THE INSTRUCTION FOR FILLING IN CASH DECLARATION Official translation 28 02 2007 APPROVED by Order No 1B-891 of 29 December 2006 of the Director General of the Customs Department INSTRUCTION FOR COMPLETING A CASH DECLARATION I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
- The Instruction for Completing a Cash Declaration has been prepared following Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1889/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 on controls of cash entering or leaving the Community (OJ L 309, 2005, p. 9; hereinafter referred to as “Regulation No 1889/2005”), to lay down the procedure for completing a cash declaration.
- A cash declaration (hereinafter referred to as “the declaration”) is a document done in the form established by Order of the Director of the Customs Department, giving information about cash within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation No 1889/2005, carried by a natural person (hereinafter referred to as “the declarant”) entering or leaving the European Community, of a value of EUR 10000 or more.
- The declaration consists of 2 copies. Copy 1 shall be for the customs office, copy 2 for the declarant. If there is not enough space on the main page of the declaration, data about cash to be declared shall be given on the continuation page (or several pages) of the declaration, in the relevant fields. In such case, all pages of the declaration shall be considered to form a single declaration.
- The declaration shall be completed either in Lithuanian, English or Russian, on the declaration form printed out in the same language.
- The declaration shall be completed by hand in block capitals or with a typewriter or any other mechanographic or similar means. The declaration must be completed legibly and accurately.
- There must be no erasures, stains, paint-outs or pastings on the declaration. All corrections must be made by accurately crossing out the incorrect entry and clearly writing the correct data above. Each single correction shall be confirmed by the declarant’s signature. Data in the declaration may be corrected only once and homogeneously in both copies. Corrections must not obscure other (correct) data.
- Fields (boxes and lines) left empty must be crossed slantwise in such a way that it is later not possible to add new entries in the declaration. II. COMPLETING A CASH DECLARATION
- The declarant shall complete the declaration in the following manner: 8.
- The box in the line “Entering the European Community” of the declaration shall be marked with the “X” sign, if the declarant enters the Republic of Lithuania from a third country; the box in the line “Leaving the European Community” shall be marked with the “X” sign, if the declarant leaves the Republic of Lithuania for a third country. 8.
- In Section “
- Declarant”: 8.2.
- in the line “First name, surname”, the declarant shall enter his first name (names) and surname; 8.2.
- in the line “Nationality”, the declarant shall enter his nationality; 8.2.
- in the line “Address”, the declarant shall enter the address of his principal place of residence; 8.2.
- in the line “Country”, the declarant shall enter the name of the country of his principal place of residence; 8.2.
- in the line “Date of birth (DD/MM/YYYY)”, the declarant shall enter his date of birth (day, month, year); 8.2.
- in the line “Place of birth (country)”, the declarant shall enter the name of the country of his place of birth; 8.2.
- in the line “Type of document”, the declarant shall specify the type of an identification document (passport or an equivalent travel document) produced by the declarant; 8.2.
- in the line “Number”, the declarant shall enter the number of the identification document produced, including its serial number, if any; 8.2.
- in the line “Place of issue (country)”, the declarant shall enter the name of the country of issuance of the declarant’s identification document; 8.
- Section “
- Owner of cash” shall be completed only where the declarant and the owner of cash is not the same person. If there is more than one owner of cash, the declarant shall enter details about all owners of cash in this Section. This Section shall be completed as follows: 8.3.
- in the line “Full name / name of company”, the declarant shall enter the name (names) and surname of the owner of cash if a natural person, or the name of company if a legal person; 8.3.
- in the line “Address”, the declarant shall enter the address of the principal place of residence of the owner of cash if a natural person, or of the head office if a legal person; 8.3.
- in the line “Country”, the declarant shall enter the name of the country of the principal place of residence of the owner of cash if a natural person, or of the head office if a legal person; 8.
- Section “
- INTENDED RECIPIENT OF CASH” shall be completed if cash is intended to be transferred to another person known at the time of completion of the declaration. If there is more than one recipient of cash, the declarant shall enter details about all recipients of cash in this Section. This Section shall be completed as follows: 8.4.
- in the line “Full name / name of company”, the declarant shall enter the name (names) and surname of the intended recipient of cash if a natural person, or the name of company if a legal person; 8.4.
- in the line „Address“, the declarant shall enter the address of the principal place of residence of the intended recipient of cash if a natural person, or of the head office if legal person; 8.4.
- in the line „Country“, the declarant shall enter the name of the country of the principal place of residence of the intended recipient of cash if a natural person, or of the head office if a legal person. 8.
- Section „
- NATURE OF CASH“ shall completed as follows: 8.5.
- in the line “Banknotes, coins“, the declarant shall enter data about cash to be declared either in banknotes or coins in circulation as means of payment. In the column “Amount”, the declarant shall specify the amounts of cash for each currency separately; in the column „Currency“, the declarant shall specify the currency; 8.5.
- in the line “Cheques, traveller’s cheques”, the declarant shall enter details about cheques or traveller’s cheques to be declared. In the column “Amount”, the declarant shall specify the nominal value of the cheques and/or traveller’s cheques in the currency indicated therein; in the column „Currency“, the declarant shall specify the currency; 8.5.
- in the line „Promissory notes“ (bills of exchange, other debt instruments), the declarant shall enter details about promissory notes to be declared. In the column “Amount”, the declarant shall specify the nominal value of the promissory notes in the currency indicated therein; in the column “Currency”, the declarant shall specify the currency; 8.5.
- in the line “Other (to be specified)”, the declarant shall enter details about bearer negotiable instruments either in bearer form or in such other form which passes the title thereto upon delivery, including incomplete instruments signed without the payee's name being specified; 8.
- In Section “
- PROVENANCE AND INTENDED USE OF CASH” (this Section is optional if the declarant intends to transfer cash to another person): 8.6.
- in the line „Provenance“, the declarant shall specify the source of cash, e.g. salary, bank loan, etc.; 8.6.
- in the line „Intended use“, the declarant shall specify the intended use of cash. 8.
- In Section “
- TRANSPORT”: 8.7.
- in the first line, the declarant shall specify the mode of transport by which the declarant enters (leaves) the Community, by marking the relevant box with the „X“ sign; 8.7.
- in the line „Means of transport“, the declarant shall give details about the vehicle (name of ship, route of train or bus, flight No., make and registration number of car, etc.) by which the declarant enters (leaves) the Community; 8.
- In Section “
- ROUTE”: 8.8.
- in the line „From (country)“, the declarant shall enter the name of the country of departure; 8.8.
- in the line „To (country)“, the declarant shall enter the name of the country of destination; 8.8.
- in the line „Date of departure“, the declarant shall enter the date (day, month, year) of departure to the country of destination; 8.8.
- in the line „Date of arrival“, the declarant shall enter the date (day, month, year) of arrival to the country of destination; 8.8.
- in the line „Countries en route“, the declarant shall enter names of transit countries. For air transport, the declarant shall enter the names of the countries at whose airports the transfer from one aircraft to another takes place; for water transport, the names of the countries at whose ports the transfer from one ship to another takes place. 8.
- In the box „Declarant`s signature. Date“, the declarant shall sign and enter the date (day, month, year) of presentation of the declaration to the customs office.
- If a continuation page is used, the declarant shall indicate, on the top of the continuation page of the declaration, that it is the continuation of the declaration (e.g. “Continuation of Declaration No. , page 2“, “Continuation of Declaration No. , page 3“, etc.); the declarant shall also complete the line “First name, surname” of Section 1, sign on every continuation page of the declaration and write the date of completion of the declaration (in the box “Declarant`s signature. Date”). _______________________________