Assistance on request. 1. At the request of the applicant authority, the requested authority shall furnish it with all relevant information to enable it to ensure that customs legislation is correctly applied, including information regarding operations noted or planned which are or could be in breach of such legislation.
2. At the request of the applicant authority, the requested authority shall inform it whether goods exported from the territory of one of the Parties have been properly imported into the territory of the other Party, specifying, where appropriate, the customs procedure applied to the goods.
3. At the request of the applicant authority, the requested authority shall, within the framework of its laws, take the necessary steps to ensure that a surveillance is kept on:
(a) natural or legal persons of whom there are reasonable grounds for believing that they are breaching or have breached customs legislation;
(b) places where goods are stored in a way that gives grounds for suspecting that they are intended to supply operations in breach of customs legislation;
(c) movements of goods notified as possibly giving rise to breaches of customs legislation;
(d) means of transport for which there are reasonable grounds for believing that they have been, are or might be used in operations in breach of customs legislation.
Assistance on request. 1. At the request of the applicant authority, the requested authority shall provide it with all relevant information which may enable it to ensure that customs legislation is correctly applied, including information regarding activities noted or planned which are or could be operations in breach of customs legislation.
2. At the request of the applicant authority, the requested authority shall inform it:
(a) whether goods exported from the territory of one of the Parties have been properly imported into the territory of the other Party, specifying, where appropriate, the customs procedure applied to the goods;
(b) whether goods imported into the territory of the Party have been properly exported from the territory of the other Party, specifying, where appropriate, the customs procedure applied to the goods.
3. At the request of the applicant authority, the requested authority shall, within the framework of its legal or regulatory provisions, take the necessary steps to ensure special surveillance of:
(a) natural or legal persons in respect of whom there are reasonable grounds for believing that they are or have been involved in operations in breach of customs legislation;
(b) places where stocks of goods have been or may be assembled in such a way that there are reasonable grounds for believing that these goods are intended to be used in operations in breach of customs legislation;
(c) goods that are or may be transported in such a way that there are reasonable grounds for believing that they are intended to be used in operations in breach of customs legislation; and
(d) means of transport that are or may be used in such a way that there are reasonable grounds for believing that they are intended to be used in operations in breach of customs legislation.
Assistance on request. 1. At the request of the Applicant Authority, the Requested Authority shall provide it with all relevant information which may enable it to ensure that customs legislation is correctly applied, including information regarding activities noted or planned which are or could be operations in breach of customs legislation.
2. At the request of the Applicant Authority, the Requested Authority shall inform it:
(a) whether goods exported from the territory of the Party or the EAC Partner States as the case may be have been lawfully imported into the territory of the other Party, specifying, where appropriate, the customs procedure applied to the goods;
(b) whether goods imported into the territory of the Party or the EAC Partner States as the case may be have been lawfully exported from the territory of the other Party, specifying, where appropriate, the customs procedure applied to the goods.
3. At the request of the Applicant Authority, the Requested Authority shall, within the framework of its legal or regulatory provisions, take the necessary steps to ensure special surveillance of:
(a) natural or legal persons in respect of whom there are reasonable grounds for believing that they are or have been involved in operations in breach of customs legislation;
(b) places where stocks of goods have been or may be assembled in such a way that there are reasonable grounds for believing that these goods are intended to be used in operations in breach of customs legislation;
(c) goods that are or may be transported in such a way that there are reasonable grounds for believing that they are intended to be used in operations in breach of customs legislation; and
(d) means of transport that are or may be used in such a way that there are reasonable grounds for believing that they are intended to be used in operations in breach of customs legislation.
Assistance on request. 1. At the request of the applicant authority, the requested authority shall furnish it with all relevant information to enable it to ensure that customs legislation is correctly applied, including information regarding operations noted or planned which are or could be in breach of such legislation.
2. At the request of the applicant authority, the requested authority shall inform it whether goods exported from the territory of one of the Parties have been properly imported into the territory of the other Party, specifying, where appropriate, the customs procedure applied to the goods.
Assistance on request. 1. At the request of the applicant authority, the requested authority shall furnish it with all relevant information to enable it to ensure that customs legislation is correctly applied, including information regarding operations noted or planned which contravene or would contravene such legislation.
2. At the request of the applicant authority, the requested authority shall inform it whether goods exported from the territory of one of the Parties have been properly imported into the territory of the other Party, specifying, where appropriate, the customs procedure applied to the goods.
3. At the request of the applicant authority, the requested authority shall take the necessary steps to ensure that a surveillance is kept on:
(a) natural or legal persons of whom there are reasonable grounds for believing that they are contravening or have contravened customs legislation;
(b) movements of goods notified as possibly giving rise to substantial contraventions of customs legislation;
(c) means of transport for which there are reasonable grounds for believing that they have been, are or may be used in the contravening of customs legislation.
Assistance on request. 1. At the request of the applicant authority, the requested authority shall provide all relevant information which may enable it to ensure that customs legislation is correctly applied, including information regarding activities noted or planned which are or could constitute breaches of customs legislation.
2. At the request of the applicant authority, the requested authority shall inform:
(a) whether goods exported from the territory of one of the Parties have been imported into the territory of the other Party in observance of the applicable customs legislation, specifying, where appropriate, the customs procedure applied to the goods;
(b) whether goods imported into the territory of one of the Parties have been exported from the territory of the other Party in observance of the applicable customs legislation, specifying, where appropriate, the customs procedure applied to the goods.
3. At the request of the applicant authority, the requested authority shall, within the framework of its legal or regulatory provisions, take the necessary steps to ensure special surveillance of:
(a) natural or legal persons in respect of whom there are grounds for believing that they are or have been involved in committing breaches of customs legislation;
(b) places where stocks of goods have been or may be assembled in such a way that there are grounds for believing that these goods are intended to be used in committing breaches of customs legislation;
(c) goods that are or may be transported in such a way that there are grounds for believing that they are intended to be used in committing breaches of customs legislation;
(d) means of transport that are or may be used in such a way that there are grounds for believing that they are intended to be used in committing breaches of customs legislation.
Assistance on request. 1. The Customs Administrations shall assist each other in the areas within their competences, in the manner and under the conditions laid down in this Agreement, to ensure that customs legislation is correctly applied and the customs duties and taxes are assessed accurately.
2. The Customs Administrations shall upon request supply any information showing that:
a) Goods and currency values imported into the territory of the State of one Contracting Party have been lawfully exported from the territory of the State of the other Contracting Party, specifying where appropriate, the customs procedure applied to the goods;
b) goods and currency values exported from the territory of the State of one Contracting Party have been lawfully imported into the territory of the State of the other Contracting Party, specifying where appropriate, the customs procedure applied to the goods;
c) goods in transit have passed customs clearance in the territory of the State of one Contracting Party.
3. The Customs Administrations of the Contracting Parties shall, if not contrary to their national legislation, also seek to cooperate in:
a) Initiating, developing or improving specific training programmes for their personnel, b) exchanging information and experience regarding the use of new equipment and procedures.
Assistance on request. 1. The Customs Administrations shall assist each other in the areas within their competences, in the manner and under the conditions within the framework of this Agreement, to ensure proper application of customs legislation, the accurate assessment and collection of customs duties and taxes, including all relevant information regarding activities which could lead to infringements of customs legislation.
2. The requested Customs Administration upon request of the requesting Customs Administration shall inform: - whether goods as well as means of payment exported from the territory of the State of one of the Contracting Parties have been properly imported into the territory of the State of the other Contracting Party, specifying where necessary, the customs procedure under which the goods have been placed; - whether goods as well as means of payment imported into the territory of the State of one of the Contracting Parties have been properly exported from the territory of the State of the other Contracting Party, specifying where necessary, the customs procedure under which the goods have been placed.
3. On request the Customs Administrations exchange information and experience in the usage of detection equipment especially concerning cases of smuggling.
Assistance on request. 1. Upon request, the Customs Authorities shall inform each other whether goods exported from or imported into the territory of one Contracting Party have been lawfully imported into or exported from the territory of the other Contracting Party. The information shall contain the customs procedure used for clearing the goods.
2. The Customs Authority of one Contracting Party, upon request of the Customs Authority of the other Contracting Party, shall to the extent of its ability, exercise special surveillance over : - means of transport suspected of being used in customs infringements within the territory of the requesting Contracting Party; - goods designated by the requesting authority as the subject of an extensive illicit trade of which the requesting Contracting Party is the country of destination; - particular persons known to be or suspected of being engaged in a customs infringement against the customs legislation of the requesting Contracting Party; - places where goods are stored, when the requesting authority has reason to believe that the goods are connected with activities that may result in a customs infringement in the territory of the requesting Contracting Party.
Assistance on request. At the request of the applicant Authority, the requested Authority shall furnish it with all relevant information to enable it to ensure that customs legislation is correctly applied as well as information regarding acts committed or planned which offend or would offend customs legislation.
