The destruction of objects from the countries included in the list of grocery embargo would take place on a specially developed rules, which are obliged to enter into force in March 2016, according to a draft departmental acts of the Federal customs service posted on the portal of legal information.

the head of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin at the end of July signed a decree on the elimination from August 6, products prohibited from being imported into the country under anticyclonic measures (the so-called food embargo). The government has allowed to destroy such food by any legitimate method. This measure does not apply to goods imported by residents for personal use.

now the Ministry has commenced the drafting of a document and specifies that " the project touches upon the sphere of social relations that reflect the relationship between individuals who belong by right of ownership or other legal basis prohibited for import to the Russian Federation the goods separate categories, disinterested individuals and persons of the customs authorities conducting the seizure and destruction of objects separate category."

The document will regulate the actions of customs officials, with the elimination of agricultural products, raw materials and food, originating in are the United States of America, European Union countries, Canada, Australia, Norway, Ukraine, Albania, Montenegro, Iceland and Liechtenstein, and which until August 5, 2016 (inclusive) prohibited for importation to the Russian Federation.

the Ministry emphasizes that the reason for the creation of the document was " the lack of legal grounds for actions of officials of customs bodies at the elimination of the separate items of the category ".

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