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LITHUANIAN CUSTOMS 2006
PERSONNEL
According to data of 31 December 2006, the Lithuanian Customs employed 2 560 employees: 2 285 officers and 275
employees working under labour contracts. 91.9 percent of officers are with higher education.
In 2006, 170 officers and employees were accepted to the service, 153 were discharged.
127 officers and employees were awarded for exemplary performance of official duties. For 719 officers, the performance
of the official duties was evaluated in 2006 as excellent.
One officer was appointed to the post of the Customs attaché at the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Lithuania
to the Kingdom of Netherlands, one officer became a national expert at the European Commission`s Taxation and
Customs Union Directorate General and one more – at the European Anti–Fraud Office (OLAF).
Training and Improving Qualification
In 2006, each officer and employee has spent in trainings 48.3 hours on the average. 108 officers participated in
trainings in foreign countries.
In 2006, 61 Customs officer completed the introductory course, 217 officers attended the courses for improving
qualification, 547 officers participated in the course of computer science, 715 officers were trained according to
distant training programmes, 1 467 Customs officers participated in the specialised seminars at the Customs
Training Centre (CTC).
A lot of attention was granted for developing
special knowledge and skills of Customs officers,
teaching them foreign languages. The trainings ac–
cording to a special skill development programme
were organised for the officers of the Customs Mo–
bile Groups of the Violation Prevention Divisions
(training of extreme driving on slippery pavement)
and inspectors – dog trainers together with a dog
trainer from Germany; the exams on gun handling,
17%
23%
4%
1% 3% 2%
use and safe behaviour with guns took place.
Officers from the State Border Guard Service improved qualification at the Customs Training Centre (CTC), spe–
cialised seminars were organised for trade representatives. Upon passing qualification exams, the certificates of Customs
agent representative were issued to Customs agent representatives.
Trainings for Officials of Foreign Countries
The seminars on the following subjects were organised for the officers from Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova and
Azerbaijan (GUAM): “Consultations on Practical Issues of Tariff Nomenclature Maintenance, Application of Binding
Tariff Information in the EU States”, “Practical Application of Goods Customs Valuation Rules in Lithuania”, “Customs
Warehouses and Other Places for Storing Goods under the Customs Control”. 48 GUAM officers participated in the
above trainings.
The seminars for the Ukrainian Customs officers “Legal Regulation of Protection of Intellectual Property Rights and
Practical Implementation of Customs Action to Protect Intellectual Property Rights at the Customs of the Republic of
Lithuania” and for Moldovan Customs officers “Assistance to the Moldovan Customs Department in Handling Its New
Function – Control of Rules or Origin” were organised. A seminar on fight against fraud for the representatives of the
Romanian and Bulgarian institutions performing control was organised together with the Financial Crime Investigation
Service and National Paying Agency.
50%
Introductory course
Improving qualification
Foreign language courses
Courses
of computer science
Distant training courses
Courses for dog trainers
Other trainings
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