1. How many customs are there in our city?

2. What kinds of cargo go through Pulkovo customs?

3. Guess the meaning of the following words:

transport, commercial, personal, private, register, international, diplomatic, registration, legal, classification, certification, legislation.

Pulkovo Customs was set up in 1974. The service deals with clearance and control of goods transported across the customs border by air. The customs controls goods intended for commercial purposes and also for personal use; all official bodies and private citizens who transport goods are liable to this control. One of the main aims of the service is to improve the forms and methods of customs clearance and control. It is to register planes, members of the crew, cargo, passengers, luggage, international and diplomatic mail and to prevent smuggling.

Today Pulkovo Customs is a multifunctional service with modern technologies which enable to make the process of registration quick and efficient. Its activity covers the area of Pulkovo airport.

The Customs comprises several departments. Some of them are: the department of currency exchange regulation, the legal department, the operative investigation department, the department for control of customs value, the department for customs clearance etc.

Pulkovo Customs is in the forefront of clearance of goods carried bv air, both in the North-West region and in Russia as a whole.

3. item с. one of the sections in a government,

organization or business that deals with one type of work

3. improve (v) d. things that you need to deal with

immediately

3. luggage e. worth a lot of money

4. department f. an individual thing, usually one of several

things in a group or on a list

6. USING THE INFORMATION FROM THE TEXT CHOOSE THE RIGHT ANSWER

1. The service deals with clearance and control of goods transported

1. by road

2. by train

3. by air

   2. The customs controls goods intended for

      1. trade

      2. sale

      3. commercial purposes and also for personal use

   3. One of the main aims of the service is

      1. to control cargo

      2. to improve the forms and methods of customs clearance and control

      3. to check documents

   4. The authorities are constantly working on

      1. different plans

      2. new rules

      3. new methods

   5. Usually goods sent by air are

      1. very small

      2. very cheap

      3. either required urgently or are very expensive

3. FIND THE BEGINNING OF THE SENTENCES IN THE TEXT

1 clearance and control of goods transported across the

customs border by air.

2 all official bodies and private citizens who transport

goods are liable to this control.

3 to improve the forms and methods of customs clearance

and control.

4 a multifunctional service with modern technologies

which enable to make the process of registration quick and efficient.

5 the department of currency exchange regulation, the legal

department, the operative investigation department, the department for control of customs value, the department for customs clearance etc.

6 on new methods and the control over classification and

certification of goods has been tightened.

7 so most cargo consists of valuable items: foreign currency,

precious metals and stones, medicines, medical equipment etc.

8 with subdivisions of the economic and law enforcement

units.

9 are dealt with in accordance with the customs

legislation.

4. MATCH THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT

1. предназначаться

2. цель

3. подлежать чему-либо

4. давать возможность

5. включать

6. сертификация

7. срочно

8. 1. enable (v)

   2. urgently

   3. comprise (v)

   4. precious

   5. certification

   6. be liable to

   7. purpose 8.intend (v)

   драгоценный

5. MATCH THE WORD AND EXPLANATION

1. to make smth. better

2. 1. urgent

   2. valuable

   bags and suitcases that you take on ajourney

6. Тщательные controls and efficient checking of these goods are carried out by the officers in conjunction with subdivisions of the economic and law enforcement units.

7. В случае where a violation comes to light, the виновные сто­роны are dealt with in accordance with the таможенным законода­тельством.

9. SPEAK ABOUT

1. Work of customs inspectors at Pulkovo Customs.

2. The ways Pulkovo Customs carries out customs control of passengers and different kinds of cargo.

intend (v) purpose be liable to enable (v) comprise (v) certification urgently precious

ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY

предназначаться цель

подлежать чему-либо

давать возможность

включать

сертификация

срочно

драгоценный

7. ASK QUESTIONS TO WHICH THE UNDERLINED INFORMATION WILL PROVIDE ANSWERS

1. The service deals with clearance and control of goods transported across the customs border by air.

2. The customs controls goods intended for commercial purposes and also for personal use: all official bodies and private citizens who transport goods are liable to this control.

3. One of the main aims of the service is to improve the forms and methods of customs clearance and control.

4. The main departments of Pulkovo customs are: the department of currency exchange regulation, the legal department, the operative investigation department, the department for control of customs value.

5. Usually goods sent by air are either required urgently or are very expensive, so most cargo consists of valuable items: foreign currency, precious metals and stones, medicines, medical equipment etc.

6. Thorough controls and efficient checking of these goods are carried out bv the officers in conjunction with subdivisions of the economic and law enforcement units.

7. In case where a violation comes to light, the guilty parties are dealt with in accordance with the customs legislation.

8. TRANSLATE THE RUSSIAN WORDS AND PHRASES IN THE SENTENCES INTO ENGLISH

   1. The служба deals with clearance and control of товаров transported across the таможенную границу by air.

   2. The customs controls goods intended for коммерческих целей and also for личного использования; all official bodies and private citizens who transport goods подлежат this control.

   3. Одна из основных aims of the service is улучшать the forms and methods of customs clearance and control.

   4. The authorities are постоянно working on new methods and the control over classification and certification of goods был усилен.

   5. Обычно goods sent by air are either required срочно or are very дорогие, so most cargo consists of valuable items: foreign currency, precious metals and stones, medicines, medical equipment etc.

Strategic risk management. By studying comprehensive information. Customs administrations can identify areas of risk, sift out those of minor importance and intervene only where experienced and practical judgment indicates it is necessary. Risk areas in the customs context can include social issues, import/export prohibitions and restrictions (e.g. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), public health, environment, commercial policy measures (e.g. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), quotas and duty and tax issues.

Operational risk management is the determination of the levels of control necessary to deal effectively with the assessed risk. Using this approach the customs moves from being a "gatekeeper" checking every movement, to checking only selected movements which demonstrate the greatest risk.

Tactical risk management is used by officers at their workplace in dealing with immediate situations. Using set procedures combined with intelligence, experience and skill, they decide which movements require greater controls.

1. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

1. When do Customs ad ministrations have an element of risk?

2. What are Customs administrations required nowadays?

3. Where is risk management successfully applied?

4. What else can risk management help?

5. What levels of risk management in customs do you know?

6. How can Customs administrations identify areas of risk?

7 What can risk areas in the customs context include?

8. What does operational risk management mean?

9. What can Customs administrations do using this approach?

10. Where is tactical risk management, used?

2. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE PHRASES FROM THE TEXT

1. For Customs administrations there is always an element of risk....

2. Nowadays Customs administrations are required....

3. Risk management is successfully applied ....

4. It should be remembered that the risk management process ....

RISK MANAGEMENT IN CUSTOMS

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