This Regulation applies to activities carried out on the customs territory of the European Community by pre-shipment inspection entities which, for the account of governments of public entities of third countries, carry out controls on the quality, quantity or price, including exchange rate and financial terms, of goods destined for export to the territory of these third countries ('pre-shipment inspection programmes').
Ta uredba se uporablja za dejavnosti, ki jih na carinskem območju Evropske skupnosti opravljajo subjekti predodpremnih pregledov, ki za račun vlad ali oseb javnega prava tretjih držav izvajajo nadzor kakovosti, količine ali cene, vključno z menjalnim tečajem in finančnimi pogoji blaga, namenjenega za izvoz na ozemlje teh tretjih držav ("programi predodpremnega pregleda").