On July 24, 2020, Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 891 "On the Procedure for Maintaining Statistics on Mutual Trade in Goods between the Russian Federation and the EAEU Member States" dated June 19, 2020 comes into force. The new document concerns the regulation of the rules for accounting for statistical information when trading within the EAEU.
In accordance with the new Rules for Maintaining Statistics, the procedure for submitting statistical forms to the customs authorities will change. The innovations will affect a wide range of individuals engaged in mutual trade between the EAEU countries.
The key innovations that foreign economic activity participants will have to face if they need to submit a statistical reporting form:
The presentation of the statistical reporting form will be possible only in electronic form through the personal account of the participant of foreign economic activity on the FCS website. Acceptance of statistical reports in paper form is discontinued;
To submit the form, the document must be signed with an enhanced qualified electronic signature (UKEP), therefore, participants in foreign economic activity must register a personal account in advance and arrange for the receipt of the UKEP.;
The deadline for submitting statistical reports has been extended to the 10th business day of the calendar month following the calendar month in which the goods were shipped or received. Previously, the deadline was assigned to the 8th business day.;
There are separate deadlines for submitting a status form for the temporary import of goods.;
The right to request additional reporting information by the customs authorities is established. The deadline for submitting a response to a customs request will be 10 working days from the date of receipt of such a request.;
If false information is identified in the statistical form and the applicant cancels this form in a timely manner (within 10 days) with the submission of a new form containing reliable data, the obligation to submit statistical reports is considered fulfilled. The applicant is not in danger of being brought to administrative responsibility in such cases.
Violation of the deadlines for submitting statistical reports entails liability under Article 19.7.13 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation.
Penalties for the status form in 2020:
Failure to submit a statistical form, violation of delivery deadlines, and a statement of false information about the delivery result in the initiation of an administrative case under art. 19.7.13 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation. Repeated violations, especially multiple ones, lead to a significant increase in the amount of fines.
The new Rules for maintaining statistics do not affect the amount of fines for reporting statistics to customs, established by the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation.
We ask the participants of foreign economic activity to take into account in their work the new requirements for the procedure for submitting statistical reports to customs starting in 2020.