Article 95. Operations and actions with goods placed under the customs regime of a bonded warehouse

Authorized individuals can undertake the following with goods placed under the customs regime of a bonded warehouse giving a notice to a customs authority:

perform operations required to ensure safety of goods in an unchanged state;

check, inspect and measure the goods;

move goods within a bonded warehouse provided that the movement does not entail change in condition of goods, damage of packaging and (or) a change in applied customs identification means;

take samples and specimens of goods for research and identification according to Article 211 of this Code;

accomplish operations required to prepare goods for sale and transportation including splitting them into consignments, preparation for shipments, sorting, packaging, repackaging, labeling (except for marking with excise stamps), other similar operations including simple assembly operations;

accomplish other operations required to improve commercial qualities, except mixing, processing or handling of goods.

Operations and actions specified in part one of this Article shall not be allowed if their implementation entails a loss or change in properties of goods.

Payment or security for payment of customs charges shall be required for samples and specimens of goods as if they are placed under the customs regime of release for free circulation (import), except for cases when samples and specimens will be included into a cargo customs declaration when goods are subsequently placed under another customs regime.

Goods under customs control under the customs regime of a bonded warehouse shall be allowed to move from one bonded warehouse to another one until expiration of the terms specified in part one of Article 94 of this Code. In this case, the period when goods are under the customs regime of a bonded warehouse shall not be interrupted or suspended.