ECICS : European Customs Inventory of Chemical Substances

List of chemicals that can be traded in the EU.

Read more ECJ : European Court of Justice

European Court of Justice

Read more ECOFIN : Council of Economics and Finance Ministers

European minister for economics and trade 

Read more ECP : EMCS Computerisation Project

Computerised system for monitoring of excise goods

Read more ECS : Export Control System

EU’s common export system, which enables message traffic between different national export systems.

Read more EEA : European Economic Area

The countries in Europe.

Read more EFTA : European Free Trade Association

Free trade area consisting of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.

Read more EIDR : Entry in Declarants Records

Allows you to enter goods to a customs procedure without the need to provide a full customs entry a later date.

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UK import & export GMR compliance for transit shipments

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