Customs penalty
Also called: administrative fine · gümrük para cezası
A sanction imposed for breaching customs rules, such as wrong declarations, missing documents or failure to present goods. Penalties are set nationally in the EU, under the Customs Law in Türkiye, and under statutes such as 19 USC 1592 in the US, and may be administrative or criminal.
In practice
The same error can lead to very different penalties depending on whether it was negligent, grossly negligent or deliberate.
EU
Türkiye
UK
USARelated terms
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- Section 592 penalty
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- Smuggling
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- Customs settlement (uzlaşma)
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