93Consequently, where the imported goods are seized and simultaneously or subsequently destroyed by the competent authorities before going beyond the first customs office situated inside the customs territory of the Community, it must be found that neither the chargeable event for VAT has occurred nor has that VAT become chargeable for the purposes of that article. That appears to be the situation in the two cases in the main proceedings in which the goods were transported by sea.
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