Dette hænger sammen med. at væsentlige dele af toldlovgivningen er blevet anvendt i DDR siden ikrafttrædelsen af den monetære, okonomiske og sociale union mellem de to Tysklande (1.7.1990).
This is because the constituent elements of the customs union have been in place in the German Demoaatic Republic since the entry into force of economic, monetary and social union between the two Germanys (I July 1990).