New controls and procedures for inspecting goods in the customs office in accordance with the customs law

The Customs Law stipulates that the goods must be inspected at the customs office, and if the import or export of goods is subject to restrictions from any competent authority, they are not allowed to be brought in or taken out unless they meet the required conditions.

The Customs Law grants the Customs Authority the right to inspect all or some of the goods in order to match them with what is stated in the customs declaration and its attachments and to verify their type, value, origin and condition. It has the right not to inspect them, and the inspection may be carried out outside the department based on the request of the concerned parties or their agents and at their expense and for reasons acceptable to the Authority, and it has the right in all cases. Re-examine it as long as it is under its supervision and has not been released permanently, all in the manner specified by the executive regulations of this law.

Parcels and containers may not be opened for inspection except in the presence of the concerned parties or their agents. However, with written permission from the competent Director General of Customs or his representative, they may be opened upon suspicion of the presence of smuggled goods without their presence after five working days have passed from the date of notifying them by a registered letter accompanied by a receipt or receipt. By any electronic means that has legal validity, a report shall be drawn up by the committee formed for this purpose. However, by decision of the competent Director General of Customs, in the event of urgent necessity, parcels or containers may be opened without the presence of the concerned parties to inspect and verify them, by means of a committee formed for this purpose.