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Customs regulation system

Customs authorities, freight forwarders, and businesses all operate within the same overarching framework: the customs regulation system.

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Last updated: 22 June 2026Published: 19 June 2025

Source: https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/business/customs-procedures_en

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Customs authorities, freight forwarders, and businesses all operate within the same overarching framework: the customs regulation system. It comprises the complete body of legal norms, procedural rules, and administrative structures governing the cross-border movement of goods within a country or customs territory – covering tariff classification, rules of origin, duty assessment, and special procedures such as customs warehousing or inward processing. Unlike individual customs procedures, which describe specific workflows for import, export, or transit, the regulation system is the legal and institutional architecture within which all those procedures sit. For companies active in international trade, a working knowledge of this system is a prerequisite for compliant clearance and for avoiding post-clearance assessments or penalties.

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