Read the following text and make up the list of the most important tasks for customs bodies in Russia
Text B
Competence of Customs Bodies of Russia
Direct performance of customs affairs is entrusted to customs bodies of Russia. The State Customs Committee of Russia, regional nets of customs–houses and other institutions of Russia comprise the administration bodies system on customs affairs. When implementing customs policy, customs bodies of Russia fulfill the following main tasks:
a) protecting the economic interests of Russia;
b) supervising observance of legislation of Russia on customs affairs;
c) ensuring execution of obligations of international accords signed by Russia on
customs affairs;
d) making use of customs tariff and non-tariff regulation means, transferring
across the customs border of Russia commodities and other items;
e) improving of commodities customs control and other items transferred across
the customs border of Russia;
f) joint control with the National Bank of Russia on currency operations;
g) taking measures to protect the commodities consumers interests;
h) creating favorable conditions to stimulate commodity circulation and passenger
flow across the customs border of the country;
i) fighting smuggling and customs rules violation;
j) cooperation with customs and other foreign countries agencies as well as with
international organizations on customs affairs;
k) keeping on customs statistics.
3.3.1 Note the difference between economic and economical:
Economic – 1) connected with trade, industry, and the management of money;
2) an economic process, activity, etc. produces enough profit to continue, profitable.
Economical - 1) using money, time, goods etc. carefully and without wasting any: e.g. an economical method of heating; 2) cheap, prudent.
3.3.2 Put the words economical and economic into the following sentences:
1) She is very … saving money seems to come natural to her.
2) It makes no … sense at all!
3) It is no longer … for us to run the service.
4) We had to close our office in London: with the rent so high it just wasn’t …
5) There is an increasing demand for cars that are more … on fuel.
3.3.3 Put in the following verbs given in the box in appropriate tense-form:
| 1) | She _________ her business very successfully. | consist | |
| 2) | The UK ________ of Great Britain and Northern | ||
| Ireland. | conduct | ||
| 3) | Seven days _______ a week. | run | |
| 4) | We _________ a new method of making wine. | interfere | |
| 5) | He asked his brother _______ his will. | adopt | |
| 6) | I don’t like ______ old busybodies. | execute | |
| 7) | His parents _______ a small hotel. | implement | |
| 8) | The committee’s suggestions will be ______ immediately. | constitute | |
Translate the text using the dictionary in the written form
Text C
Russian Customs
Russia has had a Customs Service in some form for the past 1000 years. Moreover, for almost all of that history, it has been much more than a force for keeping out contraband. In fact, it has been a powerful, highly politicized administrative organ, serving mainly protectionist leaders.
The Russian Federation is in a transition period now and the role of Customs is to be a guide for the market reforms. The main task of Russian Customs is the protection of the economic interests of the country, national treasures and cultural and historical properties. Customs policy has a far greater share and importance in Russia's regulation of economic activities than in industrial countries with developed market economics.
The creation of Russian Customs was complicated by the fact that, after the
disintegration of the USSR, the best-equipped and best-staffed Customs Services were outside Russia, which has acquired as a result 13,500 km of new borders with former Soviet Republics. Moreover, the State Customs Committee has seen a five-fold staff increase over the past five years. This has been matched by growing organizational complexity. The ideological imperative has been replaced.
Today the Russian Federation has a modern, multi-functioning Customs Service which is able to take a deserving place in market economy regulation and is competent to help in rapprochement between the Russian and world economies.
Everyone treats the Russian Customs Service as an equal and this means that the
Russian Federation is becoming a full and equal member of the world community.
Grammar Assignments
3.5.1 Look at the headlines for the newspaper articles given below and guess
what they have in common:
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