Huge Reward for Seizing Smuggled Fuel / Instant Payment to Discoverers

Seizing smuggled fuel may entitle the discovering officers to a reward of up to 15% of the refinery purchase price of the product.

The Customs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in its circular on October 19, 1405, addressed to the executive customs across the country, announced the executive regulations related to the guidelines for resources and expenses resulting from the discovery of smuggled fuel and the instructions for immediate reward for the discovery of smuggled fuel. This circular is based on the correspondence of the Central Headquarters for Combating Goods and Currency Smuggling and with the aim of implementing the tasks related to the discovery of smuggled fuel, it has been sent to the executive customs of the country for exploitation and necessary action, and its validity has been announced until further notice.

According to the provisions of the circular, according to paragraph "a" of article 4 of the guidelines for sources and expenses resulting from the discovery of smuggled fuel, the criteria for confirming the volume of discoveries and identifying the device of the discoverer are the official warehouse bill issued by the company and the final rulings of the investigating authorities.

Also, according to the amendment of Clause "A" of Article 6 of this policy, in exchange for the delivery of discovered oil products to the company, up to 15% of the purchase price of the discovered product from the refinery has been considered as a bonus to the explorers.

Conditions and documents required for instant bonus payment

According to the instructions for immediate reward for the discovery of smuggled fuel, the provincial detective agency must prepare and send three items after the discovery of smuggled fuel: the minutes of the discovery meeting in compliance with articles 3 and 4 of the guidelines, a picture of the company's warehouse bill and a summary report of the discovery along with the case number or class number of the case to the investigating authority.

The minutes of the discovery meeting must be prepared and sent in the special forms notified by the resolution of the 124th headquarters meeting. Also, it is mandatory to comply with the provisions of the resolution related to the cases and conditions for detecting strong suspicion, including its articles 5 and 8.

According to Article 5 of the guidelines, the date of filing the case in the investigating authority must be after April 1, 1405.

A deadline of two working days for reviewing cases

According to Article 6 of the directive, the provincial investigative body is obliged to receive the written opinion of the secretary of the provincial commission and the representative of the investigating authority within two working days about the approval or rejection of the minutes of the instant bonus meeting of the cases that do not have a vote, and send the result to the central investigative organization along with the documents.

The investigating authority is, as the case may be, the General Department of Government Penalties of the province or the provincial judiciary. The representative of this authority must be introduced in writing by the highest relevant authority in the province, i.e. the Director General of State Penalties or the Chief Justice of the province, to the provincial commission and the provincial investigative body. If it is not possible to attend the representative of the investigating authority or the secretary of the provincial commission, the provincial investigative body can send them the minutes of the instant bonus meeting and receive their opinion.

According to the third note of Article 6, the approval of all members of the minutes of the immediate bonus meeting is necessary to pay the bonus. Also, if the bonus payment is not approved by the members in the meeting, it is possible to re-examine the matter in the next meetings. After checking the compliance with the provisions of this article and its notes, the Central Explorer Organization will send the cases that have the approval of all members to pay the bonus, in writing to the secretariat of the working group.

Assignment of cases in case of non-response

According to Article 7 of the directive, if the provincial commission or the investigating authority does not send a response after two working days, the provincial investigator must submit the report and documents to the central investigator. Then, the central detective organization reflects the report and documents of the confirmed cases to the secretariat of the working group, and the secretariat also takes the necessary measures to pay the reward.

According to Article 8, the secretariat of the working group, after reviewing the items listed in Articles 6 and 7, will announce the issue of immediate bonus allocation to the company and the subsidy targeting organization through correspondence.

According to Article 9, Iran's National Oil Products Distribution Company is obliged to do the necessary follow-up through the relevant authorities to deposit the funds related to the account of the Subsidies Targeting Organization and announce the result to the secretariat of the working group.

Also, according to Article 10, the Subsidy Targeting Organization, in accordance with the provisions of the policy, deposits the relevant funds based on the correspondence of the working group secretariat and announces the result to this secretariat.

Finally, according to Article 11 of the directive, the discovery agency is obliged to periodically send the report on the payment of instant bonuses to discovery agents to the secretariat of the working group.