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Customs Code of Republic of AlbaniaArticle 5(Customs zone)1. The customs area includes the premiseswhere the customs authorities exercise theiractivity, as well as all the areas where thoseauthorities exercise control or supervision.2. The customs areas are established at thecheck border crossing points as well as otherpoints of the customs territory.3. The establishment, territorial extension, andthe classification of permanent or temporarycustoms areas are determined by the Councilof Ministers upon proposal of the Minister ofFinance.Article 6(The extension of customs zone)1. The customs land surveillance area isconstituted by the territory between the landborders line up to 10 kilometers inward. Alongthe coasts, this land surveillance area isestablished up to 5 kilometers from the coaststowards the land.2. The sea surveillance area of customs isconstituted by the sea zone from the coasts upto the external limit of the territorial watersand internal waters.Article 7(Customs authorities)Customs authorities mean the authoritiesresponsible for applying customs rules, as wellas other normative acts whose application is aduty of such authorities.Article 8(Definitions)For the purposes of this Code, the followingdefinitions shall apply:1. ‘Person’ means:a) a natural person;b) a legal person;c) all other persons recognized by thelegislation in force.2. ‘Persons established in the Republic ofAlbania’ means:a) in the case of a natural person orpersons referred to in point 1(c), anyperson who is normally resident inAlbania;b) in the case of a legal person, any personwho has in the Republic of Albania aregistered office, central headquartersor a permanent business establishment.3. ‘Customs Administration’ means thestructural organization of customsauthorities.4. ‘Customs office’ means any office atwhich all or some of the formalities laiddown by customs rules may be completed.5. ‘Decision’ means any official act by thecustoms authorities pertaining to customsrules giving a ruling on a particular case,such act having normative effects on oneor more specific or identifiable persons.6. ‘Customs status’ means the status of goodsas Albanian or non-Albanian goods.7. ‘Albanian goods’ means goods:a) wholly obtained or produced in thecustoms territory of the Republic ofAlbania under the conditions referred toin article 29, and not incorporatinggoods imported from other countries orterritories;b) imported from other countries orterritories, which have been releasedfor free circulation in the customsterritory of the Republic of Albania;c) obtained or produced in the customsterritory of the Republic of Albania,either from goods referred to insubparagraph (b) alone, or from goodsreferred to both in subparagraphs (a)and (b) above.8. ‘Non-Albanian goods’ means goods otherthan those referred in subparagraph 7.9. ‘Customs debt’ means the obligation of aperson, to pay the amount of the import\\Ds2\admin\Kareem - Online Library Rebuild (Do Not Delete)\Pending\Albania\Customs Code of Albania (eng).doc