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LITHUANIAN CUSTOMS 2006
9 374 pcs. of mobile phone parts bearing different trademarks. In September, 740 pairs of shoes bearing the mark PIERE
CARDIN, whose value was over 119 000 LTL, were detained.
The previous year, the number of detained perfumery products and their packages increased. The officers from
Klaipėda TCO detained 86 472 pcs. of metal packages for perfume BURBERRY and 19 512 pcs. of glass perfume
bottles bearing the trademark BRITNEY.
In 2006, the number of detained goods belonging to the group endangering health and security, such as counterfeit
automobile parts, toys, razors, increased. In June, the officers of Šiauliai TCO detained 99 720 pcs. of razors bearing the
mark BLUE II, whose value was almost 4 300 LTL; in October, they detained 1 440 pcs. of toys bearing the trademarks
WEST, BRIDGESTONE, BEIJING 2008; in August, the officers of Kaunas TCO detained 19 999 pcs. of counterfeit
automobile parts bearing the protected mark GATES; in May 2006, the officers of Klaipėda TCO detained a large cargo
with remote control panels bearing different counterfeit trademarks. Applications for action had already been lodged in
respect of the protection of some trademarks, and, in respect of a great part of goods detained on the Customs` initiative,
the applications for action were lodged to the Customs Department within the prescribed period. Over 50 000 pcs. of
panels were destroyed.
The rapidly increasing number of applications
for action to protect intellectual property rights
and constant improvement of Customs officers`
qualification makes a significant impact on detecting
violations. Last year, 165 applications for action
by the Customs were received, 108 applications
were prolonged. The greatest part comprises the
applications for trademark protection, the number
of applications for protecting patents and design has
been increasing.
2006 m. muitinės pareigūnai sulaikė daugiau kaip 620 tūkst.
vnt. įvairių suklastotų prekių.
In 2006, Customs officers detained over 620 000 pcs. of
different counterfeit goods.
Risk Management
To identify risk indicators, the messages received
from the Customs authorities of the EU member
states, international Anti–fraud Information System,
information received from the structural units of the
Customs Department, territorial Customs offices
are used. This information is evaluated, and central,
territorial and local risk profiles are created taking into
consideration the degree of risk. In 2006, 37 central
risk profiles were created. The following risk indicators
of import goods are prevailing: undeclared goods are carried in hiding–places, intellectual property rights are violated,
incorrect commodity codes are indicated with a view to evading taxes, origin and other documents are falsified with a
view to reducing taxes or avoiding the Customs valuation control procedures, companies are known adversely.
The investigation of lighters, on releasing which for free circulation (in the case of Chinese origin) the antidumping
duty was applied, should be mentioned as one of the most successful risk management operations carried out at the
Lithuanian Customs. 6 cases have been established when the lighters were allegedly brought into Lithuania from Malaysia
by indicating the Malaysian origin (0 rate import duty). The European Anti–Fraud Office (OLAF) submitted materials
proving that the Malaysian enterprises do not have sufficient productive capacities to produce the quantities of lighters
in question, and that the lighters had actually been produced in China, and later – transported to Malaysia where they
were illegally granted the Malaysian origin. Upon performing the controls of economic and commercial activities of a
Lithuanian company in respect of the said case and upon disclosing the violations, the antidumping duty due at the
amount of 1 074 000 LTL was assessed additionally.
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