Article 11 Customs Regulation

Article 11
Customs Regulation

1. For the purposes of this Article the following terms shall mean:

a) "goods" - items related to the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes, such as: spacecrafts, their parts and components; ground-based equipment for checking, testing, integration and launching spacecrafts and their components and supporting equipment for these purposes; spare parts; natural or man-made substances or materials necessary for manufacturing, preparation and operation of spacecrafts; technologies in the form of information and data stored on physical media, computer software and databases; other information or data in any other material form;

b) "import" - any movement across the customs border of the Republic of South Africa to its territory and across the customs border of the Russian Federation to its territory of goods transported for the purposes of bilateral cooperation under this Agreement;

c) "export" - any movement across the customs border of the Republic of South Africa from its territory and across the customs border of the Russian Federation from its territory of goods transported for the purposes of bilateral cooperation under this Agreement.

2. Goods imported and/or exported within the framework of this Agreement shall, in accordance with the procedures established by the laws and other statutory Acts of the States of the Parties, be subject to exemption from customs duties and taxes which are collected while goods cross the customs border.

3. Competent authorities shall, for each case, confirm to the customs authorities of their respective States that import and/or export of goods is effectuated within the framework of this Agreement and separate agreements concluded in the pursuance of this Agreement. Such confirmation may, as appropriate, be the subject of decisions adopted by the relevant Party. Specific lists of goods, provided for in subparagraph a) of paragraph 1 of this Article, moved across the customs borders of the States of the Parties and specifically intended for the purposes of cooperation under this Agreement, shall be agreed upon in written form by competent authorities in accordance with the laws and other statutory Acts of the States of the Parties before the delivery of goods.

4. Exemptions from duties and taxes referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article shall be granted, in accordance with the laws and other statutory Acts of the States of the Parties, in respect of goods imported into the customs territory of the Republic of South Africa or into the customs territory of the Russian Federation from third countries and/or goods exported from the customs territory of the Republic of South Africa or from the customs territory of the Russian Federation to third countries, regardless of the country of their origin, including goods imported and/or exported within the framework of multilateral programmes and projects of cooperation.

5. For the purposes of effective implementation of this Agreement, and subject to the customs regulations of their States, the Parties shall seek to ensure the expeditious customs clearance of goods and, if required, implement that procedure as a matter of priority.

6. Provisions of this Article shall not extend to excisable goods.

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