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Course description of DROI-C-633 [version française]

Title

Customs and Excise



Lecturer

M. Jean-Michel GRAVE



Prerequisites

Good knowledge of fundamental concepts regarding public revenue and taxation. Notions of international trade law. General knowledge in Community law: institutions, budget, policies and in particular common commercial policy



Objective

Present the basic grounds, concepts and mechanisms of the Customs Union of the European Community, internally as well as externally and the role played by customs legislation in the implementation of Community policies affecting the international trade in goods. Provide an outline of the role of excise duties at Community and national level and the related legislation



Contents

International, Community and national grounds of customs law. Customs treatment of international trade in goods (bases for taxation, customs debt, customs clearance and procedures). Excise duties. Litigation in customs and excise matters



Bibliography

GRAVE Jean-Michel, Douanes et accises, yearly extract from the monKEY.be/Fiscalité database, Kluwer Editions (distributed to the students) // BERR Claude J. & TREMEAU Henri, Le droit douanier, communautaire et national , Coll. Droit des affaires et de l'Entreprise, Série Etudes et Recherches, Economica, 7th ed., 2006. // LUX Michael, Guide to Community Customs Legislation, coll. European Law in Practice, Bruylant, Brussels, 2002. // LYONS Timothy, EC Customs Law, Oxford EC Law Library, Oxford university Press, 2nd ed., 2008



Lieu

Campus du Solbosch



Teaching methods

Courses in the form of thematic seminars of 2 hours, combining the presentation of concepts and rules and practical examples based in particular on case-law. These seminars can take the form of workshops to show how legislation is working in concrete cases. Use of slides, summary tables, working documents and information or articles to illustrate the topics. Possible final session to recapitulate the content before the exams, course taught in French



ECTS

total: 3 ECTS (théorie: 2, travaux personnels: 1)

The ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) credit is a measure of the student workload for each activity associated with a course. Conventionally, one ECTS credit represents 24h of work.


Course thaught in

Académie universitaire Wallonie-Bruxelles:


DROI-C-633

DECO6-T: master complémentaire en droit économique - année unique, option droit des transports (optional)

DEUR6: master complémentaire en droit européen - année unique (optional)

DFIS6: master complémentaire en droit fiscal - année unique (compulsory)





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