More than 200 countries and economic regions worldwide are using the nomenclature of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (Harmonized System Convention: HS) and are basing their customs tariffs thereon. The number of HS headings (four-digit code) and HS subheadings (six-digit...

The World Customs Organization (WCO, Organization Mondiale des Dounaes, OMD) is an intergovernmental organization of more than 170 Member States. It is of tremendous importance for the simplification of international trade and customs procedures; however, its modes of action and decision-making...

The World Customs Organization (Organisation Mondiale des Dounaes) is an intergovernmental organization of more than 170 Member States that was founded as European Customs Cooperation Council in 1952. This paper gives a brief overview of its history and legal milestones.

The Nomenclature that is governed by the Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (Harmonized System Convention, Brussels, 14 June 1983) has resulted in an adjustment of many nomenclatures used worldwide for statistical and customs classifi cation because...

Many legal advisers, scientists and practitioners know since many years, that the Common External Tariff (CET) of the European Community (EC) is being applied non-uniform from the different national customs services and that the economic operators are using this systematic fault of the EC for...

Mit der VO (EG) Nr. 1192/2008 beschert die Kommission durch die Veröffentlichung am Nikolaustag 2008 allen am grenzüberschreitenden Wareverkehr beteiligten Parteien (Wirtschaft und Zollverwaltung) ein hektisches Jahresende 2008. In 108 Änderungsbefehlen wird die ZK-DVO geändert - ein...

The fundamental rules for the classification of goods into a customs tariff which is complying to the Harmonized System for the description and coding of goods (HS) are according to general rule 1 solely the six general rules of classification, the terms of headings and the notes (and according...

Der Zugelassene Wirtschaftsbeteiligte (AEO) wurde mit Wirkung vom 1. Januar 2008 geschaffen. Neun Jahre sind vergangen, nach denen es nun erneut gilt, eine Zwischenbilanz zu ziehen - wurden die Erwartungen und Antragszahlen erreicht, was gibt es an Neuerungen und welche Tendenzen sind erkennbar?...

§ 32 ZollVG wurde mit dem Gesetz zur Änderung des ZollVG vom 10.3.2017 umfangreich geändert. § 32 ZollVG ist überschrieben mit "Nichtverfolgung von Steuerstraftaten und Steuerordnungswidrigkeiten; Zollzuschlag". Die Vorschrift des § 32 ZollVG typisiert bestimmte Bagatellverfehlungen, für...

The World Customs Organization (WCO, Organization Mondiale des Dounaes, OMD) is an intergovernmental organization of 176 Member States that was founded as European Customs Cooperation Council in 1952. The first Kyoto Convention on simplification of customs procedures is one of its most important...