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Online services
Various certificates, permits or declarations are needed in order to transport goods. Some certificates or declarations may be established with
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VAT online services
The procedures outlined below require user identification via a reliable electronic certificate (Luxtrust business certificate). Identification to the VAT Companies that need to register for VAT may file their initial VAT return with the competent tax office on paper or...
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Certificate of preferential origin
Definition Preferential origin allows goods to benefit from reduced or nil customs duties when they are imported from third countries. These privileges are specified: in the preferential agreements that the European Union (EU) maintains with a large number of third
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CITES Permit
The CITES permit or certificate is a document accompanying imports, exports and re-exports of products from species protected by the CITES Convention
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Common Entry Document (CED)
Common Entry Document (CED) The Common Entry Document (CED) is a form that must be completed by importers in the TRACES system to give prior
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Free sale Certificate
Free sale Certificate A free sale certificate is a document intended for a third country. It provides notice that a product is freely sold or consumed
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Government agencies
Luxembourg government agencies and administrations issuing certificates and conducting controls on international goods.
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Ministry of Justice
The Ministry of Justice has several functions: the preparation of legal texts in the form of draft laws, the administration of justice and the management of districts and justice departments. For that, the Ministry includes the following specialized departments: the
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Customs controls
The customs controls performed by the Customs and Excise Administration aim to verify the compliance of customs declared transactions with regulations
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Product conformity inspection
Objectives The purpose of product conformity inspection by the ILNAS is to detect non-compliant products put on the national market in order to: guarantee the proper functioning of the free circulation of products in the single market prevent unfair
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Border Inspection Post (BIP)
Border Inspection Posts (BIP) are located on the outside borders of Member States of the European Union (EU). The only BIP in Luxembourg is located at the Cargo Center at Luxembourg airport, the only border entry point with third countries.
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Food additives
Definition Food additives are substances that are not usually consumed as food and not used as a main ingredient of food but that are added to food products for a technological purpose, at the stages of: manufacturing processing preparation handling...
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Feed
Definition Feed includes all plant or animal products that are intended for oral animal feeding to cover the nutritional needs of the animal and/or maintain the productivity of normally healthy animals. Feed can: be in a natural condition without...
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Marketing standards controls
Marketing standards controls Controls on marketing standards for fresh fruits and vegetables aim to confirm the quality of these products and thus to
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Sustainable and legal timber
Definition Timber is considered as sustainable and of legal origin when its harvesting or its sourcing and its marketing comply with the obligations put in place by the European Union (EU). These obligations are contained in two regulatory elements: An...
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Tobaccos
Definition The following products are considered as manufactured tobaccos: cigarettes, even if they do not contain tobacco cigars and cigarillos fine-cut smoking tobaccos for cigarette rolling, even if they do not contain tobacco other smoking tobaccos, even if they
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Customs & excise online services
Customs declarations and excise documents and declarations are filed using several software applications, developed by the Customs and Excise Administration and provided to operators. The different applications are grouped in an interactive platform called the eDouane system. One can connect...
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Required documents
Various documents are necessary to import, export, transit or circulate goods through the European Union. These documents need to be requested from or
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Commercial documents
For international trade, several commercial documents are used during exchanges between operators. Sales contract The sales contract is the initial document that specifies the seller's obligation to deliver the agreed-upon goods and the buyer's obligation to pay...
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Excise documents & declarations
Excise documents & declarations Different excise documents must be filed according to the nature of the movement of the excise products: Electronic