Procedure of Filling in the Passenger Customs Declaration

APPROVED

by Resolution of the Commission of the Customs Union

No. 287 dated July 18, 2010

Procedure of Filling in the Passenger Customs Declaration

Part 1. General Provisions

1. The present procedure of filling in the passenger customs declaration has been elaborated in accordance with Article 355 in the Customs Code of the Customs Union.

2. The passenger customs declaration form (hereinafter the Declaration) consists of the main form and complementary form named the Declaration of Available Cash and/or Monetary Instruments (hereinafter the Declaration of Available Cash) which is a supplement to the main Declaration form and shall be filled in cases provided by the present Procedure.

3. The Declaration form has the following dimensions: 148 x 210 mm (A5 format) or 210 x 296 mm (A4 format); the form is made typographically or printed using printing units of electronic computers. The Declaration forms can be made using self-replication paper.

4. The customs applicant shall fill in the Declaration by hand clear and legibly or print it by means of computer, and shall enter in the Declaration columns information on the goods transported across the Customs Union border (hereinafter the Customs Border) and other information required for customs purposes in compliance with the customs legislation of the Customs Union. Submission of the electronic copy or electronic version of the Declaration is not required.

5. Information shall be indicated in the official language of the Customs Union member-state, the Russian or English languages, and also – upon consent of the customs body – in any other language spoken by the officials of such customs body.

6. Should one Declaration form (hereinafter the Main Sheet) be insufficient for indication of information on all transported goods, the required quantity of such Declaration forms shall be used (hereinafter the Additional Sheet). Data on the goods subject to indication in subparagraphs 3.1, 3.3 of item, 3 and item 4 of the Declaration, may be indicated in Additional Sheets of the Declaration. The items contained in Additional Sheets shall be filled in according to the rules of filling in the items of the appropriate sheet. The filled in Additional Sheets shall make an integral part to the Declaration.

7. Information entered in the Declaration may be altered or added prior to letting the goods out, upon consent of the customs body and on the basis of justified request of the customs applicant, provided such entered alterations or additions have no influence on making a decision on letting the goods out and entail no necessity to alter any data which have an impact on calculation of the amount of customs payments and observance of any bans and restrains. Alteration or addition of any data entered in the registered Declaration may not entail entering information on any other goods except for those already indicated in such registered Declaration. Any alterations and additions of the Declaration shall be certified by the signature of the customs applicant and sealed with the personal numbered seal of the customs body authorized official who has registered such Declaration.

8. The customs applicant shall indicate necessary data in the Declaration, in particular, by checking off the appropriate boxes (the checked off box means an affirmative answer, otherwise the answer is negative).

9. One copy of the main form of the Declaration and of the complementary form (if filled in) of the Declaration shall be kept in the files of the customs body.

Part 2. Procedure of Filling in the Main Form of the Declaration

10. The Declaration shall be made in duplicate for the purposes of customs declaring of: - goods imported into the customs territory of the Customs Union in the accompanied baggage, provided the natural person who accompanies the same has the unaccompanied baggage when crossing the border; - goods transported across the customs border in the unaccompanied baggage; - goods with respect to which the customs applicant expresses his/her willingness to identify the same; - transport vehicles for personal use, temporarily imported into the customs territory of the Customs Union. In any other cases the second copy of the Declaration shall be made at will of the customs applicant. The customs applicant may make the Declaration in three or more copies. The central customs body of the Customs Union member-state, namely: the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Belarus – from the Belarusian Party, the Customs Control Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan – from the Kazakhstan’s Party, the Federal Customs Service – from the Russian Party, may establish the cases when for declaring the auto- and motor vehicles the Declaration shall be filled in one copy.

11. In the "Entry”, "Departure” boxes the customs applicant shall indicate the direction of transportation of the goods.

12. In item 1 of the Declaration the customs applicant shall indicate information about himself/herself, details of his/her identity papers, information on existence or absence of persons under sixteen who travel together with the customs applicant – by ticking the appropriate "Yes”, "No” boxes, and indicating the goods quantity in the "Quantity” line.

13. In subparagraph 2.1 of item 2 of the Declaration the customs applicant, by ticking the appropriate "Yes”, "No” boxes, shall indicate availability or absence of the goods, transported by him/her in the accompanied baggage. Should such goods be available, the total number of items of baggage shall be indicated in figures in the "Quantity of items” line in subparagraph 2.1, item 2 of the Declaration.

14. In subparagraph 2.2 of item 2 of the Declaration the customs applicant, by ticking the appropriate "Yes”, "No” boxes, shall indicate availability or absence of the goods, transported by him in the unaccompanied baggage. Should such goods be available, the total number of items of baggage shall be indicated in figures in the "Quantity of items” line in subparagraph 2.2, item 2 of the Declaration. At the point of arrival at the customs territory of the Customs Union, such information shall be treated as a notification to the customs body of availability or absence of the goods transported in the unaccompanied baggage with the customs applicant.

15. In subparagraph 2.3 of item 2 of the Declaration the customs applicant, by ticking the appropriate "Yes”, "No” boxes, shall indicate availability or absence of his/her goods transported by the carrier. Should such goods be available, the total number of items of baggage shall be indicated in figures in the "Quantity of items” line in subparagraph 2.3, item 2 of the Declaration.

16. In subparagraph 3.1, item 3 of the Declaration the customs applicant, by ticking the appropriate "Yes”, "No” boxes, shall indicate availability or absence with him/her of cash currency of the Customs Union member-states, travel cheques, to the total amount not exceeding USD 10000 in the equivalent. At will of the customs applicant, information on available cash currency and travel cheques shall be indicated in this subparagraph. The type of currency or kind of a monetary instrument – "travel cheques” shall be indicated in the "Name” line. The sum shall be indicated in the units of currency (currency of the travel cheques’ par value).

17. In subparagraph 3.2, item 3 of the Declaration the customs applicant shall notify of availability with him/her of cash currency of the Customs Union member-states, foreign currency, travel cheques to the amount exceeding USD 10000 in the equivalent and/or bills of credit, (bank) cheques, by ticking the appropriate "Yes”, "No” boxes. Should the answer be "Yes”, the customs applicant shall fill in a complementary form – the Declaration of Available Cash. Should the mentioned goods be transported, information on such goods shall be entered in the Declaration of Available Cash.

18. In subparagraph 3.3, item 3 of the Declaration the customs applicant, by ticking the appropriate "Yes”, "No” boxes, shall notify of availability with him/her of any transported vehicles for personal use. Additionally, information of such vehicles, separately for each kind thereof, shall be indicated in this subparagraph. An Additional Sheet for each vehicle shall be filled in.

19. In subparagraph 3.4, item 3 of the Declaration the customs applicant, by ticking the appropriate "Yes”, "No” boxes, shall notify of availability with him/her of goods with respect to which any bans or restrains have been imposed by the legislation of the Customs Union. Should such goods be available, information on such goods, and also information on the documents evidencing of complying with such restrains, and on the body which have issued the same, shall be indicated in item 4 of the Declaration.

20. In subparagraph 3.5, item 3 of the Declaration the customs applicant, by ticking the appropriate "Yes”, "No” boxes, shall notify of availability with him/her of any indivisible goods which weight exceeds 35 kg and/or goods which total weight exceeds 50 kg and/or which total customs value exceeds EUR 1500. Should such goods be available, detailed information on the same shall be indicated in item 4 of the Declaration.

21. In item 4 of the Declaration the customs applicant shall indicate the following information on the goods mentioned in subparagraphs 3.4, 3.5, the goods subject to customs declaring, and other goods at will of the natural person; 1) name and distinguishing features (what material such goods are manufactured of, colour, shape, brand, identification numbers (if any); 2) details of the documents evidencing of observance of the restrains; 3) weight/ number; 4) cost of goods (in the currency of the Customs Union member-state, Euro or US dollars). Should the Declaration be made with respect to goods transported in the unaccompanied baggage – if such baggage has been accepted for transportation by the air carrier as the accompanied one, but in the course of transportation, by any reason beyond control of the natural person, has not been delivered to the destination place simultaneously with arrival of such natural person – the customs applicant, apart from information mentioned in the first part of this item, shall indicate the details of documents about transfer of such baggage to such air carrier or other documents enabling to identify such baggage.

22. When filling in Additional Sheets of the Declaration, the customs applicant shall make an entry: "sheet No.___ ” in the upper right-hand corner of the sheet face, and information on the customs applicant of the transported goods shall be indicated there (surname, name, patronymic, his/her country of residence and identity document (series and number of the passport or other identity document) mentioned in item 1 of the Main Sheet. When filling in Additional Sheets of the Declaration, the customs applicant shall make an entry: " _______Additional Sheets”; quantity of such Additional Sheets shall be indicated in words.

23. All copies of the Declaration (Main and Additional Sheets) shall be signed by the customs applicant or the authorized person of the customs official; date of filling in the Declaration shall be indicated on the Sheets. At submission of the Declaration, the following information shall be indicated in the Declaration by the customs official below the signature: - registration number of the customs official in the customs official register; - position, surname, name, patronymic of the customs official’s worker, engaged in customs operations; - number of the document on the basis of which the customs official carries out customs operations in the name of the customs applicant. Part 3. Procedure of Filling in the Declaration of Available Cash

24. The Declaration of Available Cash shall be filled in when transporting: - money in cash (bank notes and coins, except for coins of precious metals) and travel cheques to the amount exceeding USD 10 thousand in the equivalent; - other monetary instruments in the documentary form (bills of credit, (bank) cheques, securities to bearer confirming payment obligations of the issuer (debtor) wherein no person is indicated to whom such payment shall be made). When filling in the form, information on all transported cash, travel cheques, and monetary instruments shall be indicated.

25. The Declaration of Available Cash shall be made in duplicate and signed by the customs applicant. Additionally, the customs applicant shall indicate the date of filling in the form. One copy of the Declaration of Available Cash together with the Main Form shall be kept in the customs body. The second copy of the Declaration of Available Cash, bearing an appropriate note made by the customs body, shall be kept by the customs applicant.

26. In item 1 of the Declaration of Available Cash the customs applicant shall indicate information about himself/herself. Residential (registration) address in the territory of the Customs Union and details of the document evidencing the right to stay at the territory of the Customs Union (if any) shall be indicated by the persons who are not the citizens of the Customs Union member-states.

27. In subparagraph 2.1 in the Declaration of Available Cash the customs applicant shall indicate the amount of each kind of transported currency in the currency units, including currency of the Customs Union member-states.

28. In subparagraph 2.2 in the Declaration of Available Cash the customs applicant shall indicate the par value or the appropriate amount in the currency of the Customs Union member-state or foreign currency the right to which is confirmed by the monetary instrument. Should there be no par value or should it be impossible to calculate the amount in the currency of the Customs Union member-state or foreign currency the right to which is confirmed by the monetary instrument, the quantity of exported monetary instruments shall be indicated.

29. Should cash money so transported be not the property of the natural person, the customs applicant shall make "another person” note in item 3. Should "another person” note be made, the customs applicant shall indicate, in subparagraph 3.1, the name and location address (legal address) of the enterprise, company or organization to which such transported money and/or monetary instruments belong.

30. Should the customs applicant indicate "Other” in item 4 or 5 of the Declaration of Available Cash, also the source of income or intended use of the declared money and/or monetary instruments shall be indicated.

31. In item 6 of the Declaration of Available Cash, initial point of travel (the country from which such declared money and/or monetary instruments have been or are exported) shall be indicated by the customs applicant in the "Country of departure” box; and the country which is a terminal point of the customs applicant’s travel shall be indicated in the "Country of arrival” box. Respectively, the date of departure shall be the date of exit from the country of departure, and the date of arrival shall be the date of entry to the terminal point of travel.

32. In subparagraph 6.1 of the Declaration the customs applicant shall indicate the type of transport, by which he/she has arrived at the Customs Union territory or will leave the Customs Union territory.

Passenger customs declaration form (in PDF)

Passenger customs declaration must be printed on the front and back sides A4