Customs offense definition

Customs offense means any violation or attempted violation of the Customs laws;
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Customs offense means any violation of the customs laws as well as any attempted violation thereof;
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Customs offense means: any contravention of customs law as defined by the national legislation of each Contracting Party as well as any such attempted contravention;
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Examples of Customs offense in a sentence

  • The Customs Authorities shall provide each other, either upon request or on their own initiative, with information necessary to ensure proper application of Customs legislation and to prevent, investigate and repress any Customs offense, which may include alert information already processed in their respective risk analysis systems.

  • The Customs Administrations shall provide each other, on their own initiative or upon request, with assistance through the exchange of information to ensure proper application of the Customs laws and to prevent, investigate and repress any Customs offense.

  • The Customs Administrations shall provide each other, either on request or on their own initiative, with information necessary to ensure proper application of Customs laws and to prevent, investigate and repress any Customs offense, including information which is likely to be of assistance in the accurate assessment and collection of Customs duties and taxes.

  • The Contracting Parties shall through the Customs Administrations in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement assist each other in order to ensure proper application of Customs laws and to prevent, investigate and repress any Customs offense.

  • The Contracting Parties shall assist each other through their Customs Administrations to ensure proper application of Customs laws and to prevent, investigate, and repress any Customs offense, in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.


More Definitions of Customs offense

Customs offense means any violation against the Customs laws as well as any attempt to commit any violation against such laws, including commercial fraud, smuggling of goods or substances harmful to the environment or health, narcotic drugs, arms, ammunition, antiques of historical, cultural or archaeological value and endangered plants and animals, and infringement of intellectual property rights;
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Customs offense means any violation of the laws and regulations enforced by Customs Adminis- trations as well as any attempted violation of such laws and regulations.
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Related to Customs offense

  • customs airport means any airport declared under section 9 to be a customs- airport;

  • customs control ’ means control in terms of this Act;

  • customs duty means any customs or import duty and a charge of any kind, imposed in connection with the importation of a good, but does not include any:

  • customs area means the area of a customs station and includes any area in which imported goods or export goods are ordinarily kept before clearance by customs authorities;

  • customs law means all the statutory provisions applied by the customs administration on the importation, exportation, transit or movement of goods whether or not they involve the collection of duties or taxes (or security thereof), on the enforcement of prohibitions, restrictions or control or exchange control regulations or on any other customs regime;

  • customs territory means the territory of the country of each Contracting Party in which the Customs laws of that country are in force;

  • Customs Administration means the competent authority that is responsible under the law of a Party for the administration of customs laws and regulations;

  • customs territory of the Union means the territory as defined in Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (2) and in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 (3);

  • Uniform Customs the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (1993 Revision), International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 500, as the same may be amended from time to time.

  • customs laws means such laws and regulations administered and enforced by the customs authority of each Party concerning the importation, exportation, and transit of goods, as they relate to customs duties, charges, and other taxes, or to prohibitions, restrictions, and other similar controls with respect to the movement of controlled items across the boundary of the customs territory of each Party;

  • customs officer means any person acting as such in terms of the Customs and Excise Act [Chapter 23:02];

  • Customs territory of the United States means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

  • customs procedures means the treatment applied by the customs administration of each Party to goods which are subject to customs control.

  • Local Labour means skilled, semi-skilled workers of all trades engaged by the Contractor on the Site for the purpose of or in connection with the Contract or engaged full time by the Contractor off the site for the Purpose of or in connection with the Contract (by way of illustration but not limitation: workers engaged full time in any office, store, workshop or quarry).

  • customs value means the value as determined in accordance with the 1994 Agreement on implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (WTO Agreement on customs valuation);

  • Customs Act means the Customs Act 1901 (as amended), and any succeeding Legislation and any regulations made pursuant to the Customs Act;

  • Customs authority means the authority that is responsible under the law of a Party for the administration and enforcement of customs laws and regulations; Customs duty includes any duty or charge of any kind imposed in connection with the importation of goods, but does not include any:

  • Customs shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.11(b) hereof.

  • Alcohol abuse means any pattern of pathological use of alcohol that causes impairment in social or occupational functioning, or that produces physiological dependency evidenced by physical tolerance or by physical symptoms when it is withdrawn.

  • Standard Letter of Credit Practice means, for Issuing Bank, any domestic or foreign law or letter of credit practices applicable in the city in which Issuing Bank issued the applicable Letter of Credit or, for its branch or correspondent, such laws and practices applicable in the city in which it has advised, confirmed or negotiated such Letter of Credit, as the case may be, in each case, (a) which letter of credit practices are of banks that regularly issue letters of credit in the particular city, and (b) which laws or letter of credit practices are required or permitted under ISP or UCP, as chosen in the applicable Letter of Credit.

  • customs authorities means customs authorities as defined in Article 5, point (1), of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013;

  • Domestic content procurement preference ’ means all iron and steel used in the project are produced in the United States; the manufactured products used in the project are produced in the United States; or the construction materials used in the project are produced in the United States.

  • Ombud ’ means each of the following:

  • customs legislation means any legal or regulatory provisions applicable in the territories of the Parties, governing the import, export and transit of goods and their placing under any other customs regime or procedure, including measures of prohibition, restriction and control;

  • Customs declaration means the act whereby a person indicates in the prescribed form and manner a wish to place goods under a given customs procedure.

  • Prisoner means any individual involuntarily confined or detained in a penal institution. The term is intended to encompass individuals sentenced to such an institution under a criminal or civil statute, individuals detained in other facilities by virtue of statutes or commitment procedures which provide alternatives to criminal prosecution or incarceration in a penal institution, and individuals detained pending arraignment, trial, or sentencing.