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LITHUANIAN CUSTOMS 2006
preventing law violations within the Customs competence, exchange of information on Customs valuation, classification,
declaration of goods, determination of origin of goods and other areas important to both sides have been noted in the
agreements.
Publications on the issues urgent to the Customs “Electronic Services to Trade”, “How to Get Export Refunds”,
“Electronic Transit” were issued.
Information for the public
The Lithuanian Customs actively collaborates with national mass media. Relevant information is distributed through
information agencies BNS and ELTA. With a view to informing regularly and broadly the public on Customs activities,
the agreements were signed with the daily newspapers “Lietuvos rytas”, “Respublika” and “Lietuvos žinios”, important
subjects were introduced to the public by
organising press conferences.
In 2006, mass media widely analysed the
detentions of various goods, novelties in
Customs activities urgent to the public and
trade, procedures, taxes collected.
Most important information is also
constantly provided on the Internet web site
of the Lithuanian Customs, the Information
Group provides to natural and legal
persons oral and electronic consultations
on the application of Customs legislation
regulating Customs activities.
Vilniaus evangelikų liuteronų bažnyčioje vykusiame A. Arlauskienės
knygos „Tomas Šernas: Vakar buvo rytoj“ pristatyme šio kūrinio
ištraukas skaitė Medininkuose žuvusio muitinės pareigūno S. Orlavičiaus
sūnus Justinas.
The book by A. Arlauskienė “Tomas Šernas: Yesterday Was Tomorrow”
was introduced at the Evangelic Lutheran Church of Vilnius where the
book extracts were read aloud by the son Justinas of the Customs officer
S. Orlavičius perished in Medininkai.
Events for the public
On the occasion of the International
Customs Day, the Vilnius pupils` pet
competition “Dog in Town” was organised
at the Customs Training Centre on the 26 th
of January. 10–15–year–old schoolchildren
with their dogs, mostly German shepherds,
participated in the competition.
The meetings with the students of the
Klaipėda Business College where the
Customs activities were introduced were
organised in February, October, November; the introduction of the Customs activities “Product + Customs = Safe and
Provided Society” was organised to the pupils of Klaipėda in October.
The officials of the Mobile Group of Šiauliai TCO participated in a civil–public action “No Smoking” that took place
in Šiauliai town. The citizens of the town had a possibility to look at the automobile of a Mobile Group, a dog–trainer
with a dog demonstrated how to search for hidden smuggled cigarettes.
The officials of Kaunas TCO invited the pupils from one Vilkaviškis school to commemorate together with them
the 87 th anniversary of the Lithuanian Customs. The possibilities of the Customs Information System Centre were
introduced, the available control equipment and automobiles were demonstrated to the schoolchildren. A group of the
officers from Kaunas TCO visited one school of Alytus. A film about the work of the Customs Mobile Groups was
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