OREANDA-NEWS. On August 01, 2007 issues related to reimbursing the costs of storage of goods seized by the customs have been regulated by the Belarusian Council of Ministers’ resolution No. 919. The resolution defines the procedure for owners and/or proprietors of the seized goods to reimburse the storage expenses, reported the Official website government.by.

Commenting on the document, representatives of the State Customs Committee told , if seized commodities are kept at storage facilities run by customs authorities, natural persons have to reimburse ?1 for personal-use commodities stored for 24 hours or less. Natural and juridical persons have to pay ?4 for one hour or less of storage of non-personal-use goods.

The money can be transferred in a payment processing centre as a cashless or cash payment in Belarusian rubles according to the official exchange rate set by the National Bank of Belarus. Foreign currency is accepted as reimbursement for goods seized from non-residents of Belarus.

The cost of the storage of goods kept at temporary storage facilities, customs warehouses and other premises is reimbursed by the customs authorities on the basis of the actual storage cost report provided by the owner of the warehouse. The money paid by the customs has to be reimbursed to the national budget by the owner of the customs-seized goods, noted the SCC press service.

The resolution comes into force in ten days after the official publication.