Abbreviations, definitions, and sources of general information

List of most common abbreviations

AAC: Common Customs Tariff (EC).

ADT: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/341 of 17 December 2015 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to transitional rules for certain provisions of the Union Customs Code until the relevant electronic systems are operational and amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 (OJ L 69, 15.3.2016, p. 1).

AE: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 of 24 November 2015 laying down detailed rules for the application of certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code

EFTA: European Free Trade Association

AT: Austria

ATA: ATA Carnet (temporary importation)

BE: Belgium

BG: Bulgaria/Bulgarian

CAU: Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1)

CH: Switzerland

CIM: Contrat de transport international ferroviaire des marchandises (International railway transport contract
of goods)

CMR: Contrat de transport international de marchandises par Route (International contract for the carriage of goods by road)

Commission: European Commission

Agreement: Convention on a Common Transit System of 20 May 1987

SAD Agreement: Convention on the simplification of formalities in the trade of goods of 20 May 1987

CS: Czech

CY: Cyprus

CZ: Czech Republic

GIVES: Danish

DAE: Export accompanying document

DAT: Transit accompanying document

DATS: Transit/Security Accompanying Document

OF: Germany/German

DK: Denmark

DO: Official Gazette

DSE: Entry summary declaration

SAD: Single administrative document

e-DA: Electronic administrative document

EE: Estonia/Estonian

HE: Greek

IN: English

IS: Spain/Spanish

FI: Finland / Finnish

FR: France/French

GR: Greece

HR: Croatia/Croatian

HU: Hungary/Hungarian

IE: Ireland

FDI: Electronic data interchange

IRU: International Road Transport Union

ES: Iceland/Icelandic

ITEM: Italy/Italian

LdA: List of articles

LdATS: List of transit/security items

LT: Lithuania/Lithuanian

LU: Luxembourg

LV: Latvia/Latvian

MK: Republic of North Macedonia

MT: Malta/Maltese

NCTS: New Computerized Transit System

NL: Netherlands/Dutch

NO: Norway/Norwegian

PL: Poland/Polish

PT: Portugal/Portuguese

RO: Romania/Romanian

RS: Serbia/Serbian

SA: Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System

HE: Sweden

YEAH: Slovenia

SK: Slovakia/Slovak

SL: Slovenian

SV: Swedish

IRR: TIR Carnet (Transport Internationaux Routiers) (International transport of goods by road)

TR: Türkiye/Turkish