36In the light of the foregoing considerations, the question referred must be answered as follows: Article 203(1) of the Customs Code is to be interpreted as meaning that there is removal from customs supervision for the purposes of that provision when, before the entry into force of Regulation No 993/2001, non-Community goods which were subject to the customs warehousing procedure and intended for re-export from the customs territory of the Community have been removed and transported from the customs warehouse to the customs office at the point of exit without having been placed under the external transit procedure and the customs authorities have been unable, if only for a short time, to ensure customs supervision of those goods.
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