Convention drawn up on the basis of article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union, on mutual assistance and cooperation between customs administrations:Article 4 Definitions

Convention drawn up on the basis of article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union, on mutual assistance and cooperation between customs administrations

Article 4 Definitions

Geldend

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For the purposes of this Convention, the following definitions shall apply:

1)

‘National customs provisions’: all laws, regulations and administrative provisions of a Member State the application of which comes wholly or partly within the jurisdiction of the customs administration of that Member State concerning:

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cross-border traffic in goods subject to bans, restrictions or controls, in particular under Articles 36 and 223 of the Treaty establishing the European Community;

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non-harmonized excise duties;

2)

‘Community customs provisions’:

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the body of Community provisions and associated implementing provisions governing the import, export, transit and presence of goods traded between Member States and third countries, and between Member States in the case of goods that do not have Community status within the meaning of Article 9(2) of the Treaty establishing the European Community or goods subject to additional controls or investigations for the purposes of establishing their Community status;

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the body of provisions adopted at Community level under the common agricultural policy and the specific provisions adopted with regard to goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products;

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the body of provisions adopted at Community level for harmonized excise duties and for value-added tax on importation together with the national provisions implementing them;

3)

‘infringements’: acts in conflict with national or Community customs provisions, including, inter alia:

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participation in, or attempts to commit, such infringements,

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participation in a criminal organization committing such infringements,

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the laundering of money deriving from the infringements referred to in this paragraph;

4)

‘mutual assistance’: the granting of assistance between customs administrations as provided for in this Convention;

5)

‘applicant authority’: the competent authority of the Member State which makes a request for assistance;

6)

‘requested authority’: the competent authority of the Member State to which a request for assistance is made;

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‘customs administrations’: Member States' customs authorities as well as other authorities with jurisdiction for implementing the provisions of this Convention;

8)

‘personal data’: all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person; a person is considered to be identifiable if he or she can be directly or indirectly identified, inter alia by means of an identification number or of one or more specific elements which are characteristic of his or her physical, physiological, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity;

9)

‘cross-border cooperation’: cooperation between customs administrations across the borders of each Member State.

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