On July 3, 2024, in Brussels, Croatia joined the customs agreement of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland regarding the application of uniform control measures for sanctions.
In January, the heads of the customs authorities of Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia approved an agreement on common control measures in these countries, and on 9 May this year, Poland and Finland joined this agreement.
“Lithuania has consistently sought to reduce the risk of circumventing sanctions against Russia and Belarus in all EU countries. We are pleased that Latvia, Estonia, Poland, and Finland have joined our initiative, and now Croatia will begin implementing this agreement,” said Darius Žvironas, Director General of the Customs Department of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania.
The customs authorities of the signatory countries have to strengthen control over goods subject to export bans and restrictions, and apply uniform measures such as the requirement to submit a document or information from the manufacturer of exported or re-exported goods to Customs.
Customs will also require other documents denying the possibility of importing goods into Russia or ways to circumvent sanctions.
