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 List of prohibitions and restrictions in accordance with Article 7 of the EAEU Customs
code;
 Planned transshipment of goods or cargo operations in transit.
Customs has the right to reduce the information to be specified in the transit declaration,
depending on the categories of goods, the persons transporting them across the customs border
of the EAEU, and the mode of transport by which the goods are transported. The transit
declaration for the goods of the EAEU transported through the territory of a non- EAEU country
shall contain the information specified in the law, with the exception of information in
compliance with prohibitions and restrictions in the EAEU.
Submission of a transit declaration on paper to the customs authority must be accompaniedwith
documents confirming the authority of the person/customs agent filing the transit declaration.
The mandatory documents accompanying the transit customs declarations (Article 108, the
Customs Code of the Customs Union) are:
 Documents confirming the right of ownership, use and / or disposal of the goods, as well
as other commercial documents submitted by the trader;
 Transport documents;
 Document confirming the authorization of the person filing and lodging the customs
declaration;
 Documents confirming compliance with the prohibitions and restrictions (if the goods
in transit are subject to the control of the OGAs);
 Documents on the origin of goods.
All of the above-listed documents are mandatory and currently (including the documents
confirming compliance with the prohibitions and restrictions), are submitted in the paper -
original/in-person to the customs.
4.1.6.2 TIR
The Republic of Kyrgyzstan acceded to TIR Convention in 1997. It is mainly used for export of
goods to Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, and EU (for import). In 2014, an MoU was signed between the
Government of the Kyrgyz Republic and IRU on the development of road transport between Asia
and Europe through the Kyrgyz Republic. The implementation of the MoU has the objective of
improving the regulatory framework in the field of international road transport and transit, the
development of road infrastructure and international logistics centers. According to the 2014
UNECE statistics, 23.000 TIR carnets were used in Kyrgyzstan, which is 16 th for a number of
issued TIR Carnets out of 57 countries using the TIR System. In 2018, due to the opening of BCP
between China and Kazakhstan, only 3000 TIR Carnet was used. The price of TIR Carnet issued
in the Kyrgyz Republic is about 180 USD dollars.