Customs territory of the European Union

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The customs area of ​​the European Union is that part of the international law area of ​​the European Union and some other areas in which the customs law of the European Union applies.

This area is exhaustively defined in Article 4 of the Union Customs Code .

Article 4 UCC

  1. The customs territory of the Union includes:
  2. With regard to the relevant agreement, despite its location outside the territory of the French Republic, the territory of the Principality of Monaco is also considered part of the customs territory of the European Union , as specified in the customs agreement signed in Paris on May 18, 1963.
  3. The customs territory of the European Union includes the territorial seas , the coastal waters and the airspace of the Member States and the areas referred to in paragraph 2, with the exception of the territorial seas, the coastal waters and the airspace belonging to areas that do not Are part of the customs territory of the European Union in accordance with paragraph 1.

Customs union with the EU

The Principality of Andorra , the Republic of San Marino and the Republic of Turkey do not belong to the customs area and also not to the EU. However, there is a customs union between the EU and each of these countries .

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The Vatican City State , which officially uses the euro and issues its own euro coins , is not part of the EU customs area.

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Individual evidence

  1. Customs and tax areas of the European Union - special features , Austrian Chamber of Commerce, accessed on January 6, 2020
  2. ^ Journal Officiel de la République francaise , September 27, 1963, p. 8679