SAMANCTA: updated

Course description

This course guides you through the online quick reference support tool intended to provide a guideline for sampling goods for customs and tax purposes: Samancta (Sampling Manual for Customs and Tax Authorities).

Target audience

Customs professionals in the public and private sector from the EU and beneficiary countries dealing with customs matters related to trading goods under the GSP scheme with the EU or other preferential arrangements and trade agreements.

Learning objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- understand the purpose and legal relevance of Samancta;
- understand in detail how to use Samancta and its sampling procedures;
- learn to navigate through Samancta;
- identify the importance of health and safety precaution.
You will also be able to confidently use Samancta depending on your role.

Course duration

The course takes 1.5 hours.

The easy-to-use eLearning course Samancta is produced by the European Commission Directorate General for Taxation and Customs (TAXUD) under the Customs Programme.