Quick guide to key words used in international trade and customs regulations and what they are in different languages.
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| ENGLISH | FRENCH | GERMAN | ITALIAN | SPANISH |
| A | ||||
ATA - Admission temporaire | ATA - Carnet: Vorübergehende Verwendung | carnet ATA per l'importazione temporanea di merci | cuaderno ATA para la importación temporal de mercancías | |
| B | back to alphabet | |||
| Binding Tariff Information Ruling (BTI) | renseignement tarifaire contraignant (RTC) | verbindliche Zolltarifauskunft (vZTA) | informazione tariffaria vincolante (TITV) | información arancelaria vinculante (IAV) |
| C | back to alphabet | |||
| Calculating Customs Duties | Calcul des droits de douane | Zollberechnung | Calcolo dei dazi doganali | Cálculo de los derechos de aduana |
Centralised clearance | Dédouanement centralisé | Zentrale Zollabwicklung | despacho de aduanas centralizado | |
Common & Community transit | Transit commun et communautaire | Gemeinsames und gemeinschaftliches Versandverfahren | ||
| Customs | Douane | Zoll | Dogana | Aduana |
| Customs control | Contrôles douaniers | Zollkontrollen | Controllo doganale | Control aduanero |
| Customs Declaration | Déclaration en douane | Zollerklärung | Dichiarazione doganale | Declaración de aduana |
Customs territory | Territoire douanier | Zollgebiet | territorio doganale | territorio aduanero |
Customs warehouses | Entrepôts douaniers | Zolllager | Depositi doganali | Depósito aduanero |
| E | back to alphabet | |||
| Excise duties | Droits d'accises | Verbrauchsteuern | Accise | Impuestos especiales |
| Exit formalities | Formalités de sortie | Ausfuhrformalitäten | formalità di uscita | |
Export procedure | Procédure d'exportation | Ausfuhrverfahren | Procedura di esportazione | Procedimiento de exportación |
| EXW - ExWorks (Incoterms 2010) | EXW - en usine or franco départ | EXW - Ab Werk | EXW - franco fabbrica | |
| F | back to alphabet | |||
| FCA - Free Carrier (Incoterms 2010) | FCA - franco transporteur | FCA - franco Spediteur ober/or frei Frachtführer | FCA - franco vettore | FCA - franco transportista |
| FOB - Free on Board (Incoterms 2010) | FOB - franco bord | FOB - frei an Bord | FOB - franco a bordo | FOB - franco a bordo |
Free circulation | Libre circulation | Freier Verkehr | Libera circolazione | Libre circulación |
| Free zones | Zones franches | Zollfreizonen | zone franche | Zonas Francas |
| I | back to alphabet | |||
| Imports | Importations | Einfuhren | Importazioni | Importaciones |
Perfectionnement actif | Aktiver Veredelungsverkehr | perfezionamento attivo | perfeccionamiento activo | |
| M | back to alphabet | |||
Modernised Community Customs Code | Le code des douanes communautaire modernisé | Der modernisierte Zollkodex der Gemeinschaft | Codice doganale aggiornato | código aduanero modernizado |
| O | back to alphabet | |||
Outward processing | Perfectionnement passif | Passiver Veredelungsverkehr | perfezionamento passivo | perfeccionamiento pasivo |
| P | back to alphabet | |||
Pre-arrival / Pre-departure declarations | Déclaration préalable à l'arrivée | Zollerklärungen vor Ankunft oder Versendung der Waren | ||
| R | back to alphabet | |||
Release for free circulation | la mise en libre pratique | Überführung in den zollrechtlich freien Verkehr | immissione in libera pratica | despacho a libre práctica |
| S | back to alphabet | |||
| Single Administrative Document | Le document administratif unique (DAU) | Einheitspapier | Documento amministrativo unico | Documento administrativo único |
Single authorisation | Autorisation unique | Einzige Bewilligung | ||
| T | back to alphabet | |||
Temporary importation | Admission temporaire | Vorübergehende Einfuhr | Importazione temporanea | Importación temporal |
TIR - International Road Transit | TIR - Transports Internationaux Routiers | TIR - Internationaler Strassentransit | TIR - trasporto internazionale delle merci su strada |
TIR - transporte internacional de mercancías por carretera |
Transit | Transit | Versandverfahren | Transito | Tránsito |