Decree No. 55 / 1958 Coll.
Declaration on the Agreement between the Czechoslovak Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Cooperation and Mutual Assistance in Customs
Valid
Effective from 09.07.1958
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Decree of the Minister for Foreign Affairs
of 28 August 1958
on the Agreement between the Czechoslovak Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on cooperation and mutual assistance in customs matters
On 1 April 1958 an Agreement was negotiated in Prague between the Czechoslovak Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on cooperation and mutual assistance in customs.
The Government approved the Agreement on 4 June 1958. The approval of the Agreement by the competent Soviet authorities was communicated by a note dated 11 June 1958 and its approval by the Government of the Czechoslovak Republic was communicated by a note dated 9 July 1958.
Pursuant to Article 10 thereof, the Agreement entered into force on 9 July 1958.
The Czech version of the Agreement is published in the Annex to the Collection of Laws. *)
David v. r.
AGREEMENT
between the Czechoslovak Republic
and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
on cooperation and mutual assistance in customs
Government of the Czechoslovak Republic and Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
in order to develop cooperation between the customs authorities of both countries, they have decided to conclude this Agreement and have therefore appointed their agents:
Government of the Czechoslovak Republic
Stanislav Saura,
Head of Central Customs Administration,
Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Andrei Morozov,
Head of the Central Customs Administration,
Those who exchanged the powers they found in perfect order and proper form have agreed as follows:
The customs authorities of the Contracting Parties shall assist each other in carrying out checks on baggage, goods, means of transport, as well as on tender and foreign exchange values, carried across the common national borders in order to maintain the laws and other customs legislation of the two countries.
Customs The Contracting Parties shall, within three months of the entry into force of this Agreement, exchange all legal provisions relating to customs matters and other legislation relating to the matters covered by this Agreement and shall report to each other without delay in the future on any amendment or repeal of those provisions as well as on any new such provisions.
The transport of baggage, goods and means of transport, as well as tender and foreign exchange values across the common national borders of the Contracting Parties, shall be carried out through border crossing points established by mutual agreement.
Customs administrations of the Contracting Parties shall mutually agree on the working hours of border customs.
Bags, goods and means of transport, as well as tender and foreign exchange values, carried across the common national borders of the Contracting Parties and subject to customs procedure, shall be accompanied by documents required by the Czechoslovak and Soviet customs authorities.
The customs authorities of the Contracting Parties shall mutually recognise official marks indicating the name of the goods, weight, measure, etc.
The customs authorities of one Contracting Party shall release only those baggage, goods, currency and foreign exchange values which have been duly negotiated by the customs authorities of the other Contracting Party to their territory.
Where the customs authorities of one Contracting Party find that baggage, goods, currency and foreign exchange values subject to customs procedures have not been discussed by the customs authorities of the other Contracting Party, they shall detain such baggage, goods, currency and foreign exchange values and inform the customs authorities of the other Contracting Party accordingly. Such baggage, goods, tender and foreign exchange values shall then be handled by the other Contracting Party as directed by the customs authorities.
The customs authorities of the Contracting Parties shall take all measures necessary to speed up the transfer of means of transport, goods and baggage across common national borders.
To this end, the customs administrations of the Contracting Parties, while maintaining the laws of both States, shall jointly draw up proposals for speeding up customs procedures at national borders.
The customs authorities of the Contracting Parties shall assist each other in combating customs and foreign exchange offences, in particular smuggling.
In accordance with the laws of the Contracting Party in whose territory these articles have been secured, the goods and the tender and foreign exchange values shall be treated in accordance with the legislation of the Contracting Party in whose territory they are transported.
Documentation transmitted under this Agreement may be used by the customs authorities of the Contracting Parties only for service purposes.
This Agreement shall be subject to approval under the national provisions of each Contracting Party. The date of exchange of notes on this approval shall be valid and shall be valid for five years.
Its validity shall be extended for a further period of five years, unless one of the Contracting Parties presents its wish to terminate the Agreement in writing one year before its expiry.
Written in Prague on 1 April 1958 in two copies, each in the Czech and Russian languages, the two texts being equally authentic.
For the Government
Czech Republic
Saur v. r.
For the Government
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Morozov v. r.
On page 67.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Decree No. 55 / 1958 Coll., on the Agreement between the Czechoslovak Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Cooperation and Mutual Assistance in Customs |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 01.10.1958 |
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| Effective from | 09.07.1958 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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