58Notifying the person concerned that the customs procedure has not been discharged serves a number of purposes. First, under Article 379(2) of the implementing regulation, the notification must indicate, in particular, the time-limit of three months within which the trader concerned can provide to the office of departure proof of the regularity of the transit operation or the place where the offence or irregularity was actually committed. Thus, notification of that time-limit to the principal constitutes a prerequisite for the recovery of the customs debt by the customs authorities and is intended to protect the principal's interests (Case C-300/03 Honeywell Aerospace [2005] ECR I-689, paragraphs 23 and 24). Second, notification makes the bona fide operator aware that a consignment has been deflected and thus enables him to take the measures necessary to prevent a customs debt being incurred as a result of similar subsequent consignments. Third, the fact that the principal is aware of the irregularity may allow him to provide additional security to the customs authorities in order to ensure payment of the customs debt in accordance with Article 198 of the Customs Code.
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