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🔥 THE FOURTH ATTEMPT TO TEACH CUSTOMS TO HAND MONEY OVER TO THE BUDGET: THE RADA PASSED A NEW CUSTOMS CODE IN THE FIRST READING
Our esteemed deputies adopted a new Customs Code in the first reading. As many as 261 votes “for”! The fourth Code in the history of Independence. The first three were probably too soft or left a few generations of customs officers the chance to build two three-story mansions each near Uzhhorod.
So what are they offering us under the guise of “European integration” and the demands for 1,5 billion euros from the EU?
📉 Adaptation until 2027 year.
This beauty will only fully take effect from 1 December 2027, and the transition to the new IT systems has been stretched out all the way to the end of 2029! That means the “gray schemers” still have a whole 3–4 years to calmly finish their business and retire to a well-deserved “scheming pension.”
🕵️♂️ A law enforcement unit at customs.
Ooo, this is the juiciest part! The State Customs Service wants to create its own special unit with force and operational functions. So now at the border you’ll be met not just by sad-looking people in uniform with “suspicious glances,” but by full-fledged security officers. The BAB, SBU, DBR and National Police send their warm regards and are already preparing popcorn for the fight over dividing spheres of influence at the border.
📦 781 an article of European-integration happiness.
They say it was developed based on the EU Customs Code as far back as March 2024. The logic is simple: the thicker the tome, the more nuances it contains where, for a misplaced comma or the “wrong” commodity code, they’ll squeeze the last drops out of you.
We have learned to write laws to meet Western donors’ requirements perfectly. But no Code in the world—European or otherwise—will force customs to work transparently while “gray” trucks cross the border under the guise of empty mattresses or children’s toys.
Prepare to study 781 article, gentlemen businessmen. There will always be work for lawyers and fiscal officers! 💸📉
