81Accordingly, smuggled goods which were imported unlawfully in that way are to be regarded as having been released for consumption, with the result that the fact that they were subsequently entered for a customs warehousing procedure in accordance with Article 867a of the Implementing Regulation, following their seizure and confiscation, has no effect on the chargeability of the excise duty.
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