The Council of Ministers has determined measures to prevent the import and spread of coronavirus
The document was adopted to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection spread in the Republic of Belarus and to regulate transit road freight transport across the country, based on the Law of the Republic of Belarus of January 7, 2012 No. 340-Z "On the Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare of the Population".
In particular, it has been established that persons arriving in Belarus from countries where COVID-19 infection cases are registered must, within 14 calendar days from the date of arrival in Belarus:
- self-isolate at home;
- not be allowed to cross the State Border of the Republic of Belarus subsequently (until the self-isolation period expires).
- employees of diplomatic missions, consular offices of foreign states in the Republic of Belarus and accredited concurrently with residences in other countries, international organizations and their representative offices located in the Republic of Belarus, as well as their family members;
- heads and members of official delegations;
- drivers of vehicles performing international road freight transport;
- members of aircrews, inland waterway vessel crews, train crews, locomotive crews of international railway traffic;
- foreigners transiting through the territory of the Republic of Belarus to return to their place of residence.
Border service officers issue arriving persons with an arrival questionnaire in the form established by the Ministry of Health. After completion, the questionnaire is handed over by border service officers to officials of the Ministry of Health.
The rules of conduct for arriving persons undergoing self-isolation are determined by the Ministry of Health.
The procedure for interaction between state administration bodies and other organizations to ensure compliance with self-isolation measures by arriving persons is determined by the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the State Border Committee.
Drivers performing transit road freight transportation through Belarus, including from the territory of the Russian Federation to the member states of the European Union and Ukraine, between two crossing points of the State Border of the Republic of Belarus at locations established by law, are obliged to travel only along republican roads where stopping (parking) for driver rest and meals, refueling of vehicles is possible, according to the list of roads and specialized places approved by this same resolution.
Drivers performing transit transportation are obliged to leave the territory of Belarus via the shortest route no later than the day following the day of entry into its territory, except in cases where the impossibility of observing the specified period is due to an accident (breakdown) of the vehicle, as well as unloading, reloading (transshipment) of cargo, replacement of the vehicle, if this is provided for by the terms of the road haulage contract and indicated in the transport documents.
If it is necessary to carry out the said operations, deviation from the republican road indicated in the list of roads and specialized places is allowed. Operations must be carried out within the minimum timeframe.
During the stop (parking), drivers performing transit transportation must not leaveto equip the territory of stopping points (parking lots) for rest and catering for drivers, refueling of vehicles in accordance with the list of roads and specialized places.
The Ministry of Transport and Communications is instructed to:
- ensure the duplication of the map of republican roads and stopping points (parking lots) for rest and catering for drivers, refueling of vehicles, containing information specified in the list of roads and specialized places, in Russian and English for transfer to state bodies carrying out customs control at checkpoints across the State Border of the Republic of Belarus;
- ensure the placement of the list of roads and specialized places on its official website in the global computer network Internet;
- organize the installation of information boards with the specified map at the entrances to the Republic of Belarus.
The State Customs Committee at the checkpoints on the Belarusian section of the external border of the Eurasian Economic Union, the Transport Inspectorate of the Ministry of Transport and Communications, within the framework of control measures on the border territory of the Belarusian-Russian section of the State Border of the Republic of Belarus, organize the issuance of requirements to drivers performing transit road freight transport, in the form approved by this resolution, and their familiarization with them.
These requirements are drawn up in two copies, one of which is handed over to the driver or attached to the transport document, the second remains in the records of the customs authority or the Transport Inspectorate of the Ministry of Transport and Communications.
The State Customs Committee is instructed to ensure the establishment of the customs transit period to the final destination, taking into account the requirements of this resolution.
The Ministry of Health, together with the regional executive committees, is to organize the necessary control over the implementation of sanitary and anti-epidemic measures at rest stops (parking lots) for drivers, refueling of vehicles, in accordance with the list of roads and specialized places.
The regional executive committees, together with the Belarusian State Concern for Oil and Chemistry, are instructed to take the necessary measures to provide personnel performing their duties at rest stops (parking lots) for drivers, refueling of vehicles, specified in the list of roads and specialized places, with personal protective equipment (medical masks, gloves) and to control the implementation of the recommendations of the Ministry of Health.
For failure to comply with the requirements of this resolution, arriving persons, as well as drivers performing transit transport, shall bear the responsibility established by law.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is to inform foreign states about the adoption of this resolution through diplomatic channels.
Control over the implementation of the resolution is assigned to the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Transport and Communications, the M