For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
‘goods’ means all movable property, including electricity;
‘statistical territory of the Community’ means the ‘customs territory of the Community’ as defined in the Customs Code with the addition of the Island of Heligoland in the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany;
‘national statistical authorities’ means the national statistical institutes and other bodies responsible in each Member State for producing external trade statistics;
‘customs authorities’ means the ‘customs authorities’ as defined in the Customs Code;
‘customs declaration’ means the ‘customs declaration’ as defined in the Customs Code;
‘decision by customs’ means any official act by customs authorities relating to accepted customs declarations and having legal effect on one or more persons.