VIII. Insert the articles if necessary.

Goods placed under this customs regime are designed for active participation in … commerce in … country.

Acquisition of … status of goods released for … free circulation is … consequence of conditions of … customs regime of release for domestic consumption. These conditions are … payment of customs duties and taxes, as well as compliance with all restrictions imposed by RF legislation on state regulation of foreign trade activities, including economic considerations. … legal non-compliance with these conditions is possible only in cases provided for by other legislation of the RF (… targeted exemptions, other exemptions), and entails … conditional release of goods (Section 2, Art. 164 of the RF Customs Code). This is one of … differences between production for domestic consumption and other customs regimes, involving the use of the goods at the customs territory of Russia, which directly involve full or partial exemption from customs duties and taxes, as well as non-use economic restrictions established by … law.

IX. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions.

This customs regime implies removal … the customs territory … the RF products being … free circulation. Unlike other regimes, the customs export regime involves the final export … goods … the customs territory of Russia, providing the constant presence of the goods outside the Russian territory, but their subsequent re-importation is not binding … the exporter. However, due … some circumstances exported goods can be returned. … this case, to minimize the expenses a person can take advantage … the customs regime of re-importation (§ 1 of chapter 20 of the RF Customs Code). If the conditions for placing goods … this customs regime do not allow to use it for re-importation of goods, then selecting a different customs regime must proceed … the fact that goods exported … the customs regime … export cease to be Russian goods and acquire the status … foreign goods.

X. Explain the italicized grammar constructions in the following sentences.

1. Goods conveyed across the customs border in connection with the implementation of the most common foreign trade contracts of sale and delivery are subject to this regime.

2. This customs regime is one of the main customs regimes constituting the core of all customs clearance.

3. Acquisition of the status of goods released for free circulation is a consequence of the conditions of the customs regime of release for domestic consumption.

4. The legal non-compliance with these conditions is possible only in cases provided for by other legislation of the RF.

5. This customs regime implies removal from the customs territory of the RF products being in free circulation.

6. Unlike other regimes, the customs export regime involves the final export of goods from the customs territory of Russia, providing the constant presence of the goods outside the Russian territory, but their subsequent re-importation is not binding for the exporter.

7. However, the conditions for placing goods under the customs export regime do not provide for any use or disposal of the goods in the customs territory of Russia.

8. Only foreign goods, i.e. products that have no status of being in free circulation in the customs territory of the RF are placed under the customs regime of international customs transit.

9. Goods placed under the customs regime under consideration are exempt from payment of customs duties and taxes.

10. As they don’t appear in the domestic market, these products can not compete with Russian goods.