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                                                   Helpful hints

The examination of baggage can be separated into two clearly defined   areas; the contents and container.                                                                                                                                                                        Contents

Remove the contents carefully and systematically. Examine individual items as necessary during this process. Separate any items worthy of closer attention and place out of the passenger's reach. To facilitate the examination of certain articles, each baggage station should have a comprehensive selection of tools and other equipment including an X-ray machine. You should make full use of the equipment at your disposal. When using tools to examine contents, exercise care to minimize damage. If it is necessary to damage an article, try to establish its value prior to examination.

 5.2.1 Scan the text and write down what a Customs officer should do/be and should not:

SHOULD DO(BE)                                                                                     SHOULD NOT

  5.2.2 Read the text again and make a short review (10-12 sentences) on  how to make passenger and baggage control effective.

 5.2.3  Answer the following questions:

1)  What is the most important point in dealing with a passenger?

2)  What questions are supposed to be asked by a Customs officer?

3) Why is it important to verify whether a passenger is engaged in legitimate business?

4) Why should a Customs officer be suspicious if a passenger returning from holidays has only light baggage?

5) What points are of major importance prior to baggage examination?

6)  What can make the examination of baggage more successful?

7)  What technical equipment is necessary for a better examination?

8) What precautions should be taken when using tools to examine contents?

 5.2.4 Practice the reading of the following words and guess their meaning:

importer      exporter     shipment          declaration    documentation    legalization

accuracy     expertise    specification     provision       primary              employ 

5.2.5 Read the following words and their translation. Try to memorize the vocabulary:

  require                              требовать

responsibility                   ответственность

law                                      закон

pattern                                образец

freight forwarder              экспедитор, отвечающий за груз    (товар)

share                                  разделять

to levy a fine                      налагать штраф

shipper                              грузоотправитель

offence                               ущерб

5.3 Read the text and translate it using the dictionary 

                     Text B     Customs Legalization

Customs legalization in any country requires that the importer or exporter has

the primary responsibility for the provision of customs declarations and documents, to the specification which the law demands at the time of shipment. This pattern is followed by most customs authorities around the world. However, Customs also recognize that many importers and exporters  do not have the knowledge or expertise to undertake the declarations themselves, and therefore it uses the services of a freight forwarder to make the declaration for them. Under hese conditions, Customs takes the view that the importer or exporter has employed the services of an "expert". Therefore, the forwarder shares some responsibility for the accuracy and correctness of declarations and documentation.

       It is not uncommon for Customs to levy a fine on both shipper and forwarder when an error occurs based on the above. The level of any fine imposed will vary depending on the degree of the offence involved.    (900 symbols)

5.3.1Give the English equivalents of the following collocations:

  налагать  штраф, признавать  право,    правильность  заполнения

декларации,      уровень причиненного ущ ерба                                                                                                                       5.3.2 Find out English and Russian equivalents for the words presented below:

A. legalizе, responsibility, demand, shipment, recognize,  undertake,  freight, forwarder,  shipper

B. ответственность,  признавать,  экспедитор,  предпринимать,  требование (требовать),  узаконить,  стоимость перевозки,  погрузка, грузоотправитель

  5.4 Scan through the following text about the unjustified searches being made by the customs inspectors in the USA

              Text C     Customs Officers Must Not Be Given Free Reign

Customs officers have the important responsibility to search people arriving in the United States to prevent illegal substances and weapons from being carried across our borders. To perform their duty, they have extraordinary power to perform searches, but these cannot be unlimited. To protect the innocent, our system of laws has always included checks and balances against government excesses. Unfortunately, the Trade Act of 2002, a bill that was recently passed by Congress and  signed by the President, contains troubling provisions that essentially cancel any protection against unconstitutional searches by Customs officials. 

         This act expanded immunity in ways that would make it nearly impossible for a person to seek redress for an unconstitutional search and allow them to open outbound international mail without a warrant.

        A federal report in 2000 found that while black female U.S. citizens were nine times more likely than their white counterparts to be subject to searches by the Customs Service, they were less than half as likely to be found carrying contraband. In the aftermath of this report, the Customs Service started to take steps to address the problem of racial profiling, but it has not done enough. The expansion of immunity is unnecessary.

        Customs officials already have protections from unwarranted claims against them. There is no justification to give them essentially unchecked authority to perform searches.          (1250 symbols)

  5.4.1 Do you agree with  the point of view of the author? Divide into two groups. 

 Group A. Discuss three main disadvantages of introducing such extreme measures in Russia from the point of view of tourists.                                                                                                                                                           Group B. Discuss three main advantages of introducing this system in Russia from the point of view of customs officials.                                                                                                                                                                            5.4.2 Say whether the following statements are true or false:                                                                                             1) The act of expanded immunity for customs officers in the USA was approved by the majority of the population.                                                                                                                                                                                       2) The bill essentially cancels any protection against unconstitutional searches     by Customs office                       3) Black female U.S. citizens were nine times more likely than their white counterparts to be subject to searches by the Customs Service.                                                                                                                                                    4)   They were also less than half as likely to be found carrying contraband.                                                                            5)  The U.S. Customs Service started to take steps to address the problem of racial profiling and has done enough on this matter.  

5.5 Read the text and try to translate it in written form. Dictionaries are allowed (800 symbols – 40 minutes)                                                                                                                                                                                                           Text D     Customs Entry and Customs Procedure Codes

  All imports and exports are declared via the single administrative document or SAD. These may often be made on the official printed form, or via a plain paper version, either of which may be produced on a computer system, with Customs’  prior approval. The SAD is potentially an eight-part document, but for almost all purposes only parts of the document are used. Increasing use of computers has meant that most forwarders use a direct link to the Customs’ computer known as CHIEF (Customs Handling Import Export Freight). This means that often goods can be cleared with the actual papers being handed in later to Customs. Of course, if special documents are required, or customs inspection is necessary, the computer holds clearance until the relative steps have been taken. “Paperless”  declarations are currently being considered, and may arrive in the future.  (800 symbols)                                                                              5.6 Grammar Assignments

5.6.1 The  following statements  in Passive are grammatically incorrect. Find the mistakes and correct them.                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1) You go to the check-in counter where your ticket is look at, and your things are weighed and label, a claim-check for each piece of your luggage are inserted in the ticket and you gave a boarding pass.

2) The form have to be fill in in block letters.

3) In most countries there is also a security-check when your carry-on luggage   are inspected.

4)  Some of the formalities are repeated when you are arrive at your destination.

5) The customs declaration and the immigration form is often filled on board the plane.

5.6.2 Put in the verbs given in brackets in the appropriate tense-forms:

When shopping, _____ receipts for all of your purchases. (keep) Upon reentering the country, be ready to show customs officials what you _____. (buy) If you _____ a duty is incorrect, appeal the assessment. (feel) If you object to the way your clearance _____handled, get the inspector’s badget number. (be) In either case, first ask to see a supervisor, then write to the port director at the address _____ on your receipt. (list) Send a copy of the receipt and other documentation. If you still _____ satisfaction you can take your case to customs headquarters in Washington. (not get)

 

  Unit 6 Transportation Documentation. Forms and Terms of Payment

6.1.1 Practice the reading of the following words and guess their meaning:

  method     transporting     shipping     volume   distance     copy     distribute     container

 6.1.2 Check up the meaning of the following verbs:

  tend   direct   produce   haul   lose   consist   claim   show   prove   issue   clear

6.1.3  Read the following words and their translation. Memorize them:

haulage  (trucking)                                перевозка грузовиком, фурой

freight company                                     компания,  занимающаяся перевозкой грузов

consignment                                           груз, партия товара

consignor                                                 грузоотправитель

consignee                                              грузополучатель

fragile                                                      хрупкий 

cargo                                                       груз 

size                                                          размер

terminal                                                 конечная cтанция

perishable goods                                 скоропортящийся товар, груз

volume                                                  объем

weight                                                  вес

customs clearance  and handling charges                              таможенная очистка и расходы

   to inspect goods                              досматривать груз

ancillary                                               подчиненный, служебный, вспомогательный

  6.2 Read the text and translate it using the dictionary 

 Text A     Transportation

The three main methods of transporting goods, besides shipping are road, rail, and air. Road transport tends to be comparatively cheaper and more direct than rail. Rail transport is faster than road, which is necessary especially when transporting perishable goods, i.e. fish, fruit, meat, etc., and can haul bulk commodities (oil, grain, coal) in greater volume than road transporters. Some goods lose value over time, e.g. newspapers, or deteriorate, e.g. flowers; therefore air transport is used for speed, particularly over long distances.                                                                                                                                                         Documentation

        The main  document  used  in  air  transportation  is  the Air Waybill  (AWB), which consists of 12 copies distributed to the airline, exporter, importer, and customs. In the economic Community, and European Free Trade Area (EFTA) movement certificates are used, especially for container shipments, if the consignment is taken through different customs posts to member countries. Correspondence in transport is generally between the sellers and freight firms.

        On claiming his goods the customer has to show a customs clearance form, which allows the goods to be taxed, copies of the certificate of origin, if necessary, commercial invoices, import license, and health certificate for food or animal imports. The bill of lading or waybill also has to be produced to prove ownership of the goods, and the customs issues an out of charge note once the goods have been cleared by them.                        (1200 symbols)

6.2.1 Match the words and their explanation :  

 

    6.3 Get acquainted with the following forms and their descriptions

  6.3.1 Scan  through  the  following description. Try  to memorize all  the basic details of a typical commercial invoice: