By MINSK. Dec 20 (Interfax) – Empty trucks are now banned from crossing Lithuania’s border with Belarus and Russia, the Lithuanian customs office said.
“Cargo vehicles, registered in the European Union countries as well as in Lithuania, are not allowed across the Lithuanian state border to Russia or Belarus,” the customs office said.
The Lithuanian customs office applied such measures in accordance with provisions of the regulations of the EU prohibiting the export of trucks to Russia and Belarus and the transit of such vehicles through Russia.
As reported, on December 18, Lithuania tightened rules of export and transit of sanctioned goods via Belarus and Russia. According to the Lithuanian customs office, from December 18, “the filing of a manufacturer’s declaration will be mandatory when exporting (re-exporting) or transiting sanctioned goods. If a manufacturer’s declaration is not filed with the Lithuanian customs, the sanctioned goods will not be released out of the European Union.”
A declaration must contain a confirmation that the manufacturer knows who the end consumer is and is also certain that the declaration is not being used for circumventing sanctions restrictions, it said.
This year, the Lithuanian customs tightened control over goods bound for Russia and Belarus in relation to the EU sanctions policy on Moscow and Minsk. In particular, almost all trucks on the Lithuanian border with the two countries are scanned by X-ray equipment.
