Customs Union's Commission: Each country can impose customs limitations

Euroradio doubted whether it was legal to introduce limitations without coordination with other countries of the Customs Union... However, representatives of the Customs Committee explained that this was normal practice. Countries-participants of the Customs Union agreed on this before.

Limitations for export of macaroni, cigarettes, petrol etc. from Belarus were introduced since June 11. Not only Belarusians, but citizens of other countries-participants of the Customs Union will not be able to export these products from our country. It turned out that the Russian Customs heard about this for the first time!

“I know nothing about limitations, frankly speaking, this is the first time I hear something like this”, — a representative of customs administration department of the Customs Union Commission, located in Moscow, has told to Euroradio. 

Russia's Federal Customs Service heard nothing about the limitations as well. However, Russian customs officers assured us that each country can decide which limitations to introduce.

Consultative department of the special customs administration: "This is possible. Such situations are regulated by internal legislations, apart from common decisions. The law on customs regulation in the Russian Federation prescribes introduction of additional limitations. Anishchanka prohibited import of all the European vegetables to Russia. So what - will he coordinate this with Belarusians or Kazakhs?”

According to a representative of the Customs Union's Commission, Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan agreed on such situations before.

“There is no revolutionary approach here. This is normal practice. Each country has a right to impose export limitations. The same as with Russia - we introduced limitations for export of wheat when there was hunger...poor harvest. The countries agreed on this before. They took the decision that each country preserves the right to introduce certain restrictive measures with regard to its own economy”.

Euroradio: Maybe, there have been some complaints from the Russians??

Customs service: No, not yet..