Article 193. Customs inspection

Customs inspection shall be conducted by a customs authority official by means of external visual inspection of goods and (or) vehicles, international postal and courier shipments and luggage of individuals, cargo tanks, containers, customs identification means without opening vehicles, packaging of goods, dismantling and breaching integrity of inspected objects and their parts in other ways.

Customs inspection shall be conducted in order to obtain confirmation of information about goods and (or) vehicles under customs control, affixation of seals, stamps and other imposed means of customs identification on goods, cargo containers, vehicles and compartments of vehicles.

Customs inspection can be conducted with absence of authorized individuals in a customs control zone, except for cases when the said individuals express desire to be present during a customs inspection.

Based on the results of customs inspection:

respective shipping documents shall be formalized — in the case of adequate declaration;

customs inspection shall be conducted — in case of establishing the fact of inadequate declaration.