Disclaimer: This site has been first put up 15 years ago. Since then I would probably do a couple things differently, but because I've noticed this site had been linked from news outlets, PhD theses and peer rewieved papers and because I really hate the concept of "digital dark age" I've decided to put it back up. There's no chance it can produce any harm now.
| Identifier: | 04BRATISLAVA266 |
|---|---|
| Wikileaks: | View 04BRATISLAVA266 at Wikileaks.org |
| Origin: | Embassy Bratislava |
| Created: | 2004-03-22 16:48:00 |
| Classification: | UNCLASSIFIED |
| Tags: | ETRD EU EFIN LO WTO USTR |
| Redacted: | This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks. |
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
UNCLAS BRATISLAVA 000266 SIPDIS DEPT PASS TO USTR FOR MARK MOWREY, MATT ROHDE, TED POSNER AND USTR BRUSSELS FOR CHRIS WILSON E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETRD, EU, EFIN, LO, WTO, USTR SUBJECT: EUROPEAN COMMISSION CUSTOMS REGIME REF: SECSTATE 44705 1. THE FOLLOWING IS POST'S RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS RAISED IN REFTEL. 2. SLOVAKIA'S CUSTOMS LEGISLATION IS IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH EU LEGISLATION EXCEPT FOR SOME PROVISIONS ON DRUG PRECURSORS. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NON-ALIGNED PROVISIONS WILL TAKE PLACE UPON ACCESSION, MAY 1 WHEN THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION (EC) CUSTOMS LEGISLATION, INCLUDING THE EUROPEAN CUSTOMS CODEX, BECOMES DIRECTLY APPLICABLE. SLOVAKIA'S COMMERCIAL CUSTOMS CONTROLS ON THE BORDERS WITH AUSTRIA, THE CZECH REPUBLIC, POLAND AND HUNGARY WILL CEASE ON THE NIGHT OF APRIL 30-MAY 1. THIS WILL LEAVE SLOVAKIA WITH ONLY A 70- KILOMETER BORDER WITH UKRAINE AS AN ETERNAL BORDER OF THE EU. ALL GOODS IMPORTED TO SLOVAKIA FROM ANY EU MEMBER STATE AFTER THE COUNTRY'S ACCESSION TO THE EU ON MAY 1 WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO CUSTOMS PROCEDURES. ALL GOODS ENTERING SLOVAKIA FROM OUTSIDE THE EU, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES, WILL BE SUBJECT TO PROCEDURES AS DEFINED BY THE EC'S CUSTOM REGIME. WEISER NNNN
Latest source of this page is cablebrowser-2, released 2011-10-04