In the region of the Dagestan customs service the turnover of the seized consignment of cigarettes of foreign production without tax stamps

June 30, 2020 officers of the Department to control the importation and circulation of goods together with the law enforcement division of the Dagestan customs service and Webirc of the interior Ministry of Dagestan and the FSB of Russia in RD during the customs inspection of the premises one of the courier services in Makhachkala detected a batch of cigarettes of the brand “NZ Gold Compact” produced by the Republic of Belarus, unmarked special (excise) stamps.

Identified during the inspection the goods in the amount of 22 500 packs seized. This fact is considered a question on excitation of criminal case according to article 171.1 of the criminal code “Production, acquisition, storage, transportation or sale of commodities and products without marking and (or) the application information required by the legislation of the Russian Federation”.

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Paragraphs 2-5, article 4 of the Federal law of 22.12.2008 №268-FZ “Technical regulations on tobacco products” stipulates that tobacco products are subject to marking with special (excise) stamps, excluding the possibility of counterfeiting and reuse. Requirements to samples of special (excise) stamps for marking tobacco products and their price are established by the Government of the Russian Federation.

Implementation on the territory of the Russian Federation of tobacco products without the marking of special (excise) stamps are not allowed.

Zoe Amirkhanova,
press Secretary of the Dagestani customs