ANNOUNCEMENT 21 Dec 2009
In December 2009, the government of Russia announced a change in import duties.
NUMBER OF INTERVENTIONS
1
SOURCE
Government Decree from 21 December 2009 #1041, Об освобождаемых от уплаты таможенной пошлины товарах, перемещаемых через таможенную границу Российской Федерации для их использования в целях проведения XXII Олимпийских зимних игр и XI Паралимпийских зимних игр 2014 года в г. Сочи (On goods exempted from customs duties moving across the customs border of the Russian Federation for use in order to host the XXII Olympic Winter Games and the XI Paralympic Winter Games 2014 in Sochi), http://www.szrf.ru/szrf/doc.phtml?nb=100&issid=1002009052000&docid=171 (
Government Decree from 10 September 2010 #705, Об утверждении Правил освобождения от уплаты таможенной пошлины товаров, ввозимых на территорию Российской Федерации для их использования в целях проведения XXII Олимпийских зимних игр и XI Паралимпийских зимних игр 2014 года в г. Сочи (On approval of the Rules for exemption from customs duties on goods imported into the territory of the Russian Federation for their use in order to host the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games 2014 in Sochi), http://www.szrf.ru/szrf/doc.phtml?nb=100&issid=1002010038000&docid=38
By Government Decree from 21 December 2009 #1041 the duty free access of foreign goods imported to the territory of the Russian Federation for the use for the Olympic Games 2014 was introduced. The list includes food, sport equipment and cloth, IT equipment, transport, medical equipment, machineries and so on. The Government Decree from 10 September 2010 #705 defines the rules how this duty-free access will be applied. The importers have to provide a document from the Russian Olympic Committee which allows the deal.