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The EU is a Customs Union - its 28 member countries form a single territory for customs purposes. This means that:
- no customs duties are paid on goods moving between EU countries
- all apply a common customs tariff for goods imported from outside the EU
- goods that have been legally imported can circulate throughout the EU with no further customs checks.
The EU's customs territory includes the territories of the following countries:
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Czech Republic
- Croatia
- Denmark except: Faroe Islands and Greenland
- Germany except: island of Heligoland and the territory of Büsingen
- Estonia
- Ireland
- Greece
- Spain except: Ceuta and Melilla
- France including: Guadeloupe, French Guyana, Martinique and Reunion Islands and except: New Caledonia, Mayotte, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna Islands, French Polynesia and French Southern and Antarctic Territories
- Italy except: Livigno and Campione d'Italia and the national waters of Lake Lugano which are between the bank and the political frontier of the area between Ponte Tresa and Porto Ceresio
- Cyprus except: areas where the Cypriot government does not exercise effective control, where EU law is suspended pending a settlement to the Cyprus problem
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Hungary
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Austria
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovenia
- Slovak Republic
- Finland
- Sweden
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland including: Channel Islands and the Isle of Man
The following territories (including their territorial waters, inland maritime waters and airspace) are also considered part of the EU's customs territory:
- the principality of Monaco
- the United Kingdom Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in Cyprus.