FCS International Customs Co-operation

The participation of the FCS of Russia in the international Customs co-operation is being developed along three lines; through bilateral interaction, multilateral ties, and in the framework of the World Customs Organization (WCO).

One of the major challenges facing the FCS of Russia was the task to construct the regulatory-legal basis of the Customs Union.

The FCS of Russia actively participated in the negotiations with the representatives of Belarus and Kazakhstan in the working and expert groups set up by the Commission of the Customs Union. Much work was done for the elaboration and inter-state harmonization of the projects of international legal acts, necessary for the Customs Union and the functioning of the Single Customs territory, the FCS of Russia closely co-operated the Customs Services of Services of Belarus and Kazakhstan. At present the Customs services of the three States have turned to practical actions of transferring the agreed types of State control to the external borders the Customs Union.

The strengthening of integration process within the CIS and EurAsEC continued. In 2010 several important meetings were held: two meetings of the Councils of Heads of Customs Services of the CIS in Yalta and Yerevan, two meetings of the Council of Heads of Customs Services of EurAsEC in Krasnodar and Dushanbe, two meetings of the Board of Union State Customs Committee in Lipetsk and Minsk.

The FCS of Russia has intensified the interaction with the Customs Services of Ukraine, Armenia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Uzbekistan.

The co-operation with the Customs Services of the far abroad States has been developed systematically and dynamically.

One of the priorities was to strengthen the co-operation with the Customs Services of APEC, primarily with China and other States of Asian region, such as India, Mongolia, Vietnam, Korea and Thailand.

Particular emphasis was placed on the development of the Customs co-operation with the countries of Latin America and the European Union. During the recent years, intensive contacts were carried out with the Customs Services of Germany, Finland, Lithuania and Latvia.

The representatives of FCS of Russia participated in the work of WTO: attended the meetings of Subcommittee “Russia-UE on Customs and cross-border cooperation”, took part in the events of the Forum of the Asia-Pacific Ocean Co-operation, the Shanghai co-operation organization in the framework of the Ad hoc working group on Customs co-operation.

The FCS of Russia worked out and concluded about 50 intergovernmental agreements on co-operation and mutual assistance in Customs matters with the near and abroad countries. The Russian Customs Service within its competence has the function to fulfill the agreements concluded by the Government of the Russian Federation. In addition, in view of the development of intergovernmental agreements over 80 interdepartmental agreements were signed, these latter being of various directions of bilateral co-operation.

The FCS of Russia participates annually in the work of the unique Moscow International Club of Customs Attach’s. Being the only one of its kind it was established in Moscow in December 2002 on the initiative of the Customs representatives from Russia, China and Finland under the auspices of the State Customs Committee of Russia. Members of the Club are the representatives of Russia, the European Union, Armenia, Great Britain, Germany, India, Kyrgyzstan, China, Latvia, Lithuania, France, Finland, Czech republic, Spain, Chile, Sweden, the World Motor Transport Association and the Association of the trade attach’s of the States of Latin America.

The aim of the Club is to establish friendly and business contacts with the representatives of Customs Services of different countries, the employees of embassies, responsible for Customs matters as well as representatives of international organizations and business communities.

The Federal Customs Service of Russia has 17 representative offices abroad. In 2010, the representatives of the FCS were sent to Latvia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Korea, India and Japan.

Date: 2015-12-24; view: 901