Article
1
Definitions
For the purposes of this Agreement:
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(i)
the term “Communities” shall mean any regional integration process or initiative in which customs administrations have committed themselves to co-operate for mutual administrative assistance purposes;
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(ii)
the term “customs administration” shall mean the customs authority and any other authority of a Member either authorized under national law to perform customs responsibilities or designated by that Member to apply and implement any provision of this Agreement, and is deemed to also mean the customs authorities of Cooperating Partners unless otherwise stated in this Agreement or a cooperation arrangement;
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(iii)
the term “customs claim” shall mean any amount of customs duties that cannot be collected in the territory of one of the Members;
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(iv)
the term “customs duties” shall mean all duties, taxes, fees or any other charges which are levied in the territories of the Members in application of customs law, but not including fees and charges for services rendered;
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(v)
the term “customs law” shall mean any legal and administrative provisions applicable or enforceable by the customs administration of a Member in connection with the importation, exportation, transshipment, transit, storage and movement of goods and persons, including legal and administrative provisions relating to measures of prohibition, restriction and control, and to combating money laundering and terrorism financing;
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(vi)
the term “customs offence” shall mean any breach, or attempted breach, of a Member’s customs law;
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(vii)
the term “information” shall mean any data, whether or not processed or analyzed, and documents, reports, and other communications in any format, including electronic, or certified or authenticated copies thereof;
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(viii)
the term “international trade supply chain” shall mean all processes involved in the cross-border movement of goods from the place of origin to the place of final destination;
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(ix)
the term “official” shall mean any customs official or other government agent designated by a customs administration or by the Caribbean Customs Organization to perform functions for the purposes of this Agreement;
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(x)
the term “person” shall mean both natural and legal persons, unless the context otherwise requires;
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(xi)
the term “personal data” shall mean any data concerning an identified or identifiable natural person;
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(xii)
the term “requesting administration” shall mean the customs administration which requests assistance;
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(xiii)
the term “requested administration” shall mean the customs administration from which assistance is requested;
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(xiv)
the term “requesting Member” shall mean the Member whose customs administration requests assistance;
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(xv)
the term “requested Member” shall mean the Member whose customs administration is requested to provide assistance;
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(xvi)
the term “Secretary General” shall mean the Secretary General of the Caribbean Customs Organization.