Research of the Problems of Classification of Airsoft Weapons to Move across the Customs Border of the Eurasian Economic Union

Abstract

The article discusses the problem of movement across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) in terms of classification according to the Commodity Nomenclature of Foreign Economic Activity of the Eurasian Economic Union in order to apply measures of customs and tariff regulation, prohibitions and restrictions in relation to devices for playing airsoft (softball), in terms of their specification almost completely replicate the samples of firearms, with the exception of the firing mechanism, as well as the function: not to hit manpower or other targets, but to fire with plastic balls. The article considers possible classification options, provides interpretations and points of view on this problem, analyzes the legal acts regulating the movement of devices for playing airsoft across the customs border of the EAEU, and formulates proposals according to which the classification code of airsoft weapons can be determined more accurately.