Cash at the EAEU customs border may be detained based on national security authorities information

Who is affected

Companies and their representatives moving cash and negotiable instruments across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union. Executives and employees traveling with company cash or accountable amounts. Foreign economic activity participants settling in cash. Companies using promissory notes, checks, and other bearer negotiable instruments. Carriers and courier services accompanying valuables.

What changes

The rules for detaining cash and negotiable instruments moved across the EAEU customs border have been supplemented with a new source of information: national security authorities have been added to law enforcement agencies and the authorized body for financial monitoring. State revenue authorities are now entitled to detain cash and negotiable instruments, including based on information from the National Security Committee regarding the possible involvement of funds in the legalization (laundering) of proceeds from crime, the financing of terrorism, or the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. For cases where information is received from national security authorities, the procedure for transferring detained funds to the requesting agency also applies. No new limits on cash transport are introduced, customs declaration requirements are not cancelled, and automatic detention of cash for all border crossers is not provided.

List of changes

• National security authorities have been added to the list of information sources serving as the basis for detaining cash and negotiable instruments
• Previously, the basis was information from law enforcement agencies and the authorized body for financial monitoring
• State revenue authorities detain cash and negotiable instruments at the EAEU customs border in cooperation with law enforcement agencies, national security authorities, and the authorized body for financial monitoring
• The basis is information on the possible involvement of funds in the legalization (laundering) of proceeds from crime, the financing of terrorism, or the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
• The procedure for transferring detained funds to the agency that provided the information has been extended to cases where information is received from national security authorities
• The transfer of detained funds is carried out upon the request of the agency, in the presence of the officer responsible for storage, and is formalized by an act in two copies in the established form
• The detention procedure itself has not been significantly changed, no new amount limits for moving cash have been established, and customs declaration requirements have been preserved

Effective date

From November 20, 2026.

Details and status

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Source

https://www.zakon.kz/pravo/6538149-utochneny-pravila-zaderzhaniya-nalichnykh-deneg-na-tamozhennoy-granitse-eaes.html