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LITHUANIAN CUSTOMS 2006
In 2006, the following projects were implemented:
Benchmarking Project on National Customs Measures at Eastern EU Border
The meetings of the project group took place in Vilnius, Medininkai, at the border control point Gurbulak located
on the Turkish – Irish border, border control point Vaalimaa located on the border between Finland and the Russian
Federation.
Benchmarking Project on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
The representatives from the Customs services of the countries participating in the project got familiarised with each
others` activities in protecting intellectual property rights. A meeting of the representatives of the Customs services of the
states participating in the project was organised in Vilnius where the first draft report on project results was discussed.
The final report was prepared in the closing meeting that took place in Poland and was submitted to the EC.
Benchmarking Project on “Strategic Planning Processes”
Benchmarking Project on Write–off procedures under Regulation 2028/2004
Working visits were organised to Finland and the United Kingdom. During these visits, the project participants
introduced the practice of writing–off the duties assessed applied at the Customs services of the appropriate states,
analysed practical cases.
Assistance Rendered to Institutions of Other States
In the framework of Euroatlantic technical assistance programme to GUAM countries (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan,
Moldova), the Lithuanian Customs experts organised consultations on the rules for Customs valuation of goods and
application of practical monetary guarantees, seminars on Customs warehouses and other places for the storage of
goods under Customs control, the EU Customs legislation, EU transit system, tariff nomenclature, procedures for the
declaration of goods defined in the Community Customs Code.
7 Customs officers participate in Border Assistance Mission launched by the European Union on the border shared
by Ukraine and Moldova.
Together with the Hungarian Customs Administration, the Lithuanian Customs officers proceed with the
implementation of PHARE Twinning project “Strengthening of NCTS area and Customs activities” at the Hungarian
Customs.
The Lithuanian Customs has contributed to the implementation by the Eurocustoms consortium to the project
“Further Development of Bulgarian National Customs Laboratory Network”, and participates actively in the Customs
modernisation projects being implemented in Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan, Uzbekistan.
Some officials of the Customs Department won competitions to work at the Eurocustoms Secretariat and have already
started their work therein: the financier of the CAFAO project for the Customs and Tax Administrations of the Western
Balkan countries, the leader of the TACIS project for Uzbekistan, Eurocustoms Resident Adviser in Tashkent of the
project “Reform and Modernization of the State Customs Committee”.
One official of the Lithuanian Customs started to work as a long–term expert on origin matters in the framework of
the British (partial funding) – Lithuanian (experts) project of assistance to the Moldovan Government. According to this
project, 2 study visits on origin matters were organised to Lithuania for 12 Moldova Customs officers.
The Agreements between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Customs Department on co–operation in
implementing the development co–operation policy and short–term technical assistance projects for the Ukrainian
Customs were signed.
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