The idea to conduct a complex scientific research of the customs problematic of the Moldova-Transdniestria settlement appeared in 2005. However it became possible to realize this project only starting from 2007, in the time when the author as a postgraduate student was getting education the in the Russian customs academy of the Federal customs service of Russia – the specialized institute of higher education, preparing the professional specialists for the Russian customs service and also for the customs bodies of the foreign countries.
With an active assistance of the Russian scientists, a fundamental studying of all complex questions began in relation to the theme of an administrative-legal regime of customs activity of Transdniestria — the subject of the international law, not granted with the international legal personality. It is necessary to notice that a need for this work is caused by the following: at the present moment there is no a complex analysis of the administrative-legal and organizational-technological measures, realized concerning the export-import transactions of Transdniestria, including in a context of the customs and a commercial law, and also the existing international precedents.
In our opinion, the administrative-legal specificity and the existing contradictions, concerning the customs activity of Transdniestrian Moldavian Republic (TMR), have been studied insufficiently until now. Thus, a considerable part of the customs experts within the frames of the settlement of the legal and economic problems in the given sphere have not a systematized material. Besides, the researches of the customs features, which have grown out of a crisis situation interfaced to the Transdniestrian question, are not known practically.
During carrying out of the research work an attempt has been taken to abstract as much as possible from a political component of a Transdniestrian question and to escape from the policy. However the closer the results of the research emerged, the clearer it became, that Moldova-Transdniestria contradictions in customs sphere, and also the unilateral actions of the Republic of Moldova (RМ), related to the change of a regime of customs activity of Transdniestria, are a planned political decision, which does not correspond to the international trade and customs law, and also to a created administrative-treaty system in Moldova-Transdniestria customs sphere.
Within the period of 2008 – 2010 the author has published 3 monographs («The administrative-legal regime of customs activity of Transdniestria in context of the international precedents»; «The organization of a joint control in the checkpoints on the Ukrainian-Moldavian border (the Transdniestrian factor»; «Collected articles on administrative-legal regime of the customs activity of Transdniestria») and 20 scientific articles. The mentioned materials, in our opinion, allow learning in details the features and specificity of the administrative-legal regime of customs activity of Transdniestrian Moldavian Republic.
The present collection differs from the publications and monographies, earlier issued the by the author, by the fact, that the presented articles are accompanied by the empirical materials. Certainly it will allow to the researchers of a Transdniestrian question to estimate more objectively all spectrums of the problems of the customs activity of Transdniestrian Moldavian Republic.
Taking into consideration an active participation of the European experts in the Transdniestrian settlement, with a view of positioning the objectivity of the Moldova-Transdniestria contradictions in customs sphere among the scientific audience of the foreign countries, we have considered necessary to publish the collection of publications on a theme of the administrative-legal regime of customs activity of Transdniestria in a Russian-English format.
The author expresses his gratitude to the heads of the Russian customs academy for rendering an assistance at carrying out of the scientific research.
It would be desirable to express a special gratitude to Profesor Rylskaya Marina Aleksandrovna – my teacher and mentor, the scientific adviser, the Chief of the Department of research of the problems of the information security in customs affairs of the Research center of the Russian customs academy, the full member of the Academy of the military sciences of the Russian Federation.
Sergey Moser, Doctor of Law
The senior research assistant of the Research center of the Russian customs academy
Link to the list of publications