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)
A r t i c l e 323.
Moving the diplomatic mail and consular valise of foreign states through the customs border
1. Diplomatic mail and consular valise of foreign states through the customs border, shall be neither opened nor detained.
If there are serious grounds to believe that the consular bag contains documents and (or) products are not intended exclusively for official use, the customs authority may require the opening of consular bags authorized persons represented by the foreign state in the presence of a customs officer. In case of refusal to open the consular bag shall be returned to its place of origin.
2. The packages constituting the diplomatic mail and consular bag shall bear visible external marks on the character of these places.
3. A diplomatic bag may contain only diplomatic documents and goods intended exclusively for official use, and consular valise - only official correspondence and documents or goods which are intended exclusively for official use.