Article 201

Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (recast) · European Union

1. Non-Union goods intended to be put on the Union market or intended for private use or consumption within the customs territory of the Union shall be placed under release for free circulation. 2. Release for free circulation shall entail the following: the collection of any import duty due; the collection, as appropriate, of other charges, as provided for under relevant provisions in force relating to the collection of those charges; the application of commercial policy measures and prohibitions and restrictions insofar as they do not have to be applied at an earlier stage; and completion of the other formalities laid down in respect of the import of the goods. 3. Release for free circulation shall confer on non-Union goods the customs status of Union goods.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-27 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.