Customs offence definition

Customs offence means any breach or attempted breach of customs law;
Customs offence means any breach or attempted breach of Customs Laws of a State Party;
Customs offence means any breach or attempted breach of Customs Law;

Examples of Customs offence in a sentence

  • The Customs administrations shall, on its own initiative, supply information related to concluded, planned or ongoing transactions, which constitute or appear to constitute a Customs offence.

  • Customs offence proceedings shall be conducted by the customs authorities.

  • StandardWhere a Customs offence occurs as a result of force majeure or other circumstances beyond the control of the person concerned and there is no question of negligence or fraudulent intent on his part, no penalty shall be applied provided that the facts are duly established to the satisfaction of the Customs.

  • National legislation shall lay down the penalties applicable to each category of Customs offence that can be dealt with by administrative settlement and shall designate the Customs offices competent to apply them.

  • Where during clearance of the goods a Customs offence has been discovered which is regarded as of minor importance, it should be possible for the offence to be settled by the Customs office which discovers it.


More Definitions of Customs offence

Customs offence means any violation of the Customs laws (including trafficking in illicit drugs, and unlawful importation of firearms or goods infringing intellectual property rights), and any attempt to commit any violation of such laws;
Customs offence means any violation or attempted violation of a Customs Law;
Customs offence means any breach, or attempted breach, of a Contracting Party’s Customs law;
Customs offence means any violation or attempted violation of customs laws;
Customs offence means any act by which a person deceives or attempts to deceives, the customs and thus evades, or attempts to evade, wholly or partly, the payment of Customs duty and taxes or the application of prohibitions or restrictions laid in this act or obtains, or attempts to obtain, any advantage contrary to this Act or any other laws, thereby committing a customs offence.
Customs offence means any violation or attempt to violate the Customs Policy Law of BiH or any other customs rule or regulation;
Customs offence means: any breach of customs law as defined by the legislation of each Contracting Party as well as any such attempted breach;