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Seed potatoes
Definition A seed potato is a tuber used for reproduction and cultivation. It is a method of vegetative propagation. Seed potatoes have an important place in Luxembourg exportations of agricultural products. From selection material produced by specialized institutions, it is...
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General formalities
In the context of international trade, any operator executing logistics operations on goods in Luxembourg must respect general administrative
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Import/Export customs formalities
When goods enter or leave the customs territory of the European Union (EU), they must be declared to customs. Union goods that originate from another EU Member State are not declared to customs. These are considered as intra-Community flows...
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Transport formalities
Road transport In order to operate as a carrier of goods, an authorization of establishment is necessary. A manager who wishes to transport goods in all countries of the European Economic Area and Switzerland must also apply for a community...
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Veterinary controls at import/export
Objectives Official veterinarians of the Administration of Veterinary Services (ASV) perform controls to certify the health status of animals or animal products. These controls aim to prevent or eliminate any risks that could arise for humans and animals, and prevent...
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Food
Definition Food refers to all products related to nutrition allowing human beings to function or survive. A food product is a substance intended to be ingested by a human being. European regulations use the terms "food" or "foodstuffs". Food may...
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Reinforced food safety controls
Objectives Following a number of health crises, risk monitoring and harmonized control procedures were put in place in the European Union (EU). Reinforced controls carried out by the Food Safety Unit were introduced in addition to routine controls in order...
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Plants & plant products
Definition The term plants designates living plants and living parts of plants including seeds and reproductive material. For example: fruits, vegetables, tubers, bulbs, rhizomes, cut flowers, branches with leaves, leaves, live pollen, seeds, plants for planting. The term plant products
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Medicinal products for human use
Definition Medicinal products for human use designates any substance or compound presented as having curative or preventive properties with respect to human diseases, as well as any substance or compound that can be used in people or administered to people
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Radioactive materials
Radioactivity is defined as the spontaneous emission of ionizing radiation by the atomic nucleus of an unstable atom during its decay. It consists in
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Customs value
The customs value must be indicated on custom declarations for the import and export of goods. On import, the customs value serves, among others, as a basis for calculating: customs duties anti-dumping, anti-subsidy and retaliatory duties import VAT...
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Storage & temporary storage
Storage & temporary storage Upon entry in the customs territory of the European Union (EU), non-Union goods that are not intended to remain in the EU
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Processing
When non-Union goods are subject, in the customs territory of the European Union (EU), to intervention beyond simple handling, the intervention may be
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Payment of excise duties
Excise duties must be paid when the following products are released for consumption: alcoholic products: beers, wines, alcohols and intermediate products, etc. tobaccos: cigarettes, cigars, tobaccos, etc. energy products and electricity: fuels, LPG, methane natural gas and energy products used
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National operations
Value-added tax (VAT) covers all stages of production and distribution of goods carried out within the territory of Luxembourg. National transactions subject to Luxembourg VAT are the following: sales of goods delivered in Luxembourg, in which goods are located...
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VAT suspensive arrangements
Luxembourg VAT is normally due when goods are supplied in Luxembourg. However, VAT suspensive arrangements allow to delay payment of VAT. These
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TRACES.NT
TRACES, which stands for TRAde Control and Expert System, is a free, multilingual information tool managed by the European Commission to facilitate exchanges between economic operators and administrations of Member States. It is used to centralize, in one database, requests...
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Authorization to transit radioactive materials
Authorization to transit radioactive materials The authorization to transit radioactive materials is a document certifying the permission given to a
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Certificates for agricultural products (Agrim/Agrex)
Definition Certificates for agricultural products are certificates required by the European Union (EU) for imports or exports of certain agricultural products. These certificates allow the EU to monitor the trade of agricultural products with third countries, to compensate for the...
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FLEGT license
Definition FLEGT authorizations, which stands for Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade, are documents issued by timber producing countries that have approved a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) with the European Union (EU). This authorization confirms that the timber or timber...
