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Customs Law Revision (Total Revision of Swiss Customs Law)

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Last updated: 30 June 2026Published: 22 November 2025

Source: BAZG (bazg.admin.ch): Gesetzesrevision / Totalrevision Zollrecht (BAZG-VG und ZoG); DaziT. EFD (efd.admin.ch): Zollgesetzrevision. Fedlex (fedlex.admin.ch): Zollgesetz (ZG, SR 631.0) und Nachfolgeerlasse. Stand: Juni 2026.

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The customs law revision (Zollgesetzrevision) is the total revision of Swiss customs law, replacing the former Customs Act (ZG) of 2005 with two new acts: the BAZG Enforcement Tasks Act (BAZG-VG), covering the "general part" of duty collection and the control of the cross-border movement of goods and persons, and the Customs Duties Act (ZoG), governing the substantive customs duties (amount and levying). For private individuals and shippers, the revision mainly means simpler, fully digital procedures at the border. For professionals – freight forwarders, hauliers, customs agents and trading companies – it provides the legal basis for the digitalised customs processes in the new Passar goods-traffic system (goods declaration, transport declaration, activation, assessment) and consolidates procedural, data-protection, risk-analysis and criminal-law provisions. The revision is closely linked to the BAZG digitalisation programme DaziT. Legislative status (planning, as of June 2026): Parliament adopted the bill in the final vote of the 2025 summer session; the referendum period lapsed unused on 13 October 2025. The staged entry into force of the BAZG-VG and ZoG is set by the Federal Council – together with the related ordinance law, which first goes to consultation – and had not yet been definitively scheduled in June 2026; details may change. The customs law revision should be distinguished from individual partial revisions of earlier years. Related terms: BAZG, DaziT, Passar, BAZG-VG, Customs Duties Act, goods declaration, assessment decision. As of June 2026.

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