Federal Customs Administration
| Federal Customs Administration FCA | |
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| Headquarters | Bern |
| Chief | Christian Bock |
| Employees | 4501 |
| At sight | Federal Department of Finance FDF |
| Website | www.ezv.admin.ch |
The Federal Customs Administration EZV ( French Administration fédérale des douanes AFD , Italian Amministrazione federale delle dogane AFD , Romansh Administraziun federala da duana AFD , English Federal Customs Administration ) is a federal authority of the Swiss Confederation . It is an office of the Federal Department of Finance FDF . As part of a comprehensive reorganization and amalgamation of border guards and customs ("DaziT" transformation program), the Federal Council intends to rename the FCA to BAZG (Federal Office for Customs and Border Security).
tasks
The FCV collects customs duties , taxes and other charges for border clearance . These include in particular:
- the import duties
- the import tax ( VAT on imported goods)
- Monopoly fees , for example on alcohol
- the beer tax
- the tobacco tax
- the performance-based heavy vehicle fee
- the mineral oil tax
- the motorway vignette
- Incentive taxes , for example on volatile organic compounds
- the automobile tax
The FCA works together with other foreign authorities in the context of administrative and legal assistance . In addition, the FCV works across borders - on the basis of the German-Swiss police agreement - with the Federal Police (Germany) and also with German Customs .
The FCA is also responsible for implementing economic measures. For example, the FCA monitors the import and export of certain goods or compiles statistics on foreign trade and international transit traffic.
The FCA also protects the population and the environment by, for example, taking samples of foodstuffs and everyday objects at the border and sending them to the responsible cantonal laboratories for inspection, delivering goods that are subject to veterinary controls to the responsible border veterinarian, controlling or controlling the movement of dangerous goods Tried to stop the smuggling of narcotics. The FCA also combats the unlawful use of legally protected trademarks and intellectual property (trademark piracy). The correct use of the fineness information and manufacturer's marks (hallmarks) of goods made from precious metals or goods in connection with precious metals is also ensured through close cooperation with the Swiss Federal Precious Metals Control. In addition to the buyers of these goods in Switzerland, this also serves the Swiss watch and jewelry industry, which is to be protected from imported plagiarism.
As the FCA also controls the movement of fireworks, weapons, explosives, war material, goods that can be used by the military and precursor chemicals which could be used for the production of narcotic drugs and ensures that road traffic regulations are observed, the FCA also performs security tasks.
Organization and responsibility
The headquarters of the Federal Customs Administration is in Bern and consists of six departments.
The Swiss customs area is divided into four customs areas.
The Zollkreis I covers a large part of the German-speaking Central Plateau . The Eastern part of the Customs District II . The Customs District III includes the French-speaking Switzerland and the Customs District IV the Italian Switzerland .
The Federal Customs Administration is not only responsible for Switzerland, but also for the German community and exclave Büsingen on the Upper Rhine and the Principality of Liechtenstein . Until the end of 2019, the Italian community and exclave Campione d'Italia was also de facto Swiss customs territory.
services
The Customs is mainly responsible for the trade of goods and for administrative activities. There are 35 main customs offices and 15 secondary customs offices.
The Border Guard is uniformed, armed and mainly responsible for passenger traffic. In addition to the classic customs duties, the members of the border guard have security, foreign, economic / commercial, traffic police and military duties. The corps consists of 91 border guards and 35 mobile posts. There are a total of seven regions with four operations centers.
There are ten control offices for the control of precious metals . These are responsible for the implementation of the Precious Metals Control Act.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ [1] , accessed on August 30, 2019
- ↑ We speak the same language , Forum Z., Das Informationsmagazin des Schweizer Zolls, Nicolai Schipfer, October 2/2007, p. 17 (PDF)
- ^ Organization chart of the Federal Customs Administration
Federal Customs Administration ( Germany ) |
Operational customs supervision ( Austria ) |
Federal Customs Administration ( Switzerland ) |
Border Guard Corps (Switzerland)
Agenzia delle Dogane ( Italy ) | Guardia di Finanza (Italy) | Canada Border Services Agency ( Canada ) | Muitinės departamentas ( Lithuania ) | Muitinės kriminalinė tarnyba (Lithuania) | Servicio de Vigilancia Aduanera ( Spain ) | United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( USA ) | United States Customs and Border Protection (USA)
International:
Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union ( European Union ) |
European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF; European Union) |
Euro customs duty (European Union) |
World Customs Organization
Historical:
Customs Border Guard ( German Reich 1937–1945 ) |
Customs Administration of the GDR |
Customs Guard (Austria) |
Immigration and Naturalization Service (USA)
Coordinates: 46 ° 56 '32.1 " N , 7 ° 26' 8.1" E ; CH1903: 599 768 / 199019