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GOODS FREE CIRCULATION [3 records]

Record 1 2017-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
OBS

Established 3 Feb 1958, The Hague, on signature of the Treaty of Union by representatives of Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands; Treaty came into force 1 Nov 1960. Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg had been linked, since 1921, by the Belgian-Luxembourg Economic Union(BLEU, no. 01463), which still exists within the Benelux Union. The political initiative to bring together the economies of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, taken during Workd War II, and which eventually led to the economic integration of these countries, had been started with the adoption of a Monetary Agreement, 21 Oct 1943, London, a Customs Union Treaty, 5 Sep 1944, London, and the setting up of Benelux Customs Union(inactive), 1 Jan 1948. Statutes registered in UNTS 1/11096. Aims Develop closer economic links among the 3 member countries by ensuring free circulation of persons, goods, capital and services; follow a coordinated policy in economic, financial and social fields in order to reach the optimum level of employment and the highest standard of life compatible with monetary stability, follow a coordinated policy aimed at the harmonious development of the intraborder regions, if useful in an enlarged setting with other neighbouring countries. Structure Institutions :’Governments of Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg’ Since the entry into force of the Treaty of Union in 1960, four summit conferences or ’intergovernmental conferences’ have taken place(1969, 1970, 1975, 1982)...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Coopération et développement économiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Cooperación y desarrollo económicos
OBS

El 3 de febrero de 1958 se firmó en La Haya el tratado de Unión Económica del BENELUX, por él se creó un verdadero mercado común entre sus miembros, es decir, se instituyó la libre circulación de personas, de bienes y de capitales, y la aplicación de una política económica común frente a terceros países.

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Record 2 2005-08-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Customs and Excise
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

The customs procedure under which imported goods are stored under customs control in a designated place (a customs warehouse) without payment of import duties and taxes.

OBS

Ther term "customs warehousing procedure" does not cover all cases and all possible uses of the customs warehouses. It covers the warehousing of imported goods, this being, in fact, the use generally authorized by all countries.

OBS

Goods under a customs warehousing procedure may be discharged by a) release for free circulation or placing under another customs procedure; b) placing [goods] in a free-zone; c) re-exportation; d) abandonment to the State, or e) destruction under official supervision.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Douanes et accise
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

Régime douanier en application duquel les marchandises importées sont stockées sous contrôle de la douane dans un lieu désigné à cet effet (entrepôt de douane) sans paiement des droits et des taxes à l'importation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aduana e impuestos internos
  • Comercio exterior
CONT

Las actuales disposiciones dispersas en el Código Aduanero Comunitario podrían agruparse en los tres tipos de procedimientos aduaneros que se señalan a continuación [...]: 1) importación (incluida la actual presentación de mercancías en las aduanas, la declaración sumaria, la estancia en depósito temporal, la liberación para la libre circulación [...]; 2) exportación (incluidos la exportación, la reexportación, el perfeccionamiento pasivo y el tránsito interno [...]); 3) los regímenes de suspensión (incluidos el tránsito externo actual, el almacenamiento aduanero, el perfeccionamiento activo [sistema de suspensión], el perfeccionamiento bajo control aduanero, la importación temporal, zonas francas y depósitos francos).

OBS

Compárese con "régimen de depósito aduanero".

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Record 3 2001-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
  • Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
CONT

Release of goods for free circulation.

Key term(s)
  • free circulation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
CONT

Mise en libre pratique des marchandises, des produits.

PHR

Solliciter la mise en libre pratique.

Key term(s)
  • mainlevée pour libre circulation
  • libre circulation

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercio exterior
  • Decisiones (Derecho procesal)
PHR

Autorizar el despacho a libre práctica.

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