Customs offences definition

Customs offences means any violation or attempted violation of the customs legislation.

Examples of Customs offences in a sentence

  • The Customs administrations shall supply, either on request or on their own initiative, any information that may contribute to ensure the proper application of Customs law and in order to prevent, investigate and combat Customs offences.

  • The Signatory Parties shall assist each other, in the areas within their competence, in the manner and under the conditions laid down in this Annex, to ensure the correct application of Customs law, in particular by preventing, investigating and combating Customs offences.

  • The Customs administrations shall enable their officials responsible for the investigation or combating of Customs offences to maintain personal and direct relations with each other.

  • The Customs Administrations will 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 Customs offences.

  • In applying this Agreement, the Contracting Parties shall take the necessary measures to ensure, to the extent possible, that their officials who are responsible for investigating or combating Customs offences maintain personal and direct relations with each other.

  • State Parties undertake to co-operate in the prevention, investigation and suppression of Customs offences.

  • The Customs administrations shall, on the basis of paragraph 1, exchange, either on request or spontaneously, any information in their field of competence, in the manner and under the conditions set out in this Agreement, in order to ensure proper application of Customs law and to prevent, investigate and combat Customs offences.

  • States may establish joint control or investigation teams to detect and prevent particular types of Customs offences requiring simultaneous and co-ordinated activities.

  • Either Customs Administration shall, on its own initiative or upon request, provide the other Customs Administration with available information regarding the activities that may result in Customs offences in the Customs territory of the country of the latter Customs Administration.

  • It would help in the proper application of Customs laws, prevention and investigation of Customs offences and the facilitation of legitimate trade.