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Union Customs Code — Article 102

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Article 102 Notification of the customs debt 1. The customs debt shall be notified to the debtor in the form prescribed at the place where the customs debt is incurred, or is deemed to have been incurred in accordance with Article 87. The notification referred to in the first subparagraph shall not be made in any of the following cases: (a) where, pending a final determination of the amount of import or export duty, a provisional commercial policy measure taking the form of a duty has been imposed; (b) where the amount of import or export duty payable exceeds that determined on the basis of a decision made in accordance with Article 33; (c) where the original decision not to notify the customs debt or to notify it with an amount of import or export duty at a figure less than the amount of import or export duty payable was taken on the basis of general provisions invalidated at a later date by a court decision; (d) where the customs authorities are exempted under the customs legislation from notification of the customs debt. where the customs authorities are exempted under the customs legislation from notification of the customs debt. 2. Where the amount of import or export duty
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payable is equal to the amount entered in the customs declaration, release of the goods by the customs authorities shall be equivalent to notifying the debtor of the customs debt. 3. Where paragraph 2 does not apply, the customs debt shall be notified to the debtor by the customs authorities when they are in a position to determine the amount of import or export duty payable and take a decision thereon. However, where the notification of the customs debt would prejudice a criminal investigation, the customs authorities may defer that notification until such time as it no longer prejudices the criminal investigation. customs authorities may defer that notification until such time as it no longer prejudices the criminal investigation. 4. Provided that payment has been guaranteed, the customs debt corresponding to the total amount of import or export duty relating to all the goods released to one and the same person during a period fixed by the customs authorities may be notified at the end of that period. The period fixed by the customs authorities shall not exceed 31 days.

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EUROALLIAGES (European ferro-alloys and silicon producers)BEe which it is considered that any request for inward processing would prima facie fulfil the economic interest test requirements. Article 102 of the Revised UCC Proposal basically copies the existing rules in what concerns inward processing and thus the econom
AEGIS EuropeBEward processing would prima facie fulfil the economic interest test requirements. 2. The IP regime under the Revised UCC Proposal Article 102 of the Revised UCC Proposal basically copies the existing rules in what concerns inward processing and thus the econom

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