1. Special depots are establishments approved by the Director General of Customs and Excise and placed under the control of the customs administration in which petroleum products that have already been cleared through customs under a special customs or tax regime may be stored pending their delivery to users.
Authorisation to operate a special depot is issued by the Director General of Customs and Excise.
2. The rules for setting up and operating special depots are laid down, for each special regime, by the regulations prescribing, by virtue of this Code, the measures applicable with a view to controlling the products cleared through customs under the said regime.