Statute of the Customs Service of the Irad Special Economic Zone

1. The Customs Service of the Irad Special Economic Zone (hereinafter the Service) is the body of the administration of the Zone that applies the Customs Code of 2008, collects customs duties and keeps the customs posts at the frontier crossings held by the Zone.

2. The Service is headed by the Director, appointed and dismissed by the Governor. The Director has deputies, appointed by the Governor on the proposal of the Director. The Director issues orders binding on the staff of the Service.

3. The tasks of the Service are: (a) to collect customs duties at the rates set by the Customs Code; (b) to apply the regimes of the Code, including the regime of the Talas Free Economic Trade Zone, the regime of goods for the United States bases and transit under customs seal; (c) to clear goods at the customs posts and at the Talas Customs Clearance Terminal; (d) to detect goods moved in breach of the Code; (e) to keep customs statistics and pass them to the Territorial Statistics Office.

4. The customs posts are kept at the crossings held by the Zone alongside the posts of the Republican Gendarmerie. The Service and the Gendarmerie coordinate their work at the crossings; goods may be declared only at the customs posts.

5. Duties are calculated in som at the official rate of the Bank of Irad on the day the declaration is accepted.

6. Officers of the Service wear the uniform of the Service and carry a service certificate, which they show on request.

7. The seat of the Service is Talas.