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17.2 Customs Offences and Administrative Penalties
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According to the Administrative Penalties for Customs Offences and 
Forfeiture of Goods Implementation Directive No. 112/2008 EC, the 
responsible customs department will decide on administrative cases 
and appeals against them within seven (7) days after all relevant 
evidence and documents have been presented. The decision will be 
in writing and will be handed over to the relevant person together 
with the penalty notification papers. The offender has the right to 
appeal to ERCA’s complaint review section established at the head 
office within 15 days of the decision (see section 18 below), but if 
he/she fails to do so, payment of the fine is required.
Important customs offences and corresponding penalties are the 
following ones:

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76 Fine is a penalty in money or sum imposed as punishment.
77 As per Article 4/1 of Administrative Penalties for Customs Offences and Forfeiture of Goods 
Implementation Directive No. 112/2008 EC. 
78 The limits are going to be set by law or by the directives of the Ministry of Finance and 
Economic Cooperation.
79 As per Article 5/4 of Administrative Penalties for Customs Offences and Forfeiture of Goods 
Implementation Directive No. 112/2008 EC. In this connection, this penalty is also relevant 
for duty free imports.
• Importing, exporting or trying to export restricted goods 
without approval and also failing to get such authorization 
within one month is punishable with a fine
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no less than Birr 
10,000 and no more than Birr 50,000 (for a first offence the 
penalty is Birr 10,000, for a second offence Birr 25,000 and 
for a third offence and more, Birr 50,000).
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If the penalty is on 
an import good, it shall be re-exported by the importer within 
the one month, as referred in the previous paragraph, while 
export goods shall be prevented from being exported.