Find here the updated Dictionary of customs terminology in French and English
Version July 2026
by Jean-Claude NILLES - Retired customs official
Legal deposit: Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg
The document contains the current customs legal, logistical, and administrative terminology.
The author is a graduate of the Université Libre de Bruxelles and majored in English literature and philology. He used to be an official of the customs and excise administration in Luxembourg (since March 1985) and national expert of the Customs Code Committee at the Union Commission on issues such customs value, origin of goods, tariff classification, etc.
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