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1. The traditional Customs responsibilities include collecting duties and taxes and preventing smuggling; but in a rapidly changing economic environment the British Customs has to balance them with trade facilitation.
2. All the travellers arriving into the UK whether by sea or air must be cleared by Customs immediately on arrival.
3. Passengers are allowed certain quantities of dutiable goods free of duty and those who wish to take more into the country have to pay Customs duties.
4. The UK Customs Service check the licences of makers of beer, whisky and wine, register manufacturers and wholesalers of purchase tax goods, and control payments of various betting and gaming duties.
5. The first duty in the control of ships, arriving in the UK, is to prevent the introduction of certain infectious diseases and to prevent smuggling.
6. The UK Customs will have to reconsider its regulations and abolish most Customs controls over the movement of passengers and goods from the EU countries.
Task IV. Match left and right.
| 1. контроль и надзор в области таможенного дела | supervision over complying with the legislation on taxes and duties |
| 2. административные правонарушения | compliance with the currency legislation |
| 3. надзор за соблюдением законодательства о налогах и сборах | control and supervision in the Customs business sphere |
| 4. полномочия таможенной службы | The Ministry Of Finance Of Great Britain |
| 5. Королевская служба налогов, сборов и таможни | state revenues |
| 6. Минфин Великобритании | the legal power of the Customs service |
| 7. соблюдение валютного законодательства | Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs |
| 8. государственные доходы | administrative violations |
Task V. Translate the following text into English using the word-combinations from the previous tasks.
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Королевская служба налогов, сборов и таможни
Королевская служба налогов, сборов и таможни является органом, осуществляющим в соответствии с законодательством Великобритании и ЕС функции по контролю и надзору в области таможенного дела, а также специальные функции по борьбе с контрабандой, иными преступлениями и административными правонарушениями. В полномочия службы также входят функции контроля и надзора за соблюдением законодательства о налогах и сборах, за правильностью исчисления, полнотой и своевременностью внесения в соответствующий бюджет налогов и сборов, за правильностью исчисления, полнотой и своевременностью внесения в соответствующий бюджет иных обязательных платежей и за соблюдением валютного законодательства.
Служба была создана в начале 2005 г. в результате объединения двух независимых служб – Королевской службы таможни и акцизов и Налоговой службы и осуществляет свою деятельность согласно положениям Закона об уполномоченных по вопросам государственных доходов и таможенного дела 2005г. Служба находится в подчинении Минфина Великобритании.
Task VI. Translate the following text into Russian.
Most of the antiques on sale in Britain are either stolen or fakes and international legislation has so far “proved toothless” at fighting the problem.
Art and auction houses in London have spent several years tightening security and the Cultural Objects Offences Act made it illegal to trade in goods thought to be tainted. Auction houses are as liable as banks for making sure that they are not being used to launder suspect money and the Art Loss Register, the company with a database of 160,000 stolen items, suggest the number of stolen works being sold at auction has fallen.
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One of the most famous fakes acquired by the British Museum was the Crystal Skull, supposedly an Aztec symbol of death, bought in 1897. Recent analysis showed it was cut and polished with a type of rotating wheel used in 19th century Europe.
ВАРИАНТ 4
Task I. Read the following text and answer some questions in writing:
1. What is the Customs mission?
2. Where does most of that fiscal activity take place?
3. Why does the Customs perform inspections?
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Fiscal Function of the Customs
Russia has had a Customs Service in some form for about 1000 years and Customs business has always been considered important and prestigious.
The Customs mission is actually threefold: to collect and protect revenue; to enforce Customs and other laws; and to interdict the illegal flow of narcotics and other contraband.
Fiscal or budget function is one of the priorities for Customs. Collection and protection of revenue is the responsibility with which the Customs started. Most of that fiscal activity takes place at different ports of entry where commercial cargo arrives from abroad. The Customs performs inspections to ensure that the merchandise fits the description and quantity claimed on the documents. Subsequent paper processing determines the proper classification and duty assessment. Ultimately, the Customs actually makes the collection of the revenue levying Customs duties and taxes. Thus Customs revenue provides the income to the Federal budget.
Task II. Find the words synonymous to:
Collection, revenue, assessment, responsibility, suppression, mission, prestigious, to interdict, to ensure, to process, to enforce, merchandise, protection, to claim.
