МЕЖДУ ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВОМ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ И ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВОМ ЮЖНО-АФРИКАНСКОЙ РЕСПУБЛИКИ О СОТРУДНИЧЕСТВЕ В ОБЛАСТИ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ И ИСПОЛЬЗОВАНИЯ КОСМИЧЕСКОГО ПРОСТРАНСТВА В МИРНЫХ ЦЕЛЯХ. Соглашение. Правительство РФ. 05.09.06

Article 11
                          Customs regulation

     1.  For  the  purposes  of this Article the following terms shall
mean:
     a)  "goods"  -  items related to the exploration and use of outer
space  for  peaceful  purposes,  such as: spacecrafts, their parts and
components;  ground-based equipment for checking, testing, integration
and   launching   spacecrafts  and  their  components  and  supporting
equipment  for  these  purposes;  spare  parts;  natural  or  man-made
substances  or  materials necessary for manufacturing, preparation and
operation  of spacecrafts; technologies in the form of information and
data  stored on physical media, computer software and databases; other
information or data in any other material form;
     b)  "import"  -  any  movement  across  the customs border of the
Republic  of  South  Africa  to  its  territory and across the customs
border of the Russian Federation to its territory of goods transported
for the purposes of bilateral cooperation under this Agreement;
     c)  "export"  -  any  movement  across  the customs border of the
Republic  of  South  Africa  from its territory and across the customs
border   of  the  Russian  Federation  from  its  territory  of  goods
transported  for  the  purposes  of  bilateral  cooperation under this
Agreement.
     2.  Goods  imported  and/or exported within the framework of this
Agreement  shall, in accordance with the procedures established by the
laws and other statutory Acts of the States of the Parties, be subject
to  exemption  from customs duties and taxes which are collected while
goods cross the customs border.
     3.  Competent  authorities  shall,  for each case, confirm to the
customs  authorities  of  their  respective  States that import and/or
export  of goods is effectuated within the framework of this Agreement
and  separate agreements concluded in the pursuance of this Agreement.
Such  confirmation  may,  as  appropriate, be the subject of decisions
adopted  by  the relevant Party. Specific lists of goods, provided for
in  subparagraph  a)  of paragraph 1 of this Article, moved across the
customs borders of the States of the Parties and specifically intended
for  the purposes of cooperation under this Agreement, shall be agreed
upon  in  written form by competent authorities in accordance with the
laws  and other statutory Acts of the States of the Parties before the
delivery of goods.
     4. Exemptions from duties and taxes referred to in paragraph 2 of
this  Article  shall be granted, in accordance with the laws and other
statutory  Acts  of  the  States  of  the Parties, in respect of goods
imported into the customs territory of the Republic of South Africa or
into  the  customs  territory  of  the  Russian  Federation from third
countries  and/or  goods  exported  from  the customs territory of the
Republic  of South Africa or from the customs territory of the Russian
Federation  to  third  countries,  regardless  of the country of their
origin,  including goods imported and/or exported within the framework
of multilateral programmes and projects of cooperation.
     5.   For   the  purposes  of  effective  implementation  of  this
Agreement, and subject to the customs regulations of their States, the
Parties  shall  seek  to  ensure  the expeditious customs clearance of
goods  and,  if  required,  implement  that  procedure  as a matter of
priority.
     6.  Provisions  of  this  Article  shall  not extend to excisable
goods.