84In those circumstances, given the similarities between customs duties and excise duties in that they arise from the importation of goods into the Community and their subsequent distribution through the economic channels of the Member States, and in order to ensure a coherent interpretation of the Community legislation at issue, it must be found that excise duty is extinguished in the same way as customs duty.
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