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1. Short Title These Regulations may be cited as the "Reporting of Imported Goods Legal Notice No. 54/2002,,_

2. Definitions In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires: "designated Customs office" means a place designated under Article 5 of the Proclamation as a Customs office where goods may be reported under Article 13 of the Proclamation; "designated holding area" means a room or other area designated by the Director General for the use of persons arriving in the State of Eritrea who are in transit to another place in the State of Eritrea or to a place outside the State of Eritrea; "Director General,, means the Director General of the Customs Department; "international commercial transportation" means: 72 (i) any transportation resulting in, or intended to result in, the carriage of persons or goods for hire or reward; or (ii) any transportation of persons or goods by or on behalf of an enterprise engaged in an activity of financial return; where the persons or goods are conveyed: (iii) from a place outside of Eritrea to a place inside of Eritrea; (iv) from a place inside of Eritrea to a place outside of Eritrea; or (v) from a place outside of Eritrea in transit through Eritrea to a place outside of Eritrea; "Proclamation" means the Customs Proclamation No.112/2000; "conveyance" means any vehicle, aircraft, water-borne craft or other contrivance, including camels and other beasts of burden, that is used to move persons or goods.

3. Reporting of Goods Except as otherwise provided in these Regulations, all goods that are imported shall be reported straightaway under Article 13 of the 73 Proclamation in writing at the nearest designated Customs office that is open for business.

4.MannerofReporting The following goods may be reported orally unless an officer requires the importer to report the goods in writing: (a) goods in the actual possession of a person arriving in Eritrea, or that form part of the person' s baggage where the baggage is being carried on board the same conveyance; (b) subject to (c) hereof: foreign based conveyances engaged in international commercial transportation other than: (i) railway rolling stock and locomotives; and (ii) vessels; (c) foreign based cargo containers engaged in international commercial transportation that are imported: (i) under the control of a person who maintains an inventory of the containers that are used in international commercial transportation where the person: (A) keeps records of all containers imported into Eritrea that would enable a Customs officer to verify that the containers were not used in Eritrean domestic service 74 or that, if they were used in domestic service, all \ applicable duties and taxes were paid; and (B) permits the Customs officer access to the records of the containers referred to in (A) hereof (d) Eritrean based highway vehicles, vessels, aircraft, railway rolling stock and cargo containers that are built in Eritrea or that have been duty and tax paid, qualifying for entry at free rates of duties and taxes as goods returned under the provisions of Article 56 of the Proclamation.

5. Exceptions to Reporting at the Nearest Customs Office Goods in the actual possession of a person arriving in Eritrea aboard a commercial passenger conveyance who is proceeding to a destination outside of Eritrea does not have to be reported, on condition that: (a) the person does not disembark from the conveyance and the goods are not removed from the conveyance other than to be transferred under Customs control directly to another commercial passenger conveyance for departure to a place outside of Eritrea or directly to a designated holding area; and (b) where the person and goods are transferred under Customs control to a designated holding area, to board and to be loaded on board a commercial passenger conveyance for departure to a place outside of Eritrea. 75

6. Periodic Reporting Eritrean built commercial fishing vessels and duty paid fishing vessels that are registered or licensed for fishing shall report to Customs when they: (a) take on ships stores; (b) land in a country other than in Eritrea; or (c) pick up goods that are not the product of Eritrea while at sea and that have not been reported under Article 13 of the Proclamation, otherwise the vessels may be reported annually or as required by Customs.

7. Normal Manner of Reporting Vessels used on a daily basis solely or principally to transport vehicles or passengers across international waters may be reported on that day after the last trip by that craft.

8. Report of Goods Unloaded Prior to Reporting Where a conveyance is unloaded in circumstances described in Article 13(6) of the Proclamation, the persop in charge of the conveyance should try to first report the conveyance and the goods 76 described in Article 13(7) of the Proclamation by telephone or other expedient means, and make a written report as prescribed by Article 13(4) of the Proclamation within 24 hours of the first report.

9. Advance Notice of Anival The owner or person in charge of any aircraft, vessel or train that is used to transport 20 or more persons to Eritrea on other than a regular schedule, or pre-determined charter schedule shall give the officer in charge of Customs at that location at least 72 hours prior notice in writing of the proposed time and place of arrival.

10. Effective Date These Regulations shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Gazette ofEritrean Laws. Done at Asmara, this 22nd day of January, 2002 Berhane Abrehe Minister of Finance 77