THE AGREEMENT ON THE PROCEDURE FOR THE CUSTOMS CLEARANCE AND CUSTOMS CONTROL OF THE GOODS MOVED BETWEEN THE STATE PARTIES OF THE AGREEMENT ON CREATION OF THE FREE TRADE AREA

of October 8, 1999

The governments of the State Parties of this agreement which are hereinafter referred to as with the Parties

proceeding from the universally international standards and rules and bases of the national legal system of the Parties,

in development of Bases of customs legislations of the State Parties of the Commonwealth of Independent States accepted by Council of heads of states of the Commonwealth of Independent States on February 10, 1995

aiming at further expansion of mutually advantageous trade and economic relations,

recognizing need to provide effective functioning of free trade regime,

agreed as follows:

Article 1

In this agreement the terms used in Bases of customs legislations of the State Parties of the Commonwealth of Independent States accepted by Council of heads of states of the Commonwealth of Independent States on February 10, 1995 are applied.

Article 2

The purpose of this agreement is:

establishment of the simplified procedure for making of customs transactions and customs control of the goods moved between the Parties;

simplification customs, procedures concerning the goods occurring from the territories of the State Parties of the CIS (according to the Rules of determination of the country of goods' origin approved by the Decision of Council of CIS Heads of Government of September 24, 1993, taking into account edition of Item 9, brought by the Decision of Council of CIS Heads of Government of October 18, 1996, and the Rules of determination of the country of goods' origin which are integral part of the Agreement on Rules of determination of the country of goods' origin in the Commonwealth of Independent States of November 20, 2009), without causing damage to national interests of each of the specified states.

Article 3

2. This agreement is applied to the goods occurring from customs areas of the State Parties of the CIS and placed under customs regime of release for free circulation.

3. This agreement is not applied to goods:

belonging to particular loads, military products and goods of double application;

assessed by excises in the territories of the State Parties of the CIS.

The parties exchange the inventory, assessed by excises.

Article 4

The parties establish the simplified procedure for making of customs transactions concerning the goods specified in Item 2 of Article 3 of this agreement, imported on customs areas of the State Parties of the CIS.

( Changes in compliance by the Protocol from 31.05.2019) are made to Article 4
(see the previous edition)

Article 5

The simplified procedure for making of customs transactions of goods includes application:

the unified forms of cargo customs declarations;

the unified forms of customs passenger declarations;

the unified rules of making of customs transactions of goods and vehicles.

The simplified procedure for customs clearance of goods provides mutual recognition of documents of customs clearance and control.

Article 6

The parties, if necessary, on the basis of bilateral international treaties create at check points on the state (customs) borders of condition for implementation of joint customs control and making of customs transactions.

Article 7

Making of customs transactions concerning goods is made according to the national legal system of the State Parties of the CIS.

Article 8

Goods on customs areas of the State Parties of the CIS to destination are transported according to national rules of the goods delivery under customs control.

Article 9

After arrival of goods in the places of making of customs transactions determined by customs authority in which region of activities there are receivers of goods they are located on customs warehouses or in other places under customs control determined by customs authority.

Article 10

For confirmation of reliability of the data declared in the customs declaration, the customs authority has the right to demand provision of the additional documents and data necessary for customs control.

The parties aim at the maximum reducing lists of such documents and data, and also at optimization of conditions of their provision.

Article 11

Provisions of this agreement do not affect situations of other international treaties which participants are the Parties.

Article 12

This agreement becomes effective from the date of receipt by depositary of the third notification on accomplishment of the interstate procedures by the Parties necessary for entry into force of this agreement. For the Parties which performed interstate procedures later it becomes effective from date of delivery of the relevant documents to depositary.

Article 13

According to the mutual arrangement of the Parties changes and additions which are drawn up by separate documents can be made to this agreement.

Article 14

This agreement is effective within 5 years from the date of its entry into force. After this term the Agreement is automatically prolonged every time for the next 5-year period if the Parties do not make other decision.

The either party can leave this agreement, having sent the written notice of it to depositary not later than 6 months to exit, previously having settled the obligations which arose during action of this agreement.

Article 15

The matters of argument connected with interpretation and application of this agreement are solved by consultations and negotiations. In case of impossibility to resolve matters of argument by negotiations of the Party appeal to Economic Court of the Commonwealth of Independent States or other international Arbitration Courts.

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