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 147.
Return of goods seized and documents to them
1. Return of goods seized and documents to them is made by the declarant, and if the declaration of goods has taken place - the owners of goods, and in cases where the owner is a foreign person or information about the owner of the goods from the customs authority absent - to persons in whose possession the goods were at the time of detention (hereinafter in this chapter - the declarant or other person), taking into account the specifications prescribed in this article.
2. Goods prohibited to transfer through the customs border, and the documents they were detained upon importation into the customs territory of the customs union will be returned to any of the persons referred to in paragraph 1 of this article has addressed the first customs office for the return of such goods for re-exportation outside of this territory.
3. Goods that are forbidden, and (or) limited to movement across the customs border, and the documents they were arrested when exporting from the customs territory of the customs union, returned to the declarant or other persons for use in the customs territory of the customs union, if the possession of the goods permitted under the laws of the State - a member of the Customs Union, customs authorities who detained the goods.
4. Goods restricted for transfer through the customs border, and the documents they were detained upon importation into the customs territory of the customs union, returned to the declarant or other persons for re-export outside the territory or for use in the customs territory of the customs union, provided that the customs authority of documentary evidence observing speed limits and placing goods under the customs procedure in accordance with this Code.
5. In other cases not referred to in paragraphs 2 - 4 of this article were detained goods are returned after they were placed under one of the customs procedures, individuals placed under the customs procedure, or their representatives.
6. If necessary, placement of goods under the customs procedure at the request of a person who is authorized to perform customs operations involving the placement of goods under customs procedures, documents, arrested with the goods are returned by the customs authority of such person prior to the release of goods.