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Designated point of entry
Designates the point of entry (port or airport) in one of the territories of the European Union.
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Excise products
Goods that are subject to excise duties: tobaccos, alcohols, energy products and electricity.
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National Plant Protection Organization
An organization put in place in each country responsible for the monitoring, re-establishment, maintenance and certification of phytosanitary (plant
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Non-Union goods
Non-Union goods also called non-Community goods are goods other than Union goods or ones that have lost Union goods customs status due to being
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Reversal of the liable person
Mechanism transferring to the customer the responsibility for paying the VAT to the administration by self-accounting.
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Third country
Any country that is not part of the customs territory of the European Union.
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Appointing
Act by which a person gives power to another person in order to act on his or her name.
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Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)
Preferential agreements defined with developing countries, whose objective is to promote the integration of those countries in the world trade system. The GSP allows a discount or a unilateral reduction of customs duties that, on importation to the European Union
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Tax warehouse
Place where excise goods are produced, processed, held, received or dispatched under duty suspension arrangements by an authorised warehousekeeper.
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Actual alcoolic strength
Number of volumes of pure alcohol contained at a temperature of 20° C in 100 volumes of the product at that temperature.
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Commercial policy measures
All measures established in view of promoting or limiting the development of the international trade of goods between two customs territories. Their
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Comprehensive guarantee
A single guarantee used to guarantee the customs debt resulting from several customs declarations, as part of one or more customs procedures.
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Customs status
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Degree Plato
A unit expressing the percentage by mass of dry extract of must before fermentation.
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Drug precursors
Chemicals that are primarily used for the legitimate production of a wide range of products, but that can also be misused for the illicit manufacture
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Goods in free circulation
Goods with Union goods customs status, as well as non-Union goods in free circulation. Both benefit from the principle of free circulation between
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Harmful pests
Any species, strain or biotype of plant, animal or pathogenic agent harmful to plants or plant products.
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Import of goods
Introduction into the European Union (EU) of goods from a country located outsite of the EU.
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Tariff quota
Quantity of non-Union goods that can benefit from lower customs import duties than above-quota goods, as part of special agreements. The status of
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Active and intelligent materials and articles
Active materials and articles: active materials and articles used to extend the preservation time or to maintain or improve the condition of packaged