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The Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union (DG TAXUD) is a
Directorate-General Within the European Union, Directorates-General are departments with specific zones of responsibility, the equivalent of ministries at a national level. Most are headed by a European Commissioner, responsible for the general direction of the Dir ...
of the
European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body o ...
. The DG Taxation and Customs manages, defends and develops the customs union as a vital part of protecting the external borders of the
European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...
. It also co-ordinates taxation policy across the European Union.


Structure

The Directorate-General is presently organised into five directorates: * Directorate A: Customs * Directorate B: Digital Delivery of Customs and Taxation Policies * Directorate C: Indirect Taxation and Tax Administration * Directorate D: Direct taxation, Tax Coordination, Economic Analysis and Evaluation * Directorate E: International and General Affairs The department is headed by Director-General Mr Gerassimos Thomas, a Greek national. Since January 2022, Mr Thomas is supported by a Principal Adviser for Strategy and Economic Analysis Coordination. Previously, the Directorate-General was organised into the following five directorates: *Directorate A: Customs Policy, Legislation, Tariff *Directorate B: Security & Safety, Trade Facilitation & International coordination *Directorate C: Indirect Taxation and Tax Administration *Directorate D: Direct taxation, Tax Coordination, Economic Analysis and Evaluation *Directorate E: Resources and International Affairs


See also

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European Commissioner for Economy The European Commissioner for Economy is a member of the European Commission. The current Economy Commissioner is Paolo Gentiloni. From 2014 to 2019 the post was named ''Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs''. Un ...
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Customs union A customs union is generally defined as a type of trade bloc which is composed of a free trade area with a common external tariff.GATTArticle 24 s. 8 (a) Customs unions are established through trade pacts where the participant countries set up ...
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Taxation A tax is a compulsory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed on a taxpayer (an individual or legal person, legal entity) by a governmental organization in order to fund government spending and various public expenditures (regiona ...
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Single European Act The Single European Act (SEA) was the first major revision of the 1957 Treaty of Rome. The Act set the European Community an objective of establishing a single market by 31 December 1992, and a forerunner of the European Union's Common Foreign ...
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General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is a legal agreement between many countries, whose overall purpose was to promote international trade by reducing or eliminating trade barriers such as tariffs or quotas. According to its pre ...
(GATT)


References


External links


Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs UnionEuropean Customs Information Portal (ECIP)TARIC - Online customs tariff database
Taxation and Customs Union International taxation Tax organizations {{EU-stub