- alarm and signal weapons
means alarm and signal weapons as defined in Article 1(1), point (4), of Directive (EU) 2021/555;
- ammunition
means ammunition as defined in Article 1(1), point (3), of Directive (EU) 2021/555;
- automatic firearm
means a firearm which reloads automatically each time a round is fired and can fire more than one round with one pull of the trigger;
- broker
means a broker as defined in Article 1(1), point (10), of Directive (EU) 2021/555;
- competent authority
means the national authorities as provided for in Article 40(2);
- customs authorities
means customs authorities as defined in Article 5, point (1), of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013;
- customs controls
means customs controls as defined in Article 5, point (3), of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013;
- customs declaration
means a 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 territory of the Union
means the customs territory provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013;
- deactivated firearms
means deactivated firearms as defined in Article 1(1), point (6), of Directive (EU) 2021/555;
- dealer
means a dealer as defined in Article 1(1), point (9), of Directive (EU) 2021/555;
- declarant
means a declarant as defined in Article 5, point (15), of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013;
- electronic licensing system
means the system referred to in Article 34.
- entry
means the physical entry of non-Union goods into the customs territory of the Union;
- essential component
means an essential component as defined in Article 1(1), point (2), of Directive (EU) 2021/555;
- exhibition
means a trade fair or similar event as described in Article 90(2), point (a), of Council Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009, without sales of listed goods from and to third countries;
- exit
means the physical exit of goods from the customs territory of the Union;
- export
means an export procedure within the meaning of Article 269 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, including the situations specified in Article 269(2), points (a), (b) and (c), of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013;
- exporter
means:
- firearm
means a firearm as defined in Article 1(1), point (1), of Directive (EU) 2021/555;
- illicit trafficking
means the import, export, sale, delivery, movement or transfer of listed goods to, from or across the territory of a Member State to or from the territory of a third country, if any of the following applies:
- import
means the bringing of goods into the customs territory of the Union, and the placing of goods under release for free circulation as laid down in Article 201 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, or their placing under a special procedure as laid down in Article 210 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013;
- importer
means any natural or legal person who makes a customs declaration for an import on its own behalf, or on whose behalf the declaration is made, or in the case of transit, the holder of the procedure;
- inward processing
means inward processing within the meaning of Article 256 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013;
- listed goods
means firearms, essential components, ammunition, alarm and signal weapons, deactivated firearms, semi-finished firearms, semi-finished essential components, and sound moderators listed in Annex I;
- long firearm
means any firearm other than a short firearm;
- non-Union goods
means non-Union goods as defined in Article 5, point (24), of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013;
- person
means a natural person, a legal person or, where the possibility is provided for under the rules in force, an association of persons recognised as having the capacity to perform legal acts but lacking the legal status of a legal person;
- re-export
means re-export within the meaning of Articles 270, 271 and 274 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013;
- repeating firearm
means a firearm which, after a round has been fired, is designed to be reloaded from a magazine or cylinder by means of a manually-operated action;
- semi-automatic firearm
means a firearm which reloads automatically each time a round is fired and can fire only one round with one pull of the trigger;
- semi-finished essential components
means essential components that are not ready for direct use and have the approximate shape or outline of the corresponding finished essential components, and which can be used, other than in exceptional cases, only for completion into those finished essential components;
- semi-finished firearms
means firearms that are not ready for direct use and have the approximate shape or outline of the corresponding finished firearms, and which can be used, other than in exceptional cases, only for completion into those finished firearms;
- short firearm
means a firearm with a barrel not exceeding 30 centimetres or whose overall length does not exceed 60 centimetres;
- single-shot firearm
means a firearm with no magazine which is loaded before each shot by the manual insertion of a round into the chamber or a loading recess at the breech of the barrel.
- sound moderator
means a device designed or adapted to diminish the sound caused by firing a firearm;
- temporary admission
means temporary admission within the meaning of Article 250 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013;
- temporary export
means the export of listed goods from the customs territory of the Union with the intention to import those goods back into the customs territory of the Union;
- transhipment
means a movement involving the physical operation of unloading listed goods from a means of transport onto another means of transport;
- transit
means the transit procedures within the meaning of Title VII, Chapter 2, of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013;
- Union goods
means Union goods as defined in Article 5, point (23), of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013;