Definition: Simplification threshold

Category: External trade

The simplification threshold [is a threshold] below which only data on 'product', 'partner Member State' and 'value' are required. From 1 January 2001, only the ten most important subheadings in terms of value of the CN need be distinguished.This threshold is applied in France and Luxembourg only.
Source:
Eurostat, "Statistics on the trading of goods - User guide", Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg, 1998, p.26
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