Directorate of Customs

Directorate of Customs
*Tollstjóri*
Directorate of Customs; Tollstjóri
	Insignia of the Directorate of Customs
	Flag of the Directorate of Customs
Agency overview
Formed	1929
Employees	250
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	Iceland
Operations jurisdiction	Iceland
Constituting instrument	Customs Law (Law No. 88/2005);
Specialist jurisdiction	Customs, excise and gambling.;
Operational structure
Overseen by ministry	Ministry of Finance
Headquarters	Tryggvagötu 19, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland
Elected officer responsible	Bjarni Benediktsson, Minister of Finance;
Agency executive	Sigurður Skúli Bergsson, Director-general;
Website
	customs.is (in English); tollur.is (in Icelandic)

The Directorate of Customs (Icelandic: Tollstjóri) is the national customs service of Iceland. The Directorate of Customs is the law enforcement agency, which is in charge of not only the collection of customs duties, but also the detection of smuggling and confiscation of counterfeit items entering Iceland.

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