Talking Points. Exercise 20.Present your views on the following:

Exercise 20. Present your views on the following:

1. The Southern Customs Administration has introduced up-to-date Customs technology: simplified Customs procedures, electronic and preliminary declaration, and new cargo searching devices.

2. Canine enforcement is one of the highest priorities for Rostov Customs.

3. Rostov Airport Customs is a multifunctional service with modern technologies which enable to make the process of registration effective.

Exercise 21. Scan Texts 1-4 again and present the achievements of the Southern Customs Administration in 10-12 sentences.

Exercise 22. Test yourself.

Summarize the information from texts 1-4 to choose the correct answer.

1. The responsibilities of Rostov Customs include________.

a) building up local knowledge of the business

b) close cooperation with other teams

c) collecting duties and preventing smuggling

2. The Southern Federal region has a lot of advantages in __________.

a) establishing Customs checkpoints

b) identifying and eliminating illegal wildlife channels

c) geographical location because of favourable trade routes

3. Rostov Customs needs _________.

a) development of the country

b) High-Tech equipment

c) some military operations

4. The Customs-house on the Temernik River was established to __________.

a) control the trade with Turkey and keep in fear the Don Cossacks

b) meet the world standards in the international cooperation

c) facilitate trade and business with economic partners

5. One of the top priorities for Rostov Customs is ________.

a) the fight against smuggling

b) preparatory work

c) smuggling of currency

6. The Southern Customs Administration was founded on ________.

a) May 15, 2001

b) March 25, 1998

c) April 20, 1992

7. The main tasks of the Russian Customs bodies are to ________ the economic interests of Russia.

a) protect

b) build up

c) preserve

8. The Southern Customs Administration has introduced up-to-date Customs technology to __________.

a) facilitate the flow of passengers and freight

b) determine the value of imported goods

c) produce a plan for modernization

7. Customs legislation in Russia is _______ on “The Customs Code of the Russian Federation”.

a) based

b) founded

c) constructed

8. Like any other regional Customs, Rostov Customs is currently carrying out fiscal functions and ________ of foreign trade.

a) regulation

b) operation

c) modernization

9. Russia has the world’s largest _______ to police.

a) barrier

b) border

c) budget

10. The day-to-day operation of Customs offices and border checkpoints is supervised by ________.

a) Law Training Centre

b) Transit Passenger Service

c) Regional Customs Administrations

11. The first handlers with __________ appeared at Rostov Customs in 1997.

a) metal detectors

b) cannabis detectors

c) canine detectors

12. The use of the dual-channel system improves __________.

a) the flow of passenger traffic

b) the internal and external influences

c) the staff of the Customs

13. Customs and other law enforcement agencies use a wide variety of dog breeds for __________.

a) drug detection work

b) classification of goods

c) cooperation with different countries

14. Heimann Cargo Vision Mobiles are designed to ___________.

a) unload cargo

b) examine large vehicles

c) support government policy

15. Rostov Airport Customs is a multifunctional service with modern technologies which enable to ___________.

a) trade only in frontier towns

b) defend Russian producers

c) make the process of registration effective.

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