53Given the absence in the Community customs legislation of provisions on the meaning of ‘appropriate procedures’ or of any provision conferring power on entities other than the Member States and their authorities to determine those procedures, it must be held that the procedures are within the scope of the national legal systems of the Member States. Should the latter not have enacted specific procedural rules, it is the responsibility of the competent State authorities to guarantee a form of communication which allows persons liable for customs debts to have full knowledge of their rights.
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