Application
To the Contract about the Customs code
Customs union accepted
By the decision of Interstate Council
The Euroasian economic community
( Supreme body of customs union)
At a level of the chapters of the states
From November 27, 2009 N 17
(unofficial translation)
1. Customs inspection - actions of customs officials associated with the opening of the packaging of goods or cargo space of a vehicle or tanks, containers and other places where people are or may be in goods, in violation imposed on them the customs seals or other means of identification, disassembly, removal or violation of the integrity of the surveyed objects and their parts in different ways.
2. Customs official who is authorized to conduct customs inspection, notify the time and place of customs examination of the declarant or other person having authority over the goods, if these persons are known.
Declarant and other persons having authority in relation to the goods and their representatives may attend at their own initiative at customs control, except as specified in paragraph 4 of this article.
3. Customs inspection, carried out during the customs inspection of premises and territories, and (or) during the exit customs inspection may be conducted without creating a customs control zones.
4. At the request of customs officials declarant or other person having authority in relation to the goods and their representatives must be present at customs control and to officials of customs authorities as required. In the absence of a representative specifically authorized by the carrier, is an individual who drives the vehicle.
5. The customs authority is entitled to carry out customs clearance in the absence of the declarant and other persons having authority in relation to goods and their representatives in the following cases:
1) In case of absence of such persons or such persons are unknown;
2) when there is threat to national (state) security of life and human health, the environment, preservation of national cultural heritage of States - members of a customs union and other circumstances of urgency, including the presence of signs indicating that products are highly flammable substance, explosive objects, explosives, dangerous chemicals and biological substances, narcotic drugs, psychotropic, virulent, poisonous, toxic, radioactive substances, nuclear materials and other similar products if the products are spreading a bad smell;
3) for shipment of goods by international mail;
4) upon leaving the customs territory of the Customs Union goods in violation of the customs procedure providing for their removal.
6. Customs clearance, in the cases referred to in paragraph 5 of this Article shall be conducted in the presence of 2 (two) witnesses.
7. According to the results of customs inspection shall be drawn up customs clearance in 2 (two) copies of the form prescribed by the Commission of the customs union. In an act of customs inspection shall include the following information:
1) information about the officials of the customs authority, carry out customs clearance, and the persons who were present at the meeting;
2) the reasons for customs clearance in the absence of the declarant or other person having authority over the goods;
3) the results of customs inspection;
4) other information contained in the form of the act.
8. Second copy of the customs clearance is given (directed) the person having authority over the goods or his representative if the person is found.