Administrative responsibility as a factor of innovative development in Customs

Abstract

The transformation of customs into an intellectual one, invisible to law-abiding business and effective for the state, is one of the goals of the Customs Service Development Strategy until 2030 (hereinafter referred to as the 2030 Strategy). Among the targets in achieving this goal is to increase the effectiveness of combating crimes and administrative offenses attributed by the legislation of the Russian Federation to the competence of customs authorities, including the use of the latest digital platforms and technologies. Innovations in customs are inextricably linked with the automation of mainly two groups of actions: 1) committed by persons and customs authorities in accordance with international treaties and acts in the field of customs regulation and (or) the legislation of the EAEU member states on customs regulation (customs operations); 2) performed by customs authorities aimed at checking and (or) ensuring compliance with international treaties and acts in the field of customs regulation and the legislation of the member states on customs regulation (customs control). Due to the fact that the actions usually performed by the subjects of legal relations in the field of customs (persons controlling the movement of goods; persons initiating the movement of goods and persons carrying out activities in the field of customs) are performed by automated systems, there is a problem of determining responsibility for the errors committed by such systems, as a result of leading to administrative offenses. The article also considers other aspects of administrative responsibility in the field of customs.