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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
Veterinary controls at import/export Official veterinarians of the Administration of Veterinary Services (ASV) perform controls to certify the health
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Food
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
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Reinforced food safety controls
Following a number of health crises, risk monitoring and harmonized control procedures were put in place in the European Union (EU). Reinforced
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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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Seed potatoes
A seed potato is a tuber used for reproduction and cultivation. It is a method of vegetative propagation.
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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
Upon entry in the customs territory of the European Union (EU), non-Union goods that are not intended to remain in the EU or that are waiting for
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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. sales of goods
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Statistical formalities (Intrastat)
The principle of the free circulation of Union goods among the Member States of the European Union led to the disappearance of all customs barriers
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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.
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Type of goods
In addition to the same standard obligations, formalities related to import, export, transit or intra-EU movements of goods vary according to their
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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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Animal products
Animal products are all products that come from the body of an animal. They are also called products of animal origin.
