Cechy normatywne cła jako daniny publicznej w polskim i unijnym prawie celnym

Abstract

The aim of the presented article is to order and systematize features of customs duty as a public levy resulting from Polish and European Union customs law. The European Union’s law is a special type of a legal system characterising with an autonomous position in comparison with other legal systems. It comprises a set of provisions covering legal regulations initially drawn up by European Communities and then, by the European Union, as well as, partially by the Member States themselves. Independence of the European Union’s law also results from the fact that this law has own system of sources of law, own procedures of enactment, interpretation as well as application control and protection thereof. Transferring to the European Union some of its sovereign laws, Poland authorised the European Union authorities to independently adopt customs law. A characteristic normative feature distinguishing customs in Polish and European Union customs law consists in collecting customs by duly authorised customs authorities from entities importing and exporting goods through the customs area’s borders. Regulations included in the domestic customs law provisions indicate that it is a public levy that is stipulated and collected on the grounds of customs tariff from entities conducting foreign trade in goods in connection with transferring goods through the customs border of a state or a group of states constituting a customs union. Customs duties’ collection is related with import or export of goods subject to customs duties.

Keywords

• customs
• public levy
• the Constitution
• legal system