- customs authorities
means ‘customs authorities’ as defined in Article 5, point (1), of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013;
- customs declaration
means ‘customs declaration’ as defined in Article 5, point (12) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013;
- customs formalities
means ‘customs formalities’ as defined in Article 5, point (8), of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013;
- customs legislation
means ‘customs legislation’ as defined in Article 5, point (2), of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013;
- customs procedure
means ‘customs procedure’ as defined in Article 5, point (16), of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013;
- declarant
means ‘declarant’ as defined in Article 5, point (15), of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013;
- economic operator
means ‘economic operator’ as defined in Article 5, point (5), of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013;
- Economic Operator Registration and Identification number (EORI number)
means ‘Economic Operator Registration and Identification number (EORI number)’ as defined in Article 1, point (18), of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446;
- national single window environment for customs
means a set of electronic services established by a Member State to enable information to be exchanged between the electronic systems of its customs authority, the partner competent authorities and economic operators;
- partner competent authority
means any Member State authority, or the Commission, empowered to perform a designated function in relation to the fulfilment of the relevant Union non-customs formalities;
- quantity management
means the activity of monitoring and managing the quantity of goods authorised by partner competent authorities, in accordance with Union legislation other than customs legislation, based on the information provided by customs authorities;
- re-export declaration
means ‘re-export declaration’ as defined in Article 5, point (13), of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013;
- supporting document
means any required document issued by a partner competent authority or drawn up by an economic operator, or any required information provided by an economic operator, to certify that Union non-customs formalities have been fulfilled;
- Union non-customs formality
means all the operations which must be carried out by an economic operator or by a partner competent authority for the international movement of goods, as laid down in Union legislation other than customs legislation;
- Union non-customs system
means a Union electronic system established by, used in order to achieve the objectives of, or referred to in Union legislation to store information on the fulfilment of the respective Union non-customs formality;