Vitebsk customs has taken additional measures to increase throughput during Euro-2012

June 8, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The Vitebsk Customs has taken additional measures to increase throughput during the Euro 2012 championship, the Vitebsk Customs informed a BELTA correspondent. In connection with the European Football Championship and the possible increase in passenger traffic, a number of measures have been taken at the checkpoints across the State Border of Belarus in the region of the Vitebsk Customs to prevent queues of passenger vehicles and buses with organized tourist groups from forming at the checkpoints. In particular, a "hot" reserve has been created to increase the shifts of customs officials and customs representatives, the situation is constantly monitored, and additional conditions have been created to improve the quality and reduce the time of control operations. The customs has organized interaction with the territorial border service authority, as well as with the border and customs services at adjacent checkpoints, and organizational and technical measures have been defined to ensure the maximum possible throughput of individuals and carriers traveling to the European Football Championship matches. In case of any problems related to crossing the border, customs officers ask to immediately inform the duty officer of the customs (+375 212 350230), the head of the Braslav customs post Korzhenko Sergey Nikolaevich (+375-2153-31-226, "Urbany" checkpoint), the head of the Verkhnedvinsk customs post Palchekh Vladimir Cheslavovich (+375-2151-57-303, "Grigorovshchina" and "Bigosovo" checkpoints). -0- Euro 2012 matches will be held from June 8 to July 1 at the sports arenas of the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv and Donetsk, as well as Polish cities of Warsaw, Gdansk, Poznan and Wroclaw. -0-