Article 249. Documents and information required for customs clearance

Customs clearance shall require submission of documents and information to customs authorities with this Code specifying their list and submission deadlines.

Customs clearance of goods shall be conducted if there is information on settlement of customs charges (except for cases when deferral or installment plan for payment of customs charges is granted) in the payer's account in the information system of customs authorities that is made available by servicing banks (treasuries).

When goods, which require permits to place them under the appropriate customs regime, undergo customs clearance, the customs authority shall check availability of such document in the information system of the customs authorities.

When appropriate authorizations are not registered in the information system of customs authorities, the customs authorities shall have the right to refuse customs clearance.

A customs authority official, who allows release of goods without appropriate authorizations specified in part three of this Article, shall bear liability in the prescribed manner.

The list of documents and information required for customs clearance shall be published on the official website of the State customs committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan.