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LITHUANIAN CUSTOMS 2006
State Plant Protection Service and Lithuanian railway company (AB “Lietuvos geležinkeliai”) on co–operation was
signed.
The technical requirements for installing in Kena railway station the cargo control system with ionising radiation were
prepared in co–operation with the Lithuanian railway company (AB “Lietuvos geležinkeliai”).
Post office post
A 2–week experiment, during which this post was operating 24 hrs., took place at the Post office post of Vilnius TCO.
Upon evaluating the results of the observations, the posts operating 24 hrs/day were established by the Order of the
Director General of the Customs Department. The analysis of the activities of the Post office post has also been started,
and the documents for its reorganisation are under preparation.
Activities of Customs Warehouses
In 2006, 157 Customs warehouses, temporary storages (import and export terminals) of goods and free warehouses
were operating in Lithuania. 11 new Customs warehouses were established, authorisations for 6 Customs warehouses
were cancelled, F type Customs warehouses were authorised to be established in Šiauliai and Klaipėda territorial Customs
offices.
The Rules for issue, cancellation and suspension of authorisations to establish Customs warehouses, laying down that
the warehousekeeper of a Customs warehouse may suspend by his decision the operation of the Customs warehouse, but
not for longer than 6 month, were supplemented; a new Model service agreement for the temporary storage (import and
export terminals) of goods was approved.
With a view to analysing more actively the procedure and conditions for organising the maintenance of Customs
warehouses, temporary storages (import and export terminals) of goods, and free warehouses, 6 audits of Customs
warehouses were carried out. In the course of the audits, violations resulting in the suspension of the authorisation to
operate a Customs warehouse were established, comments on the future work of warehouses were made.
Activities of Customs Agents
In total, 254 Customs agent enterprises with 844 representatives of Customs agents were operating in Lithuania on
31 December 2006.
Last year, 39 applications of business entities for the authorisation to render services of Customs agents were examined
and 30 Customs agent registration certificates were issued.
At request of Customs agent enterprises, 193 certificates on inclusion into the list of representatives of Customs
agents were issued. Registration of 15 Customs agents was annulled. Registration of 7 of them was annulled because of
termination of activities by their own request, and registration of 5 of them was annulled for violations.
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