bearer-negotiable instruments — instruments other than currency which entitle their holders to claim a financial amount upon presentation of the instruments without having to prove their identity or entitlement to that amount. Those instruments are: traveller’s cheques; and cheques, promissory notes or money orders that are either in bearer form, signed but with the payee’s name omitted, endorsed without restriction, made out to a fictitious payee, or otherwise in such form that title thereto passes upon delivery (d)

carrier — any natural person entering or leaving the Union carrying cash on their person, in their luggage or in their means of transport (h)

cash — currency; bearer-negotiable instruments; commodities used as highly-liquid stores of value; prepaid cards (a)

commodity used as a highly-liquid store of value — a good, as listed in point 1 of Annex I, that presents a high ratio between its value and its volume and that can easily be converted into currency through accessible trading markets while incurring only modest transaction costs (e)

competent authorities — the customs authorities of the Member States and any other authorities empowered by the Member States to apply this Regulation (g)

criminal activity — any of the activities listed in point (4) of Article 3 of Directive (EU) 2015/849 (j)

currency — banknotes and coins that are in circulation as a medium of exchange or that have been in circulation as a medium of exchange and can still be exchanged through financial institutions or central banks for banknotes and coins that are in circulation as a medium of exchange (c)

entering or leaving the Union — coming from a territory which is outside the territory covered by Article 355 TFEU to the territory which is covered by that Article, or departing the territory covered by that Article (b)

Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) — the entity established in a Member State for the purposes of implementing Article 32 of Directive (EU) 2015/849 (k)

prepaid card — a non-nominal card, as listed in point 2 of Annex I, that stores or provides access to monetary value or funds which can be used for payment transactions, for acquiring goods or services or for the redemption of currency where such card is not linked to a bank account (f)

unaccompanied cash — cash making up part of a consignment without a carrier (i)