In the Official Journal of the European Union C 92 of 21 April 2009, the Convention among EU Member States concerning the centralized clearing is available. This Convention deals with the allocation of national collection costs retained when traditional own resources are made available to the EU budget. The "centralized clearance" concept, introduced by the new "Modernized" Community Customs Code (art. 106), is the possibility, for economic operators to lodge or make available, upon authorization of customs authorities, a customs declaration at the customs office competent for the place where they are established, included for those goods that are physically presented to other customs offices. Such mechanism allows companies to clear their goods "at distance" (this is an option particularly interesting for multinational companies), dealing with a single customs office for execution of all their formalities (the office competent for the place where their headquarters are located).
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