Soviet customs to stop working in Estonia
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MOSCOW. Nov 3 (Interfax) – Soviet customs services will stop working in Estonia from November 4, Estonian Customs Department General Director Mati Jurgens told Baltfax.
However, Soviet customs officers will be able to work with Estonian customs from November 5. "Estonia now cannot just get several hundred well-trained customs officers from anywhere, that is why we are inviting Soviet specialists," Jurgens said.
Soviet customs laws are effective in Estonia provided they do not contradict Estonian laws until Estonia passes its own customs laws.