As they emphaszed, income from excise on cigerettes increased by 4.2 percent compared to the same period of last year, although there’s a trend of decrease of this income in the whole region.
“All relevant indicators show good trend in collection of payments, which is a strong step towards improving the integrity, dedication and efficiency in fight against grey markets. New jurisdiction in area of excise as well as expanded authority of customs officials are a significant challenge, but also a dominant force in the area of security, which makes Customs administraton an equal partner to modern customs services of EU members”, it was said from Customs administration.
During the marking of this day, director of Customs administration Vladan Jokovic gave certificates to most successful employees for excellent results, stating that Customs directorate continuously has good results and that transformation of the institution into a modern sevice is going according to the plan.
“In European integrations of Montenegro, Customs directorate is successfully fulfilling all of its duties regarding the chapter 29 – Customs union, as well as in other chapters that it participates in. Also, it continuously organizes activities regarding adjustment of legal procedures with laws of the EU and develops policies and instruments that are already existent in modern customs services of countries members of EU”, he said.
