Judgment_paragraph 38 · Ilumitrónica - Iluminação e Electrónica Ldª v Chefe da Divisão de Procedimentos Aduaneiros e Fiscais/Direcção das Alfândegas de Lisboa, and Ministério Público (C-251/00)

38First, non-collection of the duties must have been due to an error made by the competent authorities themselves. Second, the error they made must be such that the person competent, acting in good faith, could not reasonably have been able to detect it in spite of the professional experience and exercise of due care required of him. Finally, he must have complied with all the provisions laid down by the legislation in force so far as his customs declaration is concerned (see, in particular, Hewlett Packard France, paragraph 13, Faroe Seafood, paragraph 83, and Case C-370/96 Covita [1998] ECR I-7711, paragraphs 25 to 28).