Law on Border Ports will be amended

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Due to the cabinet's decision made at previous meeting, the Law on Border Ports needs to be amended, considered the Ministers on January 7. The General Authority of Customs will be reorganized to be a Secretariat for Customs and Border Port Affairs, a government regulatory agency. In accordance with the Law on Border Port adopted in 2013, the General Administration of Border Ports and its subsidiaries--a total of 26 port administrations--were established. However, the Ministers resolved to dismiss all of them in pursuit of a direction, given by parliament in order to eliminate duplication of responsibilities and to reduce a consumption of state budget. In this regard, the cabinet approved this Wednesday a concept of amendments to the Law on Border Ports. The General Authority of Customs will give up its name and a status of implementing agency. The institution is considered to serve greatly in improving the customs and borders' cooperation of Mongolia with its main trade partners.