DECREE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS

On the movement of goods for personal use

Changes and additions:

Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus dated February 11, 2016 No. 40 (National legal Internet portal Republic of Belarus, 02/13/2016, 1/16266) ;

Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus of January 8, 2018 No. 7 (National Legal Internet Portal of the Republic of Belarus, 01/10/2018, 1/17456) ;

Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus of December 22, 2018 No. 490 (National Legal Internet Portal of the Republic of Belarus, December 28, 2018, 1/18084)

In order to improve legal regulation customs relations related to the movement of individuals through customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Republic of Belarus of goods for personal use:

1. Establish that:

1.1. customs duties, taxes on goods for personal use 1 imported into the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Republic of Belarus in international mail addressed to one recipient - an individual permanently or temporarily residing or temporarily staying in the Republic of Belarus (hereinafter referred to as the recipient), or goods for personal use 2, delivered by the carrier to the address of one recipient, are not paid in cases where:

the total value of goods sent during a calendar month in international mail to one recipient does not exceed the equivalent of 200 euros, and the total weight does not exceed 31 kilograms (hereinafter referred to as the monthly shipping rate), while the cost of goods sent to one international postal item, does not exceed the amount equivalent to 22 euros, and the weight does not exceed 10 kilograms (hereinafter referred to as the one-time postage rate);

the total value of goods delivered by the carrier during a calendar month to one recipient does not collectively exceed the equivalent of 200 euros, and the total weight does not exceed 31 kilograms (hereinafter referred to as the monthly delivery rate), while the cost of goods in one shipment delivered by the carrier , does not exceed the equivalent of 22 euros, and the weight does not exceed 10 kilograms (hereinafter referred to as the one-time delivery rate).

In the case of importing goods sent by international mail or importing goods in a shipment delivered by a carrier:

in excess of the one-time shipment rate without exceeding the monthly shipment rate or in excess of the one-time delivery rate without exceeding the monthly delivery rate, customs duties and taxes are paid (collected) in relation to such goods in terms of exceeding the one-time shipment rate or one-time delivery rate, respectively, in the manner determined by the customs regulations legal relations with international treaties and acts constituting the law of the Eurasian Economic Union;

in excess of the monthly shipment rate without exceeding the one-time shipment rate or in excess of the monthly delivery rate without exceeding the one-time delivery rate, customs duties and taxes are paid (collected) in relation to such goods in relation to the excess of the monthly shipment rate or the monthly delivery rate, respectively, in the manner determined by the customs regulations legal relations with international treaties and acts constituting the law of the Eurasian Economic Union;

with the simultaneous excess of one-time and monthly shipping norms or one-time and monthly delivery norms, customs duties and taxes are paid (collected) in the amount of the greater of the amounts calculated in relation to such goods, in terms of exceeding the one-time and monthly shipping norms or one-time and monthly delivery norms, respectively, in in the manner determined by the international treaties and acts regulating customs legal relations that constitute the law of the Eurasian Economic Union.

For the purposes of monitoring compliance with the norms for the import of goods for personal use without paying customs duties, the date of import of goods is:

in relation to goods sent by international mail - the date of registration of documents submitted in accordance with international treaties and acts governing customs legal relations, constituting the law of the Eurasian Economic Union, for placing such goods in temporary storage;

in relation to goods delivered by the carrier, the date of registration of the passenger customs declaration submitted in respect of such goods.

If in relation to goods for personal use sent in international mail, it is necessary to convert foreign currency, such conversion is made at the official exchange rate established by the National Bank on the date of import of these goods, determined in accordance with part three of this subclause.

The effect of parts one and two of this subclause does not apply to medical goods and specialized food products of dietary therapeutic nutrition, the list of which is approved by the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus, imported into the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Republic of Belarus in international mail and (or) delivered by a carrier to address of individuals included in the list formed by the Ministry of Health, suffering from certain incurable diseases, the list of which is determined by the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus.

The procedure for the submission by the Ministry of Health to the customs authorities of information about individuals specified in part five of this subparagraph is determined by the Ministry of Health in agreement with the State Customs Committee;

1 With the exception of indivisible goods for personal use.

2 With the exception of ethyl alcohol, alcoholic drinks, beer and indivisible goods for personal use.

1.2. recipients of goods can act as declarants of goods for personal use sent in international mail, using a passenger customs declaration in the form established by the acts constituting the law of the Eurasian Economic Union, in the following cases:

importation into the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Republic of Belarus of goods for personal use with exemption from customs duties, taxes and (or) in respect of which prohibitions and restrictions apply, if the shipment of such goods in international mail is not prohibited;

importation into the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Republic of Belarus of goods for personal use specified in part five of subclause 1.1 of this clause;

identification by the designated postal operator or customs authority of the absence of documents provided for by the acts of the Universal Postal Union accompanying international postal items and used as a passenger customs declaration, or the absence in such documents of information about the goods necessary for their release;

intentions to prove the reliability of information about the value of goods contained in documents provided for by the acts of the Universal Postal Union accompanying international mail and used as a passenger customs declaration, if the value of such goods has been determined by the customs authority;

refusal to release goods for personal use sent in international mail, specified in paragraph 17 of Article 286 of the Customs Code of the Eurasian Economic Union;

1.3. registration of a passenger customs declaration is not carried out in relation to goods for personal use sent in international mail, in respect of which the documents provided for by the acts of the Universal Postal Union and accompanying such international mail are used as a passenger customs declaration;

1.4. documents that are subject, in accordance with international treaties and acts governing customs legal relations that constitute the law of the Eurasian Economic Union, to be submitted by an individual when performing customs operations in relation to goods for personal use, include the documents specified in Appendix 1;

1.5. there is no requirement to provide security for the fulfillment of the obligation to pay customs duties and taxes in relation to vehicles for personal use, registered on the territory of foreign states, temporarily imported into the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Republic of Belarus:

diplomatic workers and administrative and technical staff of diplomatic missions and consular offices of the Republic of Belarus and members of their families living with them;

employees of representative offices government organizations, subordinate to the Government of the Republic of Belarus and located outside the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union;

1.6. The obligation to pay customs duties for performing customs operations in relation to goods for personal use arises:

from the declarant of goods for personal use, with the exception of goods for personal use sent by international mail;

at the recipient of goods for personal use sent by international mail.

The obligation to pay customs duties for customs operations arises, terminates and is subject to execution upon the occurrence of circumstances and within the time limits established by the Customs Code of the Eurasian Economic Union for customs duties and taxes levied on goods for personal use, taking into account part three of this subparagraph.

The obligation to pay customs duties for customs operations in relation to goods for personal use is terminated if the amount not paid in fixed time the amount of such customs duties does not exceed an amount equivalent to one euro at the official exchange rate of the Belarusian ruble to the euro, established by the National Bank on the day the euro exchange rate is applied for the calculation of customs duties and taxes in accordance with the Customs Code of the Eurasian Economic Union;

1.7. when importing into the Republic of Belarus and exporting from the Republic of Belarus through simplified checkpoints through State border In the Republic of Belarus, the following categories of goods include goods for personal use on the basis of an oral statement from an individual:

goods for personal use, imported and exported in the accompanied luggage of individuals, the list and quantity of which, taking into account the international treaties and acts governing customs legal relations that constitute the law of the Eurasian Economic Union, are established by the State Customs Committee in agreement with the State Border Committee, the Ministry Agriculture and food;

Passenger cars (except for motor vehicles specially designed for medical purposes) and other motor vehicles intended primarily for the transport of persons classified in heading 8703 of the Uniform Commodity Nomenclature foreign economic activity of the Eurasian Economic Union 3 (hereinafter referred to as cars), registered on the territory of the Republic of Belarus, moved across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Republic of Belarus by individuals following them - owners, in cases established by law;

cars registered in the territory of a foreign state, the temporary import of which into the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union is allowed without providing security for the fulfillment of the obligation to pay customs duties and taxes, moved across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Republic of Belarus by individuals following them - owners, in cases established by law, if available customs documents, confirming the release of such vehicles for the purpose of temporary import;

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3 With the exception of motor vehicles not intended for driving on public roads.

1.8. goods not specified in subclause 1.7 of this clause, or in quantities exceeding the norms established in accordance with paragraph two of subclause 1.7 of this clause, as well as goods specified in paragraph two of subclause 1.7 of this clause, imported by individuals into the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union and exported from this territory more than once a calendar day through simplified checkpoints across the State Border of the Republic of Belarus are not subject to the following:

import into the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union and must be immediately exported from this territory, unless otherwise established by the international treaties and acts governing customs legal relations that constitute the law of the Eurasian Economic Union, and (or) legislation and there is no element in the actions of the person who carried out such import crime or administrative offense;

export from the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union by persons moving them, unless otherwise established by international treaties and acts that constitute the law of the Eurasian Economic Union and (or) legislation governing customs legal relations.

The goods specified in part one of this subparagraph may be transported across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Republic of Belarus in the manner established by the international treaties and acts governing customs legal relations that constitute the law of the Eurasian Economic Union, through checkpoints across the State border of the Republic of Belarus, in which customs control is carried out and other types of control are carried out at the State Border of the Republic of Belarus;

1.9. Border service authorities ensure the passage through simplified checkpoints across the State Border of the Republic of Belarus only of goods specified in subclause 1.7 of this clause, within the limits of the norms established in accordance with paragraph two of subclause 1.7 of this clause, taking into account the provisions provided for in subclause 1.8 of this clause.

Border service authorities provide information about individuals and vehicles to customs authorities in accordance with joint regulatory legal acts or agreements regulating the procedure for exchanging this information;

1.10. the procedure for registration by customs authorities of cars specified in paragraph four of subclause 1.7 of this clause is determined by the State Customs Committee;

1.11. officials of border service bodies, employees of internal affairs bodies, in the event of detection of goods moved across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Republic of Belarus in violation of international treaties and acts governing customs legal relations that constitute the law of the Eurasian Economic Union, and (or) legislation, inform about this Customs.

The procedure for registration and transfer of these goods to customs authorities is determined by the joint regulatory legal act State Customs Committee, Ministry of Internal Affairs and State Border Committee;

1.12. Aviation security services of international airports in the Republic of Belarus inform the customs authorities located at these airports, in the manner determined in the scheme for passing individuals, vehicles and goods across the State Border of the Republic of Belarus, about the identification of individuals departing from the customs territory of the Eurasian economic union, goods:

not related to goods for personal use;

in respect of which prohibitions and restrictions are applied, established by international treaties and acts regulating customs legal relations that constitute the law of the Eurasian Economic Union;

1.13. when moving goods for personal use to individuals, delivered by carriers that are included in the register of customs representatives, such customs representatives, when performing customs operations in relation to these goods on behalf of the individual indicated in the accompanying documents as the recipient, have the right not to submit to the customs authority agreement with this individual confirming the authority to carry out such customs operations;

1.14. customs duties, taxes in relation to goods for personal use 4 imported into the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Republic of Belarus in accompanied and unaccompanied luggage by an individual entering the territory of the Republic of Belarus more than once in three calendar months 5 are not paid if the value of such goods does not exceed the equivalent of 300 euros and the total weight does not exceed 20 kilograms.

Part one of this subclause does not apply to cases of entry of an individual into the territory of the Republic of Belarus:

by air transport;

from a neighboring state, entry into whose territory an individual was denied, subject to confirmation of the absence of goods not specified in part three of this subparagraph, and confirmation of the refusal to enter the territory of a neighboring state by submitting to the customs authority the documents specified in paragraphs 6 and 7 of the appendix 1.

Cost and weight norms, within the limits of which goods for personal use are imported into the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Republic of Belarus without paying customs duties and taxes, established in part one of this subparagraph, do not apply to:

goods for personal use specified in Appendix 2;

goods for personal use specified in paragraphs one and three of paragraph 5 of Article 266 of the Customs Code of the Eurasian Economic Union;

used goods for personal use, imported by foreign individuals for the period of their stay in the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union without paying customs duties and taxes specified in paragraph one of paragraph 6 of Article 266 of the Customs Code of the Eurasian Economic Union;

vehicles for personal use;

goods for personal use, imported with exemption from customs duties and taxes in accordance with international treaties and acts governing customs legal relations that constitute the law of the Eurasian Economic Union;

awards in the form of orders, medals, cups, sports equipment, photo and video equipment, other goods used in professional activity, not related to the implementation entrepreneurial activity, coffins with bodies (remains) and urns with ashes (ashes) of the dead, cash cash and (or) monetary instruments imported without paying customs duties and taxes in compliance with the conditions established by international treaties and acts governing customs legal relations that constitute the law of the Eurasian Economic Union;

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4 With the exception of ethyl alcohol, alcoholic beverages, beer.

5 For the purposes of applying this subclause, the calculation of three calendar months begins from 00 hours 00 minutes of the first day of the month in which the previous entry of an individual into the territory of the Republic of Belarus was made, with the exception of entry in the cases specified in part two of subclause 1.14.

1.15. in relation to goods that are not subject to cost, weight and (or) quantitative norms, within which goods for personal use are imported into the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Republic of Belarus without paying customs duties and taxes established in subparagraphs 1.1 and 1.14 of this paragraph , the cost, weight and (or) quantitative norms established by the international treaties and acts governing customs legal relations that constitute the law of the Eurasian Economic Union are applied;

1.16. motor vehicles and motor vehicles for personal use, as well as trailers for motor vehicles and motor vehicles for personal use, imported with exemption from customs duties and taxes by an individual recognized as having moved to a permanent place of residence in the Republic of Belarus, must be owned and registered in the name of such a person in the country of previous residence for at least two years before the date of issue of a document confirming the recognition of such a person as having moved to a permanent place of residence in the Republic of Belarus;

1.17. when moving across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Republic of Belarus, goods in respect of which export control measures are applied in accordance with the law do not apply to goods for personal use;

1.18. for the purposes of this Decree:

persons with permanent residence in the Republic of Belarus are understood to be citizens of the Republic of Belarus who have a passport of a citizen of the Republic of Belarus (with the exception of a passport of a citizen of the Republic of Belarus for permanent residence outside the Republic of Belarus), a national identity card of a seaman of the Republic of Belarus or another document specified in subparagraph 1.1 of paragraph 1 of Appendix 1, as well as foreign citizens and stateless persons who, in accordance with the legislation, have been granted refugee status in the Republic of Belarus, permanently or temporarily residing in the Republic of Belarus;

persons who have moved to a permanent place of residence in the Republic of Belarus are understood as persons recognized in accordance with the law as having arrived in the Republic of Belarus for permanent residence, or citizens of the Republic of Belarus who previously permanently resided outside the Republic of Belarus and moved for permanent residence to the Republic of Belarus;

other terms and definitions are used in the meanings established by the international treaties and acts governing customs legal relations that constitute the law of the Eurasian Economic Union;

1.19. The Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus determines the areas of activity of work, upon receipt of permission for which in the Republic of Belarus, a foreign individual can import into the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Republic of Belarus in accompanied and (or) unaccompanied baggage for the period of stay in such territory with exemption from paying customs duties. duties, taxes, used goods for personal use;

1.20. The State Customs Committee determines:

the procedure for registering or refusing to register a passenger customs declaration;

the procedure for carrying out customs operations in relation to goods for personal use moved across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union, goods for personal use temporarily imported into the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union, the release of such goods and reflection of the fact of their recognition as not under customs control in cases provided for by acts regulating customs legal relations that constitute the law of the Eurasian Economic Union, or in the part not regulated by these acts;

peculiarities of customs operations in relation to goods for personal use sent in international mail, to the extent not regulated by the Customs Code of the Eurasian Economic Union.

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documents to be submitted by an individual when performing customs operations in relation to goods for personal use

1. Documents identifying (confirming) the identity, including of a minor, as well as documents for leaving the Republic of Belarus or entering the Republic of Belarus:

1.1. passport of a citizen of the Republic of Belarus, diplomatic passport of a citizen of the Republic of Belarus, service passport of a citizen of the Republic of Belarus, certificate of return to the Republic of Belarus - for citizens of the Republic of Belarus;

1.2. residence permit in the Republic of Belarus, travel document of the Republic of Belarus - for foreign citizens and stateless persons permanently residing in the Republic of Belarus;

1.3. refugee certificate - for foreign citizens and stateless persons who have been granted refugee status in the Republic of Belarus;

1.4. certificate of provision of additional protection in the Republic of Belarus - for foreign citizens and stateless persons who have been granted additional protection in the Republic of Belarus;

1.5. certificate of registration of an application for refugee status, additional protection or asylum in the Republic of Belarus - for foreign citizens and stateless persons applying for refugee status, additional protection or asylum in the Republic of Belarus;

1.6. national identity card of a seafarer of the Republic of Belarus - for citizens of the Republic of Belarus, as well as for foreign citizens and stateless persons hired to work on ships registered in the Republic of Belarus;

1.7. document for traveling abroad - for other foreign citizens and stateless persons.

2. Documents confirming the value of the declared goods for personal use - contract, specification, invoice, proforma invoice, sales receipt, payment receipt, inventory of property and others.

3. Documents containing information allowing to identify a vehicle for personal use or part of it vehicle for personal use, as well as documents confirming the right to own, use and (or) dispose of a vehicle for personal use:

3.1. registration certificate (technical passport, technical coupon) of a vehicle, trailer or a document replacing it, in the absence of their originals - duplicates or copies of such documents containing information about this vehicle, trailer, issued by the competent authority in the country of the last registration of the vehicle, trailer;

3.2. acceptance certificate of the manufacturer of the vehicle, trailer or other document issued by the manufacturer and confirming the fact of production of the vehicle, trailer;

3.3. invoice, purchase and sale agreement, gift agreement and other documents certifying the completion of a transaction involving the transfer of ownership of a vehicle;

3.4. decision of the competent authority on recognition of ownership of the vehicle;

3.5. a certificate of the right to inheritance issued by a notary or other competent authority of the country in which the inheritance was opened, in the presence of legalization, unless otherwise provided by international treaties of the Republic of Belarus.

4. Documents confirming compliance with import conditions with exemption from customs duties and taxes:

4.1. documents confirming the recognition of an individual as having moved to a permanent place of residence in the Republic of Belarus:

for foreign citizens and stateless persons - a residence permit in the Republic of Belarus;

for citizens of the Republic of Belarus who previously permanently resided outside the Republic of Belarus and moved for permanent residence to the Republic of Belarus - a passport of a citizen of the Republic of Belarus with a mark of registration at the place of residence in the Republic of Belarus;

4.2. refugee certificate;

4.3. documents confirming the intention to move to a permanent place of residence in the Republic of Belarus:

for citizens of the Republic of Belarus who previously permanently resided outside the Republic of Belarus and are moving for permanent residence to the Republic of Belarus - a passport of a citizen of the Republic of Belarus for permanent residence outside the Republic of Belarus with a note on the removal from consular registration of citizens permanently residing outside the Republic of Belarus;

for foreign citizens and stateless persons:

a document for traveling abroad with a visa of the Republic of Belarus for permanent residence (at the Zhykharstvo station);

certificate (notification) of the diplomatic mission or consular office of the Republic of Belarus in the state of previous residence on the issuance of a permit for permanent residence in the Republic of Belarus;

a specially issued passport for departure for permanent residence in the Republic of Belarus;

a sheet of deregistration or a sheet of departure to the Republic of Belarus;

a certificate from the citizenship and migration unit of the internal affairs body on the acceptance of documents for issuing a permanent residence permit in the Republic of Belarus to a foreign citizen or stateless person;

4.4. documents confirming the receipt by a person with permanent residence in the Republic of Belarus of an inheritance outside the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union and containing a list of goods received as an inheritance, issued by notaries or other competent authorities of the country in which the inheritance was opened;

4.5. documents confirming the status of heads of diplomatic missions, members of the diplomatic and administrative and technical staff of diplomatic missions, heads of consular posts and other consular officials, consular officers of consular posts, members of staff (employees, officials) of state missions to international organizations, international organizations or their representative offices that, in accordance with the statutory documents of these organizations or the relevant international treaties of the Republic of Belarus, enjoy privileges and immunities, and members of their families, as well as documents confirming the period of granting privileges to such persons in the host state - a diplomatic or consular card with a record of the availability of immunities and privileges in the Republic of Belarus, accreditation or service card, diplomatic, service or official passport indicating the position held;

4.6. documents confirming the fact and duration of work (service) of a person with permanent residence in the Republic of Belarus, outside the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union, documents certifying the status of the head of the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Belarus, a member of the diplomatic and administrative and technical staff of the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Belarus, head of the consular office of the Republic of Belarus, other consular official, a consular officer of a consular office of the Republic of Belarus, an employee of the mission of the Republic of Belarus to an international organization (hereinafter referred to as employees of foreign establishments, foreign establishment), as well as members of his family living with an employee of a foreign establishment, documents confirming that during the current calendar year an employee of a foreign establishment residing together with an employee of a foreign institution, members of his family, goods for personal use were not imported into the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Republic of Belarus with exemption from customs duties, taxes, documents confirming the termination of work of an employee of a foreign institution in a foreign institution, including transfer to work in another state or early review:

for an employee of a foreign institution, members of his family living together with an employee of a foreign institution - a diplomatic or service passport, a certificate signed by an authorized person of the foreign institution, certified by the seal of this foreign institution with the image of the State Emblem of the Republic of Belarus;

for employees of other state bodies - a certificate from a state body signed by the head (his deputy), certified by the appropriate seal with the image of the State Emblem of the Republic of Belarus;

4.7. documents confirming the fact of temporary stay of an individual permanently residing in the Republic of Belarus in a foreign state - a passport of a citizen of the Republic of Belarus with a note on temporary consular registration;

4.8. documents confirming the export of goods from the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union:

passenger customs declaration, formalized in the manner established by the international treaties and acts regulating customs legal relations that constitute the law of the Eurasian Economic Union;

documents evidencing the fact of production or acquisition of goods on the territory of the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union - product passport, warranty card, receipt and other documents and information determined by the State Customs Committee;

4.9. conclusion of the Ministry of Culture on classifying goods as cultural property.

5. Documents confirming the release of vehicles for personal use for the purpose of temporary import:

5.1. passenger customs declaration, drawn up in the manner established by the international treaties and acts governing customs legal relations that constitute the law of the Eurasian Economic Union;

5.2. a vehicle import certificate issued in the manner established by the State Customs Committee.

6. A document confirming the absence of goods not specified in part three of subparagraph 1.14 of paragraph 1 of this Decree - a passenger customs declaration submitted by an individual upon entry into the territory of the Republic of Belarus from a neighboring state, entry into whose territory the individual was denied, with a mark “After return”, indicated in the “For official use” column.

7. Documents confirming refusal of entry into the territory of a neighboring state:

a document certifying (confirming) the identity, including of a minor, or a document for leaving the Republic of Belarus or entering the Republic of Belarus with a mark confirming the presence of a refusal to enter the territory of a neighboring state;

document issued by an authorized person government agency of a neighboring state, confirming the refusal to enter the territory of a neighboring state.

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goods for personal use, used and necessary along the route and destination

1. Personal hygiene items.

2. Clothes, shoes, other wardrobe items.

3. Jewelry.

4. Wristwatch.

5. Portable sound recording, video recording, playback equipment, photographic equipment, accessories, video recording media, audio recording media.

6. Portable radios, flash players.

7. Mobile phones, smartphones, similar communication devices.

8. Portable personal computers, tablets, GPS navigators, game consoles, accessories for them.

9. Children's seats attached to car seats, baby strollers, children's toys.

10. Equipment and supplies for sports, tourism, hunting and fishing.

11. Portable musical instruments.

12. Strollers for disabled people.

13. Shovel, rake, basket, bucket, other similar equipment and hand tool for the household.

14. Books, magazines, other printed publications.

15. Stationery.

16. Portable dialyzers, other medical devices and consumable materials, medicines, food products necessary for an individual for medical reasons.

17. Canes, umbrellas, bags, handbags, suitcases, and other similar items.

11 February. Presidential Decree No. 40 of February 11 sharply limited duty-free import of international parcels. In addition, the rate of duty-free import of goods for citizens crossing the border more than once a quarter has been reduced. It has been established that customs duties are not paid in respect of goods for personal use sent in international mail during a calendar month to one individual, if the customs value of such goods in the aggregate does not exceed the equivalent of 22 euros, and the total weight in the aggregate does not exceed 10 kilograms (previously 200 euros and 31 kilograms, respectively).

In addition, changes have been made to the procedure for moving goods for personal use through road and railway checkpoints. “The current norm - 1,500 euros and 50 kilograms of duty-free import - remains in force. But if citizens cross the border more often than once every three months, then goods exceeding 300 euros will not be recognized by customs authorities as goods for personal use. They will be subject to customs clearance in the general manner with the payment of customs duties,” said Vladimir Orlovsky, Deputy Chairman of the State Customs Committee. The decree comes into force two months after its official publication.

The Minsk format of negotiations on Ukraine has fully justified itself, Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei said before the start of the conference “Minsk agreements a year later: achievements, challenges, lessons.” “If all interested parties had implemented the agreements that were reached, I am convinced that the conflict would have been ended long ago,” says the head of Belarusian diplomacy. He noted that, by offering a platform for negotiations, official Minsk did not set itself any mercantile goals and did not seek any benefits. "When there is a war going on“When people kill each other, such issues fade into the background,” he said. “There was only a desire to stop this bloodshed.” That's what we were guided by."

The main thing in work law enforcement not statistics, but the reaction of the population, Alexander Lukashenko said at an extended meeting of the board of the Investigative Committee. We don’t need window dressing,” he said. Statistics reflect the results of the activities of law enforcement officers and can serve to analyze their effectiveness, but the main thing is the reaction of the population, the official leader emphasized. Lukashenko called on the police and other security forces to “be people of the people” and demanded that they do everything necessary to improve their image among the population, proving that they wear shoulder straps to protect people.

At a school in the agricultural town of Ratichi, Grodno region, there was a mass poisoning of schoolchildren with an unknown substance. According to the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, at 12.26 the emergency medical assistant on duty reported to the 101 service about a mass admission of students from a secondary school in an agricultural town with signs of poisoning. Medical and chemical rescuers were sent to the scene of the incident in a chemical and radiation protection, specialists from the Grodno gas service were involved and regional center hygiene, epidemiology and public health. It turned out that the children studying on the second floor experienced a sharp deterioration in their health (dizziness, nausea, vomiting, increased body temperature and blood pressure). Measurements of the air for the content of a number of chemical substances showed that there is no dangerous concentration, and the background radiation is not exceeded. The Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health also takes measurements to determine the presence of harmful substances, the results of which will be known later. In total, 35 students sought medical help, all of them were taken to the Grodno Regional Children's Clinical Hospital. Four of them are in intensive care. The educational process has been suspended.

Dmitry Vlasov, BelaPAN. Tags.

Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus dated February 11, 2016 No. 40 introduced amendments and additions to Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus dated July 21, 2014 No. 360 “On the movement of goods for personal use across the customs border of the Customs Union in the Republic of Belarus” (hereinafter referred to as Decree No. 360), which will take effect from 04/14/2016.

Standards for duty-free import (receipt) by individuals located on the territory of the Republic of Belarus, goods for personal use(except for alcoholic beverages, etc.), delivered to an individual in international mail(hereinafter referred to as parcels) and (or) the carrier(hereinafter referred to as express cargo) will change. Thus, without paying a duty, it will be possible to receive goods within a calendar month if their total customs value is no more than the equivalent of 22 euros (now 200 euros), and the total weight in the aggregate is no more than 10 kg (now 31 kg ) (part 1 subsection 1.1 clause 1 of Decree No. 360 as amended on 02/11/2016, part 1 subsection 1.1 of Decree No. 360 as amended on 07/21/2014).

In this case, the amount and weight for calculating the norm will include:

Both goods received by parcels (in one or more) and goods imported by express cargo (in one or more deliveries) - if the goods were received (imported) in two ways;

Only goods received (imported) either by parcels or express cargo - if the goods were received (imported) by one of the specified methods.

In case of exceeding the prescribed amount and (or) weight, an individual will have to pay customs duties and taxes (hereinafter referred to as duties) at a flat rate of 30% of the customs value of goods, but not less than 4 euros per 1 kg of weight. This rule will apply both in the case when both indicators (cost and weight) are exceeded, and in the case when one of them is exceeded. A duty will need to be paid for the import (reception) of goods exceeding the above standards.

Payment of the duty in the specified amount is provided for in clause 6 of section. II and paragraph 8 of section. III of Appendix 5 to the Agreement on the procedure for the movement by individuals of goods for personal use across the customs border of the Customs Union and the performance of customs operations related to their release (concluded in St. Petersburg on June 18, 2010) (hereinafter referred to as the Agreement). At the same time, guided by the footnote to the Agreement, the Republic of Belarus has established more stringent standards for the import of goods for personal use, if exceeded, duties are paid. Such norms are enshrined in subparagraph. 1.1 clause 1 of Decree No. 360 as amended. from 07/21/2014 and, as we indicated above, will change from 04/14/2016.

If, for example, during a calendar month a person receives goods for personal use by parcel in the amount of 15 euros and by express cargo in the amount of 20 euros, he will have to pay a duty of 30% of the amount equivalent to 13 euros (amount exceeding 22 euros) . Duty will have to be paid regardless of the weight of the goods received.

The same procedure will apply if goods for the specified amount are received only by parcels or only by express cargo (part 1, sub-clause 1.1, clause 1 of Decree No. 360 as amended on 02/11/2016, clause 6 of section II and clause 8 of section III of appendix 5 to the Agreement).

Innovations affected not only the import of goods by parcels and express cargo, but also importation of goods directly by individuals in accompanied or unaccompanied baggage.

So, to goods for personal use regardless of the name will not apply goods imported by individuals across the customs border of the EAEU in the Republic of Belarus, if they are imported by a person more than once every 3 calendar months, and their customs value exceeds the equivalent of 300 euros, and (or) the total weight is more than 20 kg (h. 1 subparagraph 1.18 paragraph 1 of Decree No. 360 as amended on February 11, 2016).

An exception to this rule will be, for example, used goods exported outside the customs territory of the EAEU and imported back unchanged without confirmation of their export. Moreover, the customs value of these goods should not exceed the equivalent of 1,500 euros, and the total weight - 50 kg (Part 2 subclause 1.18 clause 1 of Decree No. 360 as amended on 02/11/2016).

Let us note that now goods imported by individuals not for personal use, regardless of cost, include goods of specific names (for example, mechanical circular saws) specified in Appendix 1 to the Agreement.

Let us remind you that according to general rule goods for personal use in accompanied and unaccompanied baggage in an amount equivalent to 1,500 euros and (or) a total weight of 50 kg are imported duty-free (clause 1, section I, appendix 3, clause 1, section I, appendix 5 to the Agreement). This rule will continue to apply, but taking into account subsection. 1.18 clause 1 of Decree No. 360 as amended. dated 02/11/2016.

The specified goods that are not classified as goods for personal use will be subject to customs declaration in customs procedures (part 3, sub-clause 1.18, clause 1 of Decree No. 360 as amended on 02/11/2016).

“On the movement of goods for personal use across the customs border of the Customs Union in the Republic of Belarus” (National Legal Internet Portal of the Republic of Belarus, July 24, 2014, 1/15183) the following changes and additions:

1.1. in the title and preamble, the words “Customs Union” should be replaced with the words “Eurasian Economic Union”;

1.2. in point 1:

in subclause 1.1:

in part one:

the words “or”, “200 euros” and “31 kilograms” should be replaced by the words “and (or)”, “22 euros” and “10 kilograms”, respectively;

after the words “such goods” and “total weight”, add the words “in the aggregate”;

in subclause 1.2 the words “Customs Union” should be replaced with the words “Eurasian Economic Union”;

in subclause 1.3, the words “a member state of the Customs Union” should be replaced with the words “a member state of the Eurasian Economic Union”;

Subclause 1.5 should be stated as follows:

"1.5. There is no requirement to provide security for payment of customs duties and taxes in relation to:

goods for personal use transported across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Republic of Belarus in accompanied luggage, to individuals moving for permanent residence to the Republic of Belarus, as well as individuals who have been granted refugee status in the Republic of Belarus, when placing such goods in cases , determined by the customs legislation of the Customs Union, under customs procedure customs transit subject to the submission by an individual relocating to a permanent place of residence in the Republic of Belarus to the customs authority where the goods are released for the purpose of placement under this customs procedure, documents confirming the resettlement or indicating the intention of the individual to relocate to a permanent place of residence in the Republic of Belarus , named in subparagraphs 4.1 and 4.3 of paragraph 4 of the appendix to this Decree, or subject to the submission by an individual who has been granted refugee status in the Republic of Belarus to the specified customs authority of the document named in subparagraph 4.2 of paragraph 4 of the appendix to this Decree;

vehicles for personal use, registered on the territory of foreign states, temporarily imported into the Republic of Belarus by diplomatic workers and employees of administrative and technical staff of diplomatic missions and consular offices of the Republic of Belarus and members of their families living with them, as well as employees of representative offices of state organizations subordinate to the Government of the Republic of Belarus and located outside the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union;”;

in paragraphs three and four of subclause 1.9, replace the words “Customs Union” with the words “Eurasian Economic Union”;

in subclause 1.10:

in part one:

in paragraph one, replace the words “Customs Union” with the words “Eurasian Economic Union”;

in paragraphs two and three, replace the words “territory of the Customs Union” with the words “territory of the Eurasian Economic Union” in the appropriate case;

in part two, replace the words “border of the Customs Union” with the words “border of the Eurasian Economic Union”;

in subclause 1.15 the words “border of the Customs Union” should be replaced with the words “border of the Eurasian Economic Union”;

in subclause 1.16, the words “territories of the Customs Union” should be replaced with the words “territories of the Eurasian Economic Union”;

add subclause 1.18 as follows:

"1.18. goods for personal use do not include goods imported across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Republic of Belarus by individuals in accompanied and unaccompanied luggage more than once every three calendar months, if the customs value of such goods exceeds an amount equivalent to 300 euros, and (or) total weight exceeds 20 kilograms.

Part one of this subclause does not apply to:

goods imported by air, as well as imported with exemption from customs duties in accordance with Chapter 45 of the Customs Code of the Customs Union, paragraphs 2–6, part one of paragraph 7, paragraphs 8–10 of Appendix 3 to the Agreement on the procedure for the movement of goods by individuals for personal use across the customs border of the Customs Union and performance of customs operations related to their release, dated June 18, 2010 and other international treaties of the Republic of Belarus;

used goods imported back in unchanged condition, except for changes due to natural wear and tear or natural loss when normal conditions transportation (transportation), storage and (or) use (operation), without confirmation of their export outside the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union, the customs value and total weight of which do not exceed the cost and weight (quantitative) norms established in paragraph 1 of Appendix 3 to Agreement on the procedure for the movement by individuals of goods for personal use across the customs border of the Customs Union and the performance of customs operations related to their release, dated June 18, 2010.

The goods specified in part one of this subparagraph are subject to customs declaration.”;

1.3. in subclause 4.4, paragraph one of subclause 4.6, paragraphs one and three of subclause 4.8 of clause 4 of the appendix to this Decree, replace the words “Customs Union” with the words “Eurasian Economic Union”;

1.4. paragraph three of subclause 4.8 of clause 4 of the appendix to this Decree after the word “other” should be supplemented with the words “documents and information determined by the State Customs Committee.”

2. The Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus, within two months, take measures to implement this Decree.

3. The State Customs Committee should provide broad information to citizens through mass media on the measures provided for by this Decree.

4. This Decree comes into force in the following order:

paragraph 1 – two months after the official publication of this Decree;

other provisions of this Decree - after its official publication.

11:36 / 14.04.2016

The provisions of the normative act determine the specifics of the movement by individuals of goods for personal use, including those sent by international mail and delivered by carriers. New standards have been adopted to prevent citizens from moving commercial consignments of goods.

Deputy Chairman of the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Belarus Vladimir Nikolaevich Orlovsky told reporters about what has changed in connection with the issuance of the decree.

Parcels from abroad

For example, when receiving a parcel worth 50 euros and weighing 2 kilograms, customs duties and taxes will be calculated according to the following scheme: (50-22)*30%=8.4 euros+5 euros (customs duty).

For reference: for the period from 2013-2015. volume of imported international postal items increased by more than 6 times: in 2013, 1.9 million postal items were imported, in 2014 - 6.3 million, in 2015 - 11.8 million. Moreover, about 90% of residents of Belarus do not receive international mail. More than 250 thousand citizens receive from 10 to 100 international parcels per year. On average, one recipient receives about 10 international mail items, and about 15 to one address.

Goods for personal use... How much do we carry?

He also explained that the provisions of Decree No. 40 do not apply to goods imported by air, exported earlier and imported back by individuals, imported by employees of diplomatic missions and employees of consular offices and other international organizations, goods received as an inheritance, as well as imported by relocation to permanent residence in Belarus. In addition, the rules do not apply to used goods that were previously exported outside the customs territory and imported back unchanged without documentary evidence of their export, for example, mobile phones, laptops, etc., if their value does not exceed 1.5 thousand euros and 50 kg.

For reference: According to the results of a survey of road checkpoints on the border of the Republic of Belarus, conducted by the National Statistical Committee and the State Customs Committee in 2015, over 70% of citizens entering the Republic of Belarus indicated the amount of expenses when traveling abroad up to 300 euros.

We declare expensive items

“Advice to citizens: if something expensive is being exported, it is better to declare it,” suggested Deputy Chairman of the State Customs Committee Vladimir Nikolaevich Orlovsky. – Upon return entry, no matter how much your equipment costs, if you have a declaration, we will let such goods through without paying customs duties. If we talk about the import of undeclared expensive equipment, then customs officers will have questions.

Frequency of movement of goods across borders

He also noted that the population had enough time to adapt to innovations. Therefore, the situation at the border is calm.

Call centers

The State Customs Committee call center will accept calls from Monday to Friday from 9.00 to 18.00 by phone: 218-90-72, 218-90-81, 218-90-82, 218-91-20, 218-90-95. You can call 218-90-00 for advice 24 hours a day. Contact phone numbers of customs call centers are posted on their official websites.

Prepared by Elena YAROSHEVICH.