Approval of draft customs in the north and eastern Syria
Ein Issa – North-Press Agency
Yahya Omar/Fayyad Muhammad
The General Council of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria has approved yesterday the draft customs at the headquarters of the Administration in the town of Ein Issa northern Raqqa.
The draft customs consist of 12 paragraph and 92 articles, includes how to import and export materials to and from the areas of the Autonomous Administration through border crossing points.
After reading the draft law to members of the General Council, discussing its articles and responding to members’ queries by the Legal Committee and the Customs Directorate, the draft was approved to become effective.
The co-chair of the General Council of the Autonomous Administration for North and Eastern Syria, Farid Atti, stated to North-Press that Autonomous Administration territories need such laws to organize the work to meet the needs of the citizens, and the law approved today, regulates the mechanism of customs work in the Autonomous Administration at the border crossing points.
“The customs law is important to the administration because we need the materials to be able to import them from abroad, especially the import of cars and modern machines, and the law enables us to export surplus products of the region,” Atti added.
Atti explained that the customs duties will be imposed on materials and goods coming from the regions of the Syrian government and the opposition-held areas in case if these goods come from outside Syria, while Syrian-made goods wouldn’t be imposed by customs duties because they are produced within the Syrian geography, as he said.
The co-chair of the General Council Farid Atti pointed out that the law does not approve the imposition of customs duties on materials used for humanitarian purposes, and “the Autonomous Administration will issue some decrees regarding that matter.”
The General Council of the Autonomous Administration of North and Eastern Syria is as a parliament for all areas of the administration, which oversees its work and approves the draft laws and regulations of its institutions.