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Union Customs Code — Article 18

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Article 18 Customs representative 1. Any person may appoint a customs representative. Such representation may be either direct, in which case the customs representative shall act in the name of and on behalf of another person, or indirect, in which case the customs representative shall act in his or her own name but on behalf of another person. 2. A customs representative shall be established within the customs territory of the Union. Except where otherwise provided, that requirement shall be waived where the customs representative acts on behalf of persons who are not required to be established within the customs territory of the Union. 3. Member States may determine, in accordance with Union law, the conditions under which a customs representative may provide services in the Member State where he or she is established. However, without prejudice to the application of less stringent criteria by the Member State concerned, a customs representative who complies with the criteria laid down in points (a) to (d) of Article 39 shall be entitled to provide such services in a Member State other than the one where he or she is established. 4. Member States may apply the conditions determin
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ed in accordance with the first sentence of paragraph 3 to customs representatives not established within the customs territory of the Union.

Who wrote about this article in the consultations

Filers who named this exact article number in their own text. It is their sentence, not our reading — and not a causal claim.

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UNION DES FABRICANTSFRn standards are respected and applied by all stakeholders. On the need for harmonization of customs procedures, Unifab points out Article 18 related to charges and costs. Indeed, within the EU, some member states have favourable legislation on the application ↗
Student contribution (Maastricht University)NLArticle 77(a). 111 ibid Article 77(2). 112 ibid Article 79 (1) (a-c). 113 ibid Article 77(3). 114 EC DG TAXUD (n 99) 22. 115 UCC Article 18(1). 116 ibid Article 18(2). 117 ibid Article 5(6). 118 Armella (n 23) 114. 25 representatives). ↗
ML Consult ApSDKf disse formaliteter eller for denne kontrol Stk. 2 er udeladt. Hvis det er en toldrepræsentant for den pågældende person, jf. artikel 18, der indgiver angivelsen, meddelelsen eller ansøgningen eller giver oplysningerne, er den pågældende toldrepræsentant ↗

Source: public consultation submissions and position papers. n = 3 mentions; counted as a literal reference to the article number.

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