Division DEFINITIONS

For the purposes of this Annex:

1. (a)

   the term ‘postal items’ means letter-post and postal parcels;

2. (b)

   the term ‘letter-post items’ means letters, postcards, printed papers, literature for the blind and small packets described as letter-post items in the Acts of the Universal Postal Union currently in force.

   Note

   According to the Acts of the Universal Postal Union certain letter-post items are required to be accompanied by a Customs declaration form C 1 and/or form C 2/CP 3 as appropriate;

3. (c)

   the term ‘postal parcels’ means items called postal parcels within the meaning of the Acts of the Universal Postal Union currently in force.

   Note

   According to the Acts of the Universal Postal Union postal parcels are required to be accompanied by a customs declaration form C 2/CP 3;

4. (d)

   the term ‘the Universal Postal Union’ means the inter-governmental organization founded in 1874 by the Treaty of Berne as the General Postal Union which, in 1878, was renamed the Universal Postal Union (UPU) and which since 1948 has been a specialized agency of the United Nations (with headquarters in Berne);

5. (e)

   the term ‘import duties and taxes’ means customs duties and all other duties, taxes, fees or other charges which are collected on or in connection with the importation of goods but not including fees and charges which are limited in amount to the approximate cost of services rendered;

6. (f)

   the term ‘export duties and taxes’ means customs duties and all other duties, taxes, fees or other charges which are collected on or in connection with the exportation of goods but not including fees and charges which are limited in amount to the approximate cost of services rendered;

7. (g)

   the term ‘goods declaration’ means a statement made in the form prescribed by the customs by which the persons interested indicate the customs procedure to be applied to the goods and furnish the particulars which the customs require to be declared for the application of that procedure;

8. (h)

   the term ‘clearance’ means the accomplishment of the customs formalities necessary to allow goods to be exported, to enter for home use or to be placed under another customs procedure;

9. (ij)

   the term ‘clearance for home use’ means the customs procedure which provides that imported goods may remain permanently in the customs territory. This procedure implies the payment of any import duties and taxes chargeable and the accomplishment of all the necessary customs formalities;

10. (k)

    the term ‘examination of postal items’ means the physical inspection of goods in postal items by the customs to ascertain their nature, origin, condition, quantity and value;

11. (l)

    the term ‘goods in free circulation’ means goods which may be disposed of without customs restriction;

12. (m)

    the term ‘customs control’ means the measures applied to ensure compliance with the laws and regulations which the customs are responsible for enforcing;

13. (n)

    the term ‘release’ means the action by the customs to permit goods undergoing clearance to be placed at the disposal of the persons concerned;

14. (o)

    the term ‘person’ means both natural and legal persons, unless the context otherwise requires.