Question juridique clé
Whether the appellant was jointly liable for unpaid import VAT and automobile tax as a customs debtor.
Solution extraite
Yes. By organizing and causing the imports and arranging transport and declaration, it was an orderer within the customs-law sense and thus solidarily liable, regardless of fault.
Motifs extraits
Customs and related import taxes attach to the customs debtor; the notion of orderer is interpreted broadly to include anyone who actually causes the import. Liability under Art. 12 VStrR depends on an objective violation, not on criminal culpability.