Week two - Foreign trade regulation in the EU Flashcards

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8 stages of the EU economic integration

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1) preferential agreement
2) free trade area
3) tariff union
4) tariff and customs union
5) common market
6) economic union
7) monetary union
8) political union

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what is a free trade area

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  • prohibition between member states of custom duties (tariffs) and measures having an equivalent effect
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what is a customs union

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  • prohibition between member states of custom duties (tariffs) and measures having an equivalent effect
  • common external tariffs in their relations with third countries
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what is a tariff and customs union

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  • prohibition between member states of custom duties (tariffs) and measures having an equivalent effect
  • common external tariffs in their relations with third countries
  • common customs legilsation: community customs code
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in the EU what was the transition of moving from a community customs code to a modernised customs code

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  • rationalise and reduce the number of customs procedures
  • computerisation of all customs formalities
  • centralisation customs system
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what are the objectives of the public offices located in borders, ports and airports in EU states

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  • control the transit of passengers and goods entering or leaving the EU territory
  • to collect the export or import taxes from goods imported depending on the country of origin
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what is TARIC and its main components

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  • it is the main element of external commercial protection, three components:
    1) tariff nomenclator (tariff classification codes)
    2) common customs tariffs
    3) non-tariff measures established in the common EU commercial policy
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what is the tariff nomenclator and its objective

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  • description, order and methodical listing of goods that are traded internationally using a numerical code and description of product
  • it comprises a set of rules and principles that help locate a product
  • its objective is to identify goods easily
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what is a tariff

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an external tax applied to goods imported to the EU

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what is the objective of a tariff

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to protect the EU economic activity against the competition of foreign products

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four types of tariffs:

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1) ad valorem - % of the customs value
2) specific - fixed quantity per unit or weight
3) mixed - ad valorem + specific
4) composed - ad valorem + max or min specific

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what is the value that’s used to calculate the tariffs

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customs value - the price that is estimated to be set for the goods, at the point in time when customs duties are due, as a result of a sale occurred in free competition

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what is customs value equal to

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customs value = transaction value: price actually paid or payable for the goods when they are sold to be exported to the EU common customs territory

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when is the transaction value not applicable

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when there are special conditions that make the price actually paid does not correspond to a free competition sale price

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what are the subsidiary methods when it is not possible to apply the transaction value

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  • transaction value of identical goods or similar goods
  • subtractive procedure
  • reconstructive value
  • combination of the above
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16
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what does it mean by the origin of goods

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  • economic nationality of goods in international trade
  • geographic link of a commodity to a given country which is considered to have produced that product or has transformed it
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how are origins distinguished

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  • preferential: gives tariff advantages
  • non-preferential: applies third country tariffs
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what are the certificates of preferential/non-preferential origins

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  • preferential: the declaration of origin must be certified with a proof of origin (declaration in the invoice)
  • non-preferential: certificate of origin from a specific country
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what is a customs duty

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an obligation to pay import or export duties of goods (10 days, possible to extend this to 30 days)

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when are there customs duties on imports and exports

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imports - since the goods are in free circulation
exports - since the customs declaration

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what are the customs destinations and customs regimes grouped into and what are they

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1) general regimes (exports and imports)
2) special regimes: these make the general case more flexible to adapt to all possible economic situations

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examples of special regimes

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  • transit (internal and external)
  • deposit (customs and free zone)
  • economic regimes (active and passive perfectioning)
  • special destinations (temporary imports, destruction, abandon and re-exports)
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what is meant by free circulation

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free circulation of goods (imported from third countries) within the EU

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when will a foreign product be in free circulation

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  • it has fulfilled all import formalities
  • has paid the customs duties and other equivalent taxes or duties
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once goods in free circulation have VAT applied, what are they called
community goods
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when is VAT applied for goods in free circulation
in the final destination
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when is VAT applied for goods released for consumption
in the entry country
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when is VAT due
- imports from third countries: same time as tariffs - intra EU introductions (imports within the EU): liquidation of VAT is done by the importer/buyer in its country
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exemptions of VAT
- goods that are going to be exported - goods in free duty zones - temporary imports
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what is VAT
an indirect tax levied directly on consumption, taxing the delivery of goods and the provision of services
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why are exports free from VAT in the EU
to avoid double taxation, allowing EU goods to access international markets under the same condition as those in other countries
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what are the two categories of transit
- internal: community commodities, free circulation goods but no released for consumption - external: non-community commodities
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define customs deposit
warehouses under customs control where goods remain for an unlimited time with no VAT, duty or tariff
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what are the benefits of customs deposit/warehouses
- at the time of importing the good, the owner may not know the final destination of the good - firms can defer the payment of tariffs and VAT depending on whether they sell to EU or foreign customers - goods can be preserved or prepared for distribution
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what are deposits in free zones
areas that are not considered to be within the EU community customs area
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what are temporary admissions on imports
allows using the EU customs territory but import taxes and duty are suspended
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what is destruction under customs control
the destruction of commodities implies no payment of duties or tariffs
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what are abandoned goods to the public treasury
once the goods are presented to customs, the consignee of the goods may decide to not give it a customs destination, it may be tacit or explicit
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what is re-exporting (outside the EU)
goods that exit from the EU common customs territory that had previously been imported through the temporary imports regime or introduced through a customs deposit or warehouse regime