Article 217. Conducting a customs examination by a commission of experts

A customs examination can be conducted by several experts of the same (single-discipline customs examination) or different expert specialties (complex customs examination).

The body that assigns the customs examination shall determine the procedure for implementation of a customs examination by a commission of experts.

Commission of experts, which is entrusted with implementation of a customs examination, shall agree on the goals, sequence and scope of forthcoming studies based on posed issues.

Each expert, who is a member of a commission of experts responsible for conducting a customs examination, shall independently and autonomously conduct research, evaluate results obtained personally and by other members of the commission and prepare conclusions on the posed questions based on special knowledge in the field of science, technology, art or craft.

No partial or full research shall be allowed to be conducted by individuals who are not included into the expert commission.

Each expert shall conduct a full research and experts shall jointly analyze the outcomes within the framework of single-discipline customs examination.

Based on the outcomes of the completed research, the experts shall draft and sign a joint statement.

In the event of a disagreement between the experts, each of them shall give a separate opinion on all or some of the issues that caused disagreement.

A comprehensive customs examination shall be assigned in cases when circumstances, which are important for customs, can only be established through conducting several studies using different knowledge areas.

When conducting a comprehensive customs examination, each of the experts shall conduct research within their competence. Statement of a complex customs examination shall indicate what research and its volume that each of the experts conducted, what facts they individually established and what conclusions they individually made. Each of the experts shall sign the part of the statement of the complex customs examination, which contains these studies, and is responsible for them.

General conclusion (conclusions) shall be made by experts that are competent in assessing outcomes and formulating this conclusion (conclusions). If the final statement of the commission of experts or part of it is based on the facts established by one of the experts (individual experts), then this fact shall be indicated in the statement of the complex customs examination.