Glossary
The words an EU buyer of Armenian products meets in an offer, a contract or a customs file, each defined in a few exact lines, with its source where it states a rule.
B
- Broker, trader, agent
- A broker brings a buyer and a seller together, who sign the contract between themselves; the broker never takes title to the goods and is paid a commission (under Swiss law, Articles 412 and following of the Code of Obligations).
- Buyer registration
- The stage at which the producer signs the form that registers you as a buyer introduced by the desk.
C
- CN code
- The eight-digit code that classifies goods in the EU's Combined Nomenclature, set in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 and updated every year.
D
- DAP (Incoterms 2020)
- An Incoterms 2020 rule under which the seller arranges and pays the carriage to the agreed place of destination, and bears the risk until then.
E
- EUR.1 certificate
- A certificate of preferential origin issued by the competent authority of the exporting country, at the exporter's request.
- EXW (Incoterms 2020)
- An Incoterms 2020 rule under which the seller places the goods at the buyer's disposal at its premises or another agreed place, neither loaded nor cleared for export.
F
- FCA (Incoterms 2020)
- An Incoterms 2020 rule of the International Chamber of Commerce.
H
- Health certificate (honey)
- The official certificate, signed by the exporting country's competent authority, that travels with a product of animal origin into the EU.
I
- Invoice declaration of origin (REX)
- A statement in which the exporter itself declares, on its invoice, the origin of the product.
L
- Lab analysis
- The analysis of a sample of the lot by an accredited laboratory, with a report that gives the methods and the results.
M
- Minimum order
- The smallest quantity a producer agrees to ship in one order.
P
- Phytosanitary certificate
- The official certificate of the exporting country's plant protection service, stating that a consignment of plants has been inspected and meets the EU's plant-health requirements.
- Preferential origin
- The origin that opens a reduced or zero rate under an agreement or a preference such as Regulation 2026/2269.
- Pre-shipment inspection
- The check of a lot ready to leave by an independent third party: quantity, conformity with the technical sheet, packing, marking, and where needed sampling for the laboratory.
R
- Regulation (EU) 2026/2269
- The regulation of 7 October 2026 that suspends ad valorem customs duties on products originating in Armenia listed in its Annex I, from 10 October 2026 to 11 October 2028.
S
- Standard rose, spray rose
- A standard rose carries a single bloom per stem; a spray rose carries several, on the branches of one stem.
- Stem length
- The length at which a rose is cut and sold, stated in 10 cm steps.
T
- TARIC
- The European Commission's database that gives, for every ten-digit code and every country of origin, the measures that apply: duties, preferences, quotas, import controls.
- Tariff quota
- A yearly volume that enters at a reduced or zero duty; beyond it, the full duty applies.
- TRACES and CHED
- TRACES is the European Commission's online platform through which official certificates and import control documents travel.
V
- Vase life
- The number of days a cut flower stays decorative once in a vase, at the end customer.
- VI-1 document
- The document that travels with a wine imported into the EU from a third country.