www.tariffnumber.com www.tariffnumber.com
Search
Heart for Ukraine
  • Customs offices
  • Customs duties
  • Abbreviations
  • Changes
  • Services
    Export declaration Customs training Download
  • Startseite >
  • Abbreviations >
  • F >
  • Freight container (Transport)

Definition: Freight container

Transport

Article of transport equipment:

1. of a permanent nature and accordingly strong enough to be suitable for repeated use;

2. specially designed to facilitate the carriage of goods by one or more modes of transport, without intermediate reloading;

3. fitted with devices permitting its ready handling, particularly its transfer from one mode of transport to
another;

4. so designed as to be easy to fill and empty;

5. having a length of 20 feet or more.
Source:
European Union, Directive 2009/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea (Recast)
Created:
2005-05-25
Updated:
2019-05-10

Search box

Search
www.tariffnumber.com

DE EN FR

About us

Home
About us
Contact
NFTs, fundraising and charity

Information

Combined Nomenclature
Abbreviations
Embargo
Classifications

Services

Download
Customs training
Advertise
API
Sign in
Imprint Privacy Policy Cookie-Policy