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CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION [1 record]

Record 1 2005-07-20

English

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

The term "customs administration" (in capital letters) may also refer to the name of an administrative unit within a government. Moreover, the colloquial term "customs" is often the preferred abbreviated term used to refer to "customs administration", i.e. the overall agency responsible for overseeing the implementation of customs regulations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Douanes et accise
  • Commerce extérieur

Spanish

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

Servicio administrativo responsable de aplicar la legislación aduanera y de recaudar los derechos e impuestos que se aplican a la importación, a la exportación, al movimiento o al almacenaje de mercancías, y encargado asimismo de la aplicación de otras leyes y reglamentos relativos a esas operaciones.

OBS

El término "aduanas" se refiere al servicio administrativo, mientras que el término "aduana" se refiere a la oficina pública.

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