Article 15. Other definitions used in this code

Other definitions shall be used in this Code as follows:

customs broker — a legal entity of the Republic of Uzbekistan, carrying out customs clearance operations on the basis of a contract on behalf of the declarant or an authorized person and on behalf of him;

customs — a set of methods and means of ensuring compliance with customs legislation aimed at achieving economic, regulatory and law enforcement goals;

customs escort — escort of motor vehicles by customs authorities under customs control;

customs operation — an action in relation to goods and vehicles performed by a customs authorities official and (or) an authorized individual during customs clearance of goods and vehicles;

customs regime — a set of regulations that determine, for customs purposes, status of goods and vehicles, which are transported across the customs border;

customs procedure — a set of customs operations performed for customs purposes;

declarant — an individual who conducts customs declaration of goods and (or) vehicles on his own behalf or on whose behalf goods and (or) vehicles are being declared;

declaration — a statement, which is presented to customs authorities, with required information on goods and (or) vehicles which are transported across the customs border and (or) which are under customs control;

measures of economic policy — restrictions on import into and export from the customs territory of goods and (or) vehicles including quotas, licensing and other measures to govern interaction of the country's economy with the world economy;

carrier — an individual who executes transportation of goods under customs control or who is responsible for use of a vehicle;

consignment of goods — goods or their part which are addressed to one recipient based on one transport document or sent under one postal waybill or transported as a carry-on and accompanied luggage of one individual crossing the customs border;

movement of goods and (or) vehicles across the customs border — import into or export from the customs territory of goods and (or) vehicles;

free circulation of goods — circulation of goods in the customs territory without established prohibitions and restrictions;

release of goods — an action by customs authorities that completes customs clearance and permits use and (or) disposal of goods based on conditions of the declared customs regime;