The agreement between the Government of the Republic of Belarus and the Government of the Republic of Lithuania on cooperation in fight against violations of the customs legislation

of July 12, 1996

The government of the Republic of Belarus and the Government of the Republic of Lithuania which are hereinafter referred to as with the Parties

recognizing that violations of the customs legislation cause damage to economic, tax and social interests of their states,

meaning that illicit trafficking in drugs and psychotropic substances constitutes health hazard of society,

in view of provisions of the Single convention on drugs accepted in New York on March 30, 1961, the Convention on psychotropic substances accepted in Vienna on February 21, 1971 and the Convention of the United Nations on the fight against illicit trafficking in drugs and psychotropic substances accepted in Vienna on December 20, 1988

in view of Recommendations of Customs Cooperation Council of administrative mutual assistance of December 5, 1953,

being convinced that fight against customs offenses will become more effective on condition of cooperation between customs administrations and that such cooperation is one of this agreement purposes,

agreed as follows:

I. Determinations

Article 1

In the context of this agreement:

a) "customs legislation" - set of the regulatory legal acts governing the relations connected with movement of things through borders of the states of the Parties of this agreement including measures of prohibition, restrictions and control of such movement;

b) "customs administration" - in the Republic Belarusgosudarstvenny customs committee of the Republic of Belarus, in the Republic of Lithuania - Customs department under the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania;

c) "customs offense" - any act encroaching much, established by the customs legislation, and punishable according to the penal or administrative legislation of the states of the Parties of this agreement or one of them;

d) "person" - any physical person or legal entity;

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