The EU market

This means that

• no customs duties are paid on goods moving between EU Member States
• EU Member States apply a common customs tariff for goods imported from outside the EU
• goods that have been legally imported can circulate throughout the EU with no further customs checks.

Businesses in and outside the EU benefit from

• a market for their products of over 400 million consumers
• easier access to a wide range of suppliers and consumers
• lower unit costs
• greater commercial opportunities.

Once customs duties have been duly paid and import conditions have been checked, imported goods can freely circulate in the EU without any further customs controls.

The Customs Territory of the Union includes the territories of the following Member States

• Belgium,
• Bulgaria,
• Croatia,
• the Czech Republic,
• Denmark, except the Faroe Islands and Greenland,
• Germany, except the Island of Heligoland and the territory of Büsingen,
• Estonia,
• Ireland,
• Greece,
• Spain, except Ceuta and Melilla,
• France, except New Caledonia, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna Islands, French Polynesia and French Southern and Antarctic Territories, but including the overseas departments of Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte and Reunion Islands,
• Italy, except the municipalities of Livigno and Campione d'Italia and the national waters of Lake Lugano which are between the bank and the political frontier of the area between Ponte Tresa and Porto Ceresio,
• Cyprus (pending a settlement to the Cyprus problem, the application of the Community 'acquis' is suspended in those areas in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus does not exercise effective control),
• Latvia,
• Lithuania,
• Luxembourg,
• Hungary,
• Malta,
• the Netherlands in Europe,
• Austria,
• Poland,
• Portugal,
• Romania,
• Slovenia,
• the Slovak Republic,
• Finland,
• Sweden.

The customs territory of the Union comprise territorial waters, internal waters and airspace of the Member States, except territorial waters, internal waters and airspace of the territories situated outside of the customs territory of the Union.

The territory of the principality of Monaco, including its territorial waters, inland maritime waters and airspace, although situated outside the territory of the Union, shall also be considered to be part of the customs territory of the Union.

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