What is contained in an ATA Carnet document?
The carnet document has a green cover page which provides the names of the carnet holder and issuing Association, the dates of issue and expiry, the carnet number, the countries in which the carnet may be used. A complete description of the goods covered is printed on the reverse. This is followed by pairs of vouchers, for each Customs frontier or border to be crossed. These are colour-coded for use by the various Customs authorities: yellow for the country of departure and return (usually the UK or other EU country); white for foreign Customs, and blue for transit only. The number of pages of each type is pre-determined at the time of issue of the carnet. Each sheet is accompanied by a corresponding counterfoil, which remains in the carnet and describes the actions taken by Customs officers each time goods enter or leave a country; the actual page being detached and retained by the Customs Authority. The information from the font cover (including the List of Goods), is repeated on eac
