Common use of Assistance on request Clause in Contracts

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.