Sanitary, Phytosanitary and Veterinary Border Control Revenue Service

SPS Border Control

Customs 2006 Administration 2007 TAX Administration 2010 Partial Passport Control

2 Sanitary, phytosanitary and veterinary control

Executives bodies

Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture of Policymaking agency National Food Agency (control within the country) Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia Ministry of Finance of Georgia – Revenue Service (border control)

3 Structure

Revenue Service – Customs Department SPS Division (staff - 7) (total - 124) Border inspection posts

Sea ports: Airports: Railway: Land: 1. and kulevi port 1. Sarphi 2. port 1. airport 1. 2. Vale 3. 4. Guguti Clearance zones: 5. Sadakhlo 1. Tbilisi 6.Red Bridge 7. 2. Batumi 8.Kazbegi Poti 9.Kartsakhi Manuals

Procedural manuals for: • border control procedures for veterinary products (Decree N 36170; 29.12.2017 ) • border control procedures for phytosanitary products (Decree N 36169 ;29.12.2017 ) • border control procedures for food of non- animal origin (Decree N 35631; 27.12.2017) are being elaborated by EU Experts and staff of the Revenue Service and approved by the Director General of the Revenue Service. SPS Import Control Procedures import

Procedures

SPS Border Control

Documentary Identity Check Check

In accordance with Monitoring Plan

Physical Taking Check Samples CEVD (Common Entry Veterinary Document) – GRS development

Consignee GRS Part II • Details of • Control dispatched • Decision on consignments consignment • Automatic/ Part I • Manual Part III

GRS NFA Monitoring plan

• Monitoring Plan is approved by the Head of Georgia Revenue Service in agreement with the National Food Agency and on risk based approach Integrated systems SPS-Customs Control

ORACLE eCustoms

SPS Permit System

SPS Customs Inspectors Officers Integrated systems SPS-Customs Control

ORACLE G eCustoms M O

Risk profiles: vegetable fats, Red SPS Pepper, Spices Border Control Decision

In compliance with Georgian legislation Is allowed to enter

Additional Decisions documents or check Detained Recycling, sorting, Non-compliance with changing a Georgian legislation packaging etc.

Returned to exporting country or destroyed Veterinary Control/Export

• On the Border Inspection Post Veterinary export certificate mandatory in case of live animals and raw hides and skins and leather (codes 4101, 4102, 4103) • Certificates for other products is regulated according to veterinary requirements of importing country • Veterinary export certificate is issued by Revenue Service and National Food Agency Infrastructure and Equipment – Red Bridge Infrastructure and Equipment - Poti Infrastructure and Equipment - Adlia Infrastructure and Equipment - Kartsakhi Infrastructure and Equipment - Sadakhlo Activities for Development of Border Inspection Posts

• “Kazbegi”

• Gardabani Railway

• Batumi Seaport

• Tbilisi Airport

• Ninotsminda Challenges

• New BIP facilities

• Training focus on ToT, Workshops

• E - certification

• TRACES THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

Samson URIDIA Head 68a, Kostava St., 0179 Tbilisi, Georgia International Relations Department Tel : +995 322 26 29 01 Georgia Revenue Service E-mail: [email protected] Tax and Customs Administration Web : www.rs.ge SPS Border Control Agency

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