Customs Compliance & Litigation

Customs compliance in Morocco: situations addressed

During a post-clearance audit, the company must justify the declared origin, the tariff line used and the proofs provided.

The supplier's declaration thus forms a decisive link in preferential origin. Likewise, a notice from the authorities calls for a reasoned response within the time limits.

The department also handles customs settlements and the detention of counterfeit goods at the border. The firm has already handled more than fifty customs audit files and more than one thousand tariff lines.

In addition, import and export operations in Morocco require precise documents and customs formalities. The department belongs to the Crisis Management & Restructuring pole, the backbone of the firm.

Approach and interventions

Each assignment starts by reconstructing the file: facts, documents, texts, actors and deadlines. A confidential preliminary diagnosis then qualifies the urgency. The founder leads every assignment directly.

Interventions include in particular:

• assistance during post-clearance audits;
• reconstruction of audited transactions;
• analysis of origin and proofs of origin;
• review of tariff classification;
• customs compliance audit;
• responses to notices from the authorities.

In customs compliance in Morocco, the deliverables include an audit, a tariff analysis and a transaction reconstruction file. They also include a customs risk map and compliance recommendations. The reconstruction of audited transactions supports the company's technical and legal arguments. Finally, the firm prepares litigation files in liaison with lawyers, who handle court representation.

Customs compliance in Morocco: related tools and services

Several tools and services extend this work:

• Checklist – Post-clearance verification of preferential origin (EU-Morocco);
• Checklist – Proofs of origin: required documents;
• Template – Customs settlement request (remission of fines and settlement offer);
• Customs and origin consultation – Rules of origin, nomenclature, proofs;
• Customs audit and reassessment consultation – Reading the situation and organising the response;
• Preferential origin – preparing for post-clearance verification.

The two checklists prepare for the audit, while the settlement template concerns the settlement stage. For customs compliance in Morocco, these tools thus follow the stages of a file.