English for customs officers
АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ДЛЯ ТАМОЖЕННИКОВ
Учебное пособие
CONTENTS
UNIT 2. CUSTOMS CONTROL. PASSENGER CONTROL 37
UNIT 3. AT THE CUSTOMS 61
UNIT 4. CUSTOMS PROCEDURES 79
UNIT 5. HARMONIZED SYSTEM 107
UNIT 6. CUSTOMS VALUATION 125
UNIT 7. CUSTOMS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE 141
UNIT 8. THE ROLE OF CUSTOMS 164
UNIT 9. THE PROFESSION OF A CUSTOMS OFFICER 187
UNIT 10. CODE OF CONDUCT 216
UNIT 11. CUSTOMS TECHNOLOGIES 23
UNIT 12. RISK MANAGEMENT IN CUSTOMS 245
UNIT 13. CUSTOMS COMMUNICATIONS 264
UNIT 14. CUSTOMS OFFENCES 280
UNIT 15. DRUG CONTROL 303
UNIT 16. WORLD CUSTOMS ORGANISATION 324
UNIT 17. CUSTOMS CONVENTIONS 339
UNIT 18. SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
AND LOGISTICS 360
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UNIT 2. CUSTOMS CONTROL. PASSENGER CONTROL
Study the following words and word combinations from the text.
to enable делать возможным, давать
право
flow (of passenger traffic) поток (пассажиров)
to reduce сокращать
staff персонал, штат (служащих)
to be compatible with быть совместимым с…
circumstances обстоятельства
to require т ебовать, нуждаться
quantity количество
to be available доступный, имеющийся в
распоряжении
dual-channel двойной коридор
spot check, at random check выборочная проверка
baggage delivery area место выдачи багажа
congestion «пробка», затор
to accomplish выполнять
Text 2.1. Dual-channel system
All of goods, transporting through the Customs are subject to Customs control. The Revised Kyoto Convention (WCO 1999) defines Customs control as «the measures applied by Customs to ensure compliance with Customs law»1.
The Revised Kyoto Convention.
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The dual-channel or red/green system is a simplified Customs control which enables Customs authorities to improve the flow of passenger traffic through the border; to deal efficiently with the increasing number of passengers without reducing the effectiveness of the control and without a corresponding increase in the number of Customs staff. It is compatible with the application of other controls unless the circums-tances require full control of all passengers and their baggage.
The dual-channel system should be operated as outlined below.
The system shall allow the passengers to choose between two types of channels:
one (green channel) for passengers having with them no goods or only goods which can be admitted free of import duties and taxes and which are not subject to import prohibitions or restrictions; and
the other (red channel) for other passengers .
Each channel shall be clearly and distinctively marked so that the choice between them can easily be understood by passengers. The basic distinctive marking shall be:
for the channel referred to as «green» - the words «Nothing to declare»;
for the channel referred to as «red» - the words «Goods to declare».
In addition, the channels should be identified by an inscription including the word «Customs».
Passengers must be sufficiently well informed to choose between the channels. For this purpose it is important: a) that passengers be informed about the functioning of the system and about the descriptions and quantities of goods they may have with them when using the green channel. This may be done by means of posters or panels at the airport or by means of leaflets available to the public at the airport or distributed through tourist agencies, airlines and other interested bodies;
that the route to the channels be clearly sign-posted.
As for airports the channels shall be located beyond the baggage delivery area so that passengers have all their baggage with them when choosing their channel. Moreover, the channels shall be so arranged that the passenger flow from that area to the airport exits is as direct as possible.
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The distance between the baggage delivery area and the entrance to the channel shall be sufficient to allow passengers to decide which channel to choose and to move into that channel without causing congestion.
Passengers who have selected the green channel shall not be subject to any other Customs formalities unless they are the subject of a spot check; in the red channel, passengers shall accomplish the formalities required by Customs.