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English translation: transfer to a customs free zone

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German term or phrase:help with sentence
English translation:transfer to a customs free zone
Entered by: David Hollywood

13:53 Apr 13, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law: Taxation & Customs
German term or phrase: help with sentence
Hello, sorry but I need help with a sentence, it is a customs' text and a bit of a minefield.
"Die Waren müssen vor Ablauf einer Frist von
einem Jahr nach Annahme der Zollanmeldung zur Überführung in den zollrechtlich freien Verkehr zur besonderen Verwendung oder nach Bezug von einem anderen Bewilligungsinhaber ihrem Verwendungszweck zugeführt werden."
I would particularly like to know what the standard translation for "Übererführung in den zollrechtlich freien Verkehr" means. Many thanks in advance for your help.
NickWatson
Germany
Local time: 02:24
transfer to a customs free zone
Explanation:
certain transactions, import to a customs free zone is advantageous, as no customs
duty or import VAT is payable at the time of transfer to a customs free zone ...
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1transfer to a customs free zone
David Hollywood
4perhaps
gangels (X)
4removal to free circulation
Kallen6
3transfer into duty-free rotation of goods
Gert Sass (M.A.)
3within one year of customs clearance
John Wellesly Helliwell


  

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transfer to a customs free zone


Explanation:
certain transactions, import to a customs free zone is advantageous, as no customs
duty or import VAT is payable at the time of transfer to a customs free zone ...


David Hollywood
Local time: 22:24
Native speaker of: English
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Überführung in den zollrechtlich freien Verkehr
transfer into duty-free rotation of goods


Explanation:
My first idea.

Gert Sass (M.A.)
Germany
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within one year of customs clearance


Explanation:
within one year of the processing procedure undertaken by the customs authority to "clear" the goods for use as stated in the customs declaration

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Note added at 26 mins (2004-04-13 14:19:47 GMT)
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by \"cleared\" I mean freed from customs duties / given over to (customs duty) free disposal

John Wellesly Helliwell
Italy
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perhaps


Explanation:


The merchandise must be shipped to its intended destination no later than 12 months following the clearance of a customs declaration for entry into customs-free circulation for a specific use; or, upon receipt, be made available to another eligible purveyor for its final distribution.


Even if you import stuff into the country that is not subject to customs duty, you still have to declare it to get a waiver. You can then furnish it to other distributors who are presumedly listed on the waiver form. Eg, after 9/11, the anthrax medicine that was exclusively made by Bayer of Germany certainly did not require customs duty to enter the US

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Note added at 2004-04-13 14:43:12 (GMT)
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in the US, \'one year\' is always referred to as 12 months in legal documents

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Note added at 2004-04-13 14:46:05 (GMT)
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or; circulation WITH a specific purpose

gangels (X)
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removal to free circulation


Explanation:
The particular term you were having difficulty with is, for us tax professionals, "removal to free circulation".

Kallen6
Local time: 01:24
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