Article 221. Use of means of identification of goods and vehicles transported under customs control and their documents

Customs authority of departure shall provide customs identification of goods and (or) a vehicle transported under customs control in the customs territory and customs authority of destination shall check presence and physical security of the affixed customs identification means. Customs authorities en route and customs authorities of destination can make notes about newly affixed means of customs identification in shipping documents.

Customs identification means shall be affixed onto a vehicle or individual packages.

Main method of customs identification of goods and (or) vehicles transported under customs control in the customs territory shall be affixing seals and stamps on them. If it is impossible to affix seals and stamps, other means of customs identification, which are specified in Article 197 of this Code, shall be used.

If customs identification means of foreign customs authorities do not meet the requirements established in part one of Article 227 of this Code, then a customs authority of departure shall conduct customs inspection of the goods and (or) the vehicle affixing new customs identification means on them making a corresponding record on shipping documents.

For the purposes of customs identification of documents, a customs authority of departure shall apply customs identification means according to part two of Article 197 of this Code.