Topic 1. Russian Customs

A бывшие советские республики

G повседневная деятельность

B культурные и исторические ценности

H после распада

C наиболее технически оснащенные таможенные посты

I правовая база

J профессиональные кадры

D налоговая (бюджетная) функция

K регулирование внешней торговли

E национальное достояние

F нетарифные методы

L соответствовать мировым стандартам

M упрощенные таможенные процедуры

1. after

2. best-equipped

3. cultural and historical

4. day-to-day

5. fiscal

6. former

7. meet

8. national

9. non-tariff

10. regulation

11. simplified

12. well trained

1. Customs stations

2. the disintegration

3. functions

4. methods

5. of foreign trade

6. operation

7. procedures

8. properties

9. Soviet Republics

10. personnel

11. treasures

12. world standards

1. What is the main task of Russian Customs?

1. Its main tasks are to protect the economic interests of Russia and preserve national treasures and cultural and historical properties.

2. What functions is the Russian Customs Service carrying out?

2. The Russian Customs Service is currently carrying out fiscal functions, regulation of foreign trade by means of tariff and non-tariff methods, law enforcement, collection and keeping of Customs statistics concerning foreign trade.

3. What laws is Customs legislation in Russia based on?

3. It is based on “The Customs Code of the Russian Federation” and the law “On Customs Tariffs”. All provisions and regualtions in these documents meet world standards.

4. What factors complicate the work of Russian Customs?

4. Russia has the world’s largest border to police. After the disintegration of the USSR, Russia acquired 13,5 km of new borders with former Soviet Republics, but the best-equipped and best-staffed Customs stations were left outside Russia.

5. How does the Russian Customs Service work?

5. It has a complex infrastructure. It is headed by the State Customs Committee. The day-to-day operation of customs offices and border checkpoints is supervised by Regional Customs Departments.

6. What does the Russian Customs Service need today?

6. It needs a proper legal environment, well trained personnel, Hi-Tech equipment and simplified procedures.

1. The current Russian word for Customs, tamozhnya, originated from a Tatar word tamga, which meant”a Customs tax”.

2. In Kievan Russ the right to collect duties could be purchased.

3. Taxes were collected for transportation of goods through the frontiers of individual princedoms.

4. Foreign merchants were allowed to trade only in frontier towns under threat of confiscation.

5. Russian tsars approved laws limiting the import of foreign goods and defending Russian producers.

1. Современное название таможни в русском языке восходит к татарскому слову “тамга,” обозначавшему таможенный сбор.

2. В Киевской Руси можно было приобрести право собирать пошлину.

3. Пошлина взималась за провоз товаров через границы отдельных княжеств.

4. Иностранным купцам разрешалось торговать только в приграничных городах под угрозой конфискации.

5. Русские цари утверждали законы, ограничивающие ввоз импортных товаров, защищая российского производителя.