he Contracting Parties shall through the Customs Administrations in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement assist each other in order to ensure proper application of Customs laws and to prevent, investigate and repress any Customs offense.
2. The Contracting Parties shall through the Customs Administrations make cooperative efforts for simplification and harmonization of their Customs procedures in order to expedite the movement of goods.
3. This Agreement shall be implemented in accordance with the laws and regulations of the state of each Contracting Party and within the competence and available resources of each Customs Administration.
4. The provision of this Agreement shall not affect the rights and obligations of the Contracting Parties under other international agreements.
Article 3
Mutual Assistance
1. The Customs Administrations shall provide each other, either on request or on their own initiative, with information necessary to ensure proper application of Customs laws and to prevent, investigate and repress any Customs offense, including information which is likely to be of assistance in the accurate assessment and collection of Customs duties and taxes.
2. Either Customs Administration shall, on its own initiative or upon request, provide the other Customs Administration with available information regarding the activities that may result in Customs offense in the State of the other Customs Administration.
3. When either Customs Administration considers that available information is relevant to the serious Customs offense that could involve substantial damage to the economy, public health, public security or any other vital interest of the State of the other Customs Administration, the former Customs Administration shall, on its own initiative, provide the other Customs Administration with such information.
Article 4
Assistance on Request
The Requested Administration shall provide with:
(a) information as to whether goods have been transported between the Russian Federation and Japan in accordance with respective laws and regulations of each State;
(b) information about the customs procedure, if any, used for clearing the goods; and
(c) information relating to the transportation and shipment of goods which shows value, country of origin, disposition and destination of those goods.
Article 5
Surveillance
The Requested Administration shall, within the limits of its available resources, exercise surveillance of and provide the Requesting Administration with information on:
(a) persons known to have committed Customs offense in the State of the Requesting Administration or suspected of having done so;
(b) goods known to be or suspected of being used in committing Customs offense in the State of the Requesting Administration;
(c) means of transportation known to be or suspected of having been used in committing Customs offense in the State of the Requesting Administration; or
(d) premises known to be or suspected of being used in connection with the commission of Customs offense in the State of the Requesting Administration.
Article 6
Sensitive Goods
The Customs Administrations shall provide each other, either on request or on their own initiative, with relevant information on activities, detected or planned, which constitute or appear to constitute a Customs offense, particularly with regard to movement of:
(a) narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and precursors;
(b) weapons, ammunitions, explosives and explosive devices and radioactive materials as well as other materials dangerous for the environment and the public healt
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