Article 384. Movement of diplomatic mail and consular bags across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union of the Customs Regulation Code in the Republic of Kazakhstan

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1. Diplomatic mail transported across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union is not subject to opening and detention.

2. A consular valise transported across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union is not subject to opening and detention.

If there are serious grounds to assume that the consular valise contains correspondence, documents and (or) goods not intended exclusively for official use, the customs authority has the right to request that the consular valise be opened by authorized persons of the sending State in the presence of a customs official. In case of refusal to open the consular bag, it is returned to the place of departure.

3. All items that make up the diplomatic mail and consular bag must have visible external signs indicating the nature of these places.

4. Diplomatic mail may contain only diplomatic documents and goods intended exclusively for official use, and a consular valise may contain only official correspondence, documents and goods intended exclusively for official use.

5. Diplomatic mail and consular bags are transported across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union by diplomatic and consular couriers. Diplomatic mail and consular valise may also be entrusted to diplomatic or consular couriers designated to carry only this diplomatic mail or consular valise, or to the commander of the crew of a civil aircraft.

These diplomatic and consular couriers must be provided with a courier list or other official document replacing it, which indicates their status and the number of items that make up the diplomatic mail and consular bag. The courier list or other official document replacing it is signed and sealed with the seal of the institution sending the diplomatic mail and consular bag.

The diplomatic mail and consular valise entrusted to the commander of the crew of a civil aircraft must be accompanied by an official document indicating the number of items that make up the diplomatic mail and consular valise.

6. Diplomatic and consular couriers may move goods for personal use across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union based on the principle of reciprocity in respect of each individual state with exemption from customs inspection and without payment of customs duties and taxes in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

7. Diplomatic mail and consular bags are transported across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union with the permission of the customs authority without customs declaration and placement under customs procedures.

In order to obtain permission from the customs authority to move diplomatic mail and consular bags across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union, the documents provided for in paragraph 5 of this Article shall be submitted to the customs authority.

The permission of the customs authority to move diplomatic mail and consular bags across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union is issued by affixing the appropriate marks of the customs authority on the documents provided for in paragraph 5 of this Article.

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