customs authoritiesmeans the customs administrations of the Member States as defined in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EU) 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
ELANmeans Electronic system for Agricultural Non-customs formalities, which is the electronic Union non-customs system used for the management of documents listed in Article 4;
licencesmeans import and export licences as defined in Article 1, point (a), of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1237;
national issuing authoritiesmeans the authorities of the Member States competent for issuing the documents listed in Article 4, point (a);
third country issuing authoritiesmeans the authorities of countries outside the Union that are competent to issue the documents listed in Article 4, points (b), (c) and (d);
TRACESmeans the system referred to in Article 133(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council;