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Definitions


By the Official Gazette
For the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Amman: Thursday 10 Jumada II 1419 H.
Corresponding to October 1, 1998
No. 4305
INDEX

Law No. (20) of the Year 1998 - Customs Law
 

Definitions
 

Article 1:

This Law shall be called The Customs Law of 1998 and shall come into force after the expiry of three months from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

Article 2:

The following words and expressions used in this Law shall have the meanings assigned to them thereunder unless the context indicates otherwise

 

Minister:

The Minister of Finance.

Department:

The Jordan Customs.

Director:

The Director General of the Jordan Customs.

The Tariff, The Customs Tariff:

The schedule listing types of commodities, units of fees, categories of customs duties payable thereon, as well as the rules and notes included therein.

The Customs Zone:

The area determined by the Minister in each seaport or airport or any other place where a customs house exists and authorized for performing all or part of the customs formalities

The Customs Line:

The line which is identical to the political borders between the Kingdom and neighboring countries as well as coasts of seas surrounding the Kingdom

The Customs Territory:

The part of lands or seas subject to customs control and measures specified in this law. Such customs territory comprises of:-

  1. The maritime customs territory which includes the sea area lying between coasts and the limit of the territorial water borders of the Kingdom

  2. The land customs limit which includes the territory lying between coasts or land borders on one hand and an internal line on the other to be determined by a decision from the Minister and published in the official gazette


Goods:

Every natural material, or animal, or agricultural, or industrial product including electrical energy

Kind of Goods:

The nomenclature incorporated in the Customs Tariff list

The Prohibited Goods:

Every commodity whose importation or exportation is prohibited in accordance with the provisions of this law or any other legislation

The Specified Prohibited Goods:

The prohibited goods which the minister specifies through a decision published in the official gazette for the purpose of customs control

Customs Value:

The value approved for goods pursuant to the provision of this law. Such value shall apply to all customs approved status unless provided otherwise

Identical Goods:

Means goods which are the same in all respects, including physical characteristics, quality and reputation. Minor differences in appearance would not preclude goods otherwise conforming to the definition from being regarded as identical. Goods shall not be regarded as identical goods unless they were produced in the same country and by the same person as the goods being valued

Similar Goods:

Means goods which, although not alike in all respects , have like characteristics and like component materials which enable them to perform the same functions and to be commercially interchangeable. The quality of the goods, their reputation and the existence of a trademark are among the factors to be considered in determining whether goods are similar. Goods shall not be regarded as similar goods unless they were produced in the same country and by the same person as the goods being valued

The Monopoly Goods:

Goods in respect of which a decree is issued by a competent authority granting exclusive importation or exportation by a certain party or to a certain party

Sumptuary - Duty Goods:

The goods which are specified by a decision from the director for the purpose of customs control and through a decision published in the official gazette

Restricted Goods:

Good the importation or exportation of which is made conditional on securing a permit, a license, a certificate or any other document to be issued by the competent authority

Customs Declaration:

Declaration submitted to department, which specifies the distinctive features of declared goods, as well as the itemized quantities thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Law. The documents required by the law and which shall be attached to the customs declaration are deemed to be part of such declaration

Declaring:

The person making the customs declaration in his own name, or the person in whose name the customs declaration is made. Such person shall have the right to present the goods to customs and complete customs procedures

Clearance Agent:

Every person whose job, under the provisions of this Law, is to prepar, sign and present customs declarations to the department and complete the necessary procedures related to the clearance of goods on behalf of others

Store:

The place or the building designated for the temporary storage of goods pending withdrawal under the relevant customs status, whether such a store is operated directly by the department or through a state/non state public agency or operating agencies

Operating Agency:

The department or any other natural or legal person undertaking responsibility for the storage, portage or stacking of goods as safeguarding the integrity of packages in return for specified fees and under customs supervision

Warehouse:

The area or the building where the goods are stored under the supervision of the department pending the collection of duties in accordance with the provisions of this law

Transporter:

The person who owns the means of transportation or anyone acting on his behalf

Designated Routes:

The routes appointed by the minister for the transport of goods imported into or exported from the kingdom or passing through it under a decision to be published in the official gazette


Article 3:

The provisions of this law shall be applicable to lands subject to the kingdom's sovereignty and to its territorial waters

Article 4:

Every commodity which passes the customs line upon entry or exit shall be subject to the provisions of this Law


Please note that the authentic text for the customs law 20/1998 is arabic language and this is the non-official translation

     
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