Definition: Member State of arrival

Category: External trade

The 'Member State of arrival' is defined as the Member State in which the goods entering it: 
(a) as Community goods: 
· are not in direct or interrupted transit in that Member State, 
· are in direct or interrupted transit in that Member State but leave it following formalities for export from the statistical territory of the Community; 
(b) as non-Community goods, are: 
· released for free circulation;
· maintained under inward processing customs arrangements or under arrangements for processing under customs control or again made subject to such arrangements.