customs Service, notwithstanding paragraph (6). <Newly Inserted on Dec. 22, 2020>
(8) Where the head of a customs office clears a consignment through customs in a bonded warehouse or facilities operated by a transportation business entity of consignments pursuant to the proviso of paragraph (6), matters necessary for the standards for consignment inspection equipment, procedures for using equipment, the effective period of using equipment, etc. shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Newly Inserted on Jan. 1, 2013; Jan. 1, 2014; Dec. 22, 2020>
(9) The Commissioner of the Korea Customs Service may give public notice of matters prescribed by Presidential Decree, such as matters concerning cooperation between the head of a customs office and a transportation business entity of consignments, necessary for the prompt customs clearance of consignments and the efficient monitoring and control of consignments. <Newly Inserted on Dec. 22, 2020>[This Article Wholly Amended on Dec. 30, 2010]