G/TFA/N/MKD/1/Rev.2  
 
12 November  2018 
(18-7114) Page: 1/5 
Committee on Trade Facilitation  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ARTICLES 1.4, 10.4.3 , 10.6.2 AND 12.2.2  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON TRADE FACILITATION  
COMMUNICATION FROM T HE FORMER YUGOSLAV R EPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA  
Revision  
The following communication, dated 9 November  2018, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia  for Members' information.  
 
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Following up from the notification dated 16 January 2018 (G/T FA/N/MKD/1/Rev.1), 
the Republic  of Macedonia hereby makes the following notifications in response to Articles 1.4, 
10.4.3, 10.6.2 and 12.2.2 of the Agreement on Trade Facilitation.  
 
Article 1, paragraph 4  
 
(a) The official place(s) where the items in subpa ragraphs 1.1(a) to (j) have been 
published  
 
1.1(a)  procedures for importation, exportation, and transit (including port, airport, and other 
entry -point procedures), and required forms and documents;  
 
Main website: http://www.customs.gov.mk  
 
Customs 
Administration of 
Republic of 
Macedonia  http://www.customs.gov.mk/index.php/mk/biznis -
zaednica -mk/carinski -postapki/uvoz -mk 
 
http://www.customs.gov.mk/index.php/en/biznis -
zaednica -mk-2/carinski -postapki/uvoz -mk Main page explaining 
procedures for 
importation . 
The informatio n is 
available mostly on 
Macedonian . 
Customs 
Administration of 
Republic of 
Macedonia  http://www.customs.gov.mk /index.php/mk/biznis -
zaednica -mk/carinski -postapki/uvoz -mk/225 -
vnesuvanje -na-stoka -i-privremeno -cuvanje  
 Import of goods and 
temporary storage  
Customs 
Administration of 
Republic of 
Macedonia  http://www.customs.gov.mk/index.php/mk/biznis -
zaednica -mk/carinski -postapki/uvoz -mk/274 -
pustanje -na-stoka -vo-sloboden -promet  
 Release of goods for free 
circulation  
Customs 
Administration of 
Republic of 
Macedonia  http://www.customs.gov.mk/index. php/mk/biznis -
zaednica -mk/carinski -postapki/uvoz -mk/491 -
uvoz-za-oblagoroduvanje  
 Inward processing  
Customs 
Administration of 
Republic of 
Macedonia  http://www.customs.gov.mk/index.php/mk/biznis -
zaednica -mk/carinski -postapki/uvoz -mk/493 -
privremen -uvoz 
 Temporary importation  G/TFA/N/MKD/1/Rev.2  
 
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Customs 
Administration of 
Republic of 
Macedonia  http://www.customs.gov.mk/index.php/mk/biznis -
zaednica -mk/carinski -postapki/uvoz -mk/494 -
carinsko-skladiranje  
 Customs warehousing  
Customs 
Administration of 
Republic of 
Macedonia  http://www.customs.gov.mk/index.php/mk/biznis -
zaednica -mk/carinski -postapki/uvoz -mk/495 -
prerabotka -pod-carinska -kontrola  
 Processing under 
customs control  
Customs 
Administration of 
Republic of 
Macedonia  http://www.customs.gov.mk/index.php/mk/biznis -
zaednica -mk/carinski -postapki/izvoz -mk 
 Procedures for 
exportation  
The information is 
available mostly on 
Maced onian . 
Customs 
Administration of 
Republic of 
Macedonia  http://www.customs.gov.mk/index.php/mk/biznis -
zaednica -mk/carinski -postapki/uvoz -mk/492 -
izvoz-za-oblagoroduvanje  
 Outward Processing  
Customs 
Administration of 
Republic of 
Macedonia  http://www.customs.gov.mk/index.php/mk/biznis -
zaednica -mk/carinski -postapki/tranzit -mk 
http://www.customs.gov.mk/index.php/en/biznis -
zaednica -mk-2/carinski -postapki/tranzit -mk 
 Procedures for transit  
The information is 
available mostly on 
Macedonian . 
 
1.1(b)  applied rates of duties and taxes of any kind imposed on or in connection with 
importation or exportation;  
 
Customs 
Administration of 
Republic of 
Macedonia  http://www.customs.gov.mk/index.php/mk/biznis -
zaednica -mk/presmetka -na-davacki -mk/carinska -
tarifa -mk/1466 -vodic-carinenje -stoki-mk 
 On this link the 
document named "Водич 
за царинење на стоки 
2018" is published in 
Macedonian.  
This guide  incorporates 
the nomenclature of the 
Customs Tariff, the forms 
of export and import of 
goods, the rate of value 
added tax, the 
preferential rate of value 
added tax, the indicators 
for excise goods  and the 
preferential rates for 
import determined in the 
international agreements 
on a tariff line level.  
 
Customs 
Administration of 
Republic of 
Macedonia  http://www.customs.gov.mk/index.php/mk/biznis -
zaednica -mk/akcizi  
 
http://www.customs.gov.mk/index.php/en/biznis -
zaednica -mk-2/akcizi  
 Information in 
Macedonian concerning 
the list of all excise taxes 
for: 
• Mineral oils,  
• Alcohol or alcoholic 
beverages,  
• Tobacco products 
and 
• Passenger vehicles  
 G/TFA/N/MKD/1/Rev.2  
 
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1.1(c)  fees and charges imposed by or for governmental agencies on or in connection with 
importation, exportation or transit;  
 
Customs 
Administration of 
Republic of 
Macedonia  http://www.customs.gov.mk/images/documents/z
akoni/PRAVILNIK -CAR-NADOMESTOCI.pdf  The list of t ype and 
amount of fees  payable 
to the customs authority 
for services rendered 
during the customs 
procedures . 
 
 
1.1(d)  rules for the classification or valuation of products for customs purposes;  
 
Customs 
Administration of 
Republic of 
Macedonia  http://www.customs.gov.mk/index.php/mk/biznis -
zaednica -mk/presmetka -na-davacki -mk/carinska -
tarifa -mk 
 Information in 
Macedonian concerning 
the Nomenclature of the 
Customs Tariff which is 
incorporated in the 
Customs Tariff and is 
harmonized with the 
Nomenclature of the 
Harmonized System  and 
Combined Nomenclature 
of the European 
Community . 
 
Customs 
Administration of 
Republic of 
Macedonia  http://www.customs.gov.mk/index.php/mk/biznis -
zaednica -mk/presmetka -na-davacki -mk/553 -
vrednost -mk-2 
 Information in 
Macedonian concerning 
methods  of determining 
customs valuation . 
 
 
1.1(e)  laws, regulations, and administrative rulings of general application relating to rules of 
origin;  
 
Customs 
Administration of 
Republic of 
Macedonia  http://www.customs.gov.mk/index.php/mk/biznis -
zaednica -mk/presmetka -na-davacki -mk/poteklo -
mk 
 Information in 
Macedonian concerning 
free trade and 
preferential treatment 
by importation . 
 
 
1.1(f)  import, export or transit restrictions or prohibitions;  
 
Customs 
Administration of 
Republic of 
Macedonia  http://www.customs.gov.mk/index.php/mk/biznis -
zaednica -mk/zabrani -i-ogranicuvanja  
 Information in 
Macedonian concerning  
restrictions or 
prohibitions  at the 
border or at moment of 
the clearance of goods . 
 
1.1(g) penalty provisions for breaches of import, export, or transit formalities;  
 
Customs 
Administration of 
Republic of 
Macedonia  
 http://www.customs.gov.mk/images/documents/z
akoni/CUSTOMSLAWConsoli datedversionmay2018
.pdf 
 Penalty provisions  are in 
Title 9 Chapter 2  
 G/TFA/N/MKD/1/Rev.2  
 
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1.1(h)  procedures for appeal or review;  
 
Single National 
Electronic R egistry 
of Regulations of 
the Republic of 
Macedonia  
 https://ener.gov.mk/default.aspx?item=pub_regu
lation&subitem=view_reg_detail&itemid=I7kUnRd
T5tawDtfXSOFHsg==  
 National Law of general  
administrative 
procedure  
 
1.1(i)  agreements or parts thereof with any country or countries relating to importation, 
exportation, or transit; and  
 
Customs 
Administration of 
Republic of 
Macedonia  http://www.customs.gov.mk/index.php/mk/za -
nas-mk/megunarodna -i-meguinstitucionalna -
sorabotka  
 Lists in Macedonian with 
conventions, free trade 
agreements and 
agreements on mutual 
administrative 
assistance . 
 
Customs 
Administration of 
Republic of 
Macedonia  
 http://www.customs.gov.mk/index.php/mk/biznis -
zaednica -mk/presmetka -na-davacki -mk/poteklo -
mk/1304 -poteklo -spogodbi -mk 
 List of Origin protocols 
of all Free Trade 
Agreements and the 
whole text  
 
1.1(j)  procedures relating to the administration of tariff qu otas. 
 
Customs 
Administration of 
Republic of 
Macedonia  
 http://www.customs.gov.mk/index.php/mk/biznis -
zaednica -mk/presmetka -na-davacki -mk/tarifni -
kvoti-mk 
 Information about 
import quotas on 
agricultural products  
 
The Electronic 
System for 
Import, Export 
and Transit 
Permits (EXIM)  http://exim.gov.mk/EILWeb/kvotiPreostanati.jsf  
 View of the remaining 
quantities of quotas  
 
 
(b) The Uniform Resource Locators of website(s) referred to in paragraph 2.1  
 
The Uniform Resource Locators (URL) of website referred to in paragraph 2.1 is 
www.customs.gov.mk . 
 
(c) The contact information of the enquiry points referred to in paragraph 3.1  
 
Contact information on enquiry poi nt is: 
 
Custom Administration of the Republic of 
Macedonia  enquiry.point@customs.gov.mk  
 
 
Article 10, paragraph 4.3  
 
The Electronic System for Import, Export and Transit Permits (EXIM : Republic of Macedonia's 
Single Window system ) is a common system for managing licenses. Through this system, 
economic operators apply for licenses to the competent authorities and the system as such is 
readily available to all business entities that possess a proper e -certificate. EXIM system has been 
established in the year of 2008 and is binding to all state authorities that use an electronic 
licensing system. The legal framework for using this system is the Regulation of the Government 
of the Republic of Macedonia. The system is a useful tool through which 60 different licenses are 
issued by competent authorities.  G/TFA/N/MKD/1/Rev.2  
 
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The EXIM system is available at the following address: www.exim.gov.mk . 
 
At this link , for each tariff number , one could find information about the  license they need for 
import of goods , which Ministry or Agency is issuing that document and they could apply in those 
institutions. Some requests could be applied only electronically and some only on paper. Customs 
Adminis tration of the Republic of Macedonia  contac ts those Ministries or Agencies to prepare the 
requests all only electronically.  
 
Article 10, paragraph 6.2  
 
Any person may appoint a representative to represent him in his dealings before the customs 
authority in  order to perform the acts and formalities laid down by customs regulations.  The 
representative must state before the customs authority that he is acting on behalf of the person he 
is representing, specify whether the representation is direct or indirect, and be empowered to take 
actions as a representative.  
 
The measures for use of the customs brokers  are published in a separate tab on the website of the 
Custom Administration of the Republic of Macedonia. All changes along are also published in the 
same pl ace. 
 
Information on representation in customs procedures is a vailable on the following link:  
 
http://www.customs.gov.mk/index.php/m k/biznis -zaednica -mk/zastapuvanje -mk/1312 -
zastapuvanje -mk 
 
Article 12, paragraph 2.2  
 
Contact body for the exchange of information (Enquiry Point) is established within the Customs 
Administration of the Republic of Macedonia and is available on the followi ng email address:  
 
enquiry.point@customs.gov.mk  
 
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