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1. The Contracting Parties shall assist each other through their respective Customs Administrations to ensure proper application of customs law, and to prevent, investigate and combat any customs offense, in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
2. The Contracting Parties shall through their respective Customs Administrations make cooperative efforts for simplification and harmonization of their customs procedures.
3. This Agreement shall be implemented by the Contracting Parties in accordance with the laws and regulations in force in each of their countries, and within the available resources of their respective Customs Administrations.
4. This Agreement is without prejudice to the obligations of the Kingdom of the Netherlands under the legislation of the European Union concerning its present and future obligations as a Member State of the European Union and any legislation enacted to implement those obligations, as well as its present and future obligations resulting from international agreements between the Member States of the European Union.