Bundeszollverwaltung

German Customs
*Bundeszollverwaltung*
German Customs; Bundeszollverwaltung
	German Customs logo
Agency overview
Formed	1949
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Germany
Specialist jurisdiction	Customs, excise and gambling.;
Website
	www.zoll.de

A West German customs dog (Zollhund) on the inner German border in 1984

The Bundeszollverwaltung (Federal Customs Service) is the customs service of the Federal Republic of Germany. It is also the executive and fiscal administrative unit of the federal government and part of the Federal Ministry of Finance. It was founded in 1949 in West Germany. The purpose of the Customs Service is to administer federal taxes, execute demands for payment on behalf of the federal government and federal statutory corporations, monitor the cross border movements of goods with regard to compliance with bans and restrictions, and prevent illicit work.^[1]

^ Der Zoll: Von der Grenze zu (fast) grenzenlosen Möglichkeiten Archived January 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, aufgerufen am 28. Juni 2009

[1] Der Zoll: Von der Grenze zu (fast) grenzenlosen Möglichkeiten Archived January 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, aufgerufen am 28. Juni 2009

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