Applications received from physical persons, legal entities to the National Security Service of RA (hereinafter referred to as the Service), as well as readdressed from other state bodies, must be in written form and must contain:  

1) Name of the Service (it must be clearly visible that the application is addressed to the Service),
2) Name, surname of the applicant, full name of the legal entity,
3) Address of the applicant, location of the legal entity,
4) Subject - issues raised in the application, submitted claim (request),
5) Year, month, date of preparation,
6) Signature of the competent official of the physical person or legal entity (Article 31 of the RA Law “On the Fundamentals of Administration and Administrative Proceedings”).

The necessary documents (if any) shall be attached to the application, and if the application is submitted by a representative of a physical person or legal entity, then the power of attorney issued to the representative in the manner prescribed by law must also be attached to the application (Article 31 of the RA Law “On the Fundamentals of Administration and Administrative Proceedings”).
 

The electronically sent application, complaint and suggestion of a citizen or legal entity must have an electronic signature on it and indicate the last name, first name and patronymic of the applicant and his/her working address, residence address or the address of educational institution. Without the aforementioned information the suggestion, application, complaint is considered unsigned, is not discussed and is destroyed in the prescribed manner.

A one-time license is needed for the inclusion of encoding means in the customs procedure for internal consumption or export

A conclusion (permit document) is required to ensure personal needs without their dissemination and the right to provide services to third parties, and for the inclusion into the following customs procedures: the processing in the customs territory and out of the customs territory, their processing for domestic use, short-term import and short-term export, transit, free customs area and free warehouse

For the issuance of a license, the applicant, through the “Authorization Documents” system of the trade.gov.am platform, and in case of applying in paper form with a letter attached to it addressed to the Director of the RA NSS, submits the following documents and information:
1)    an application for a license, drawn up in accordance with the Instructions approved by the Decision of No. 125 of the EEC Council dated November 24, 2023,
2)    an electronic copy of the application (on any media) in case of submitting the application in paper form,
3)    a copy of the license for carrying out activities subject to licensing, if that type of activity is related to the circulation of the given product,
4)    a copy of the receipt for payment of the state fee or a receipt generated by the electronic system of state payments or indicates the 20-digit code of the generated receipt in the notification,
5)    a written notification of the applicant about the absence of civil radio-electronic means and (or) high-frequency equipment as provided for in Section 2.16 of the Unified List of encryption (cryptographic) means, and in case of their presence - a copy of the document provided for by the legislation,
6)    technical documentation of the encryption (cryptographic) means,
7)    copies of the foreign trade agreement, its annexes and (or) amendments thereto, and in the absence of a foreign trade agreement, copies of other documents confirming the intention of the Parties.

In order to obtain a conclusion (authorization document), the applicant, through the “Authorization Documents” system of the trade.gov.am platform, and in case of applying in paper form with a letter attached to it addressed to the Director of the RA NSS, submits the following documents and information:
1)    a draft conclusion (authorization document) drawn up in accordance with the form and methodological instructions approved by the Decision No. 45 of the EEC Board dated May 16, 2012, 
2)    an electronic copy (on any media) of the draft (authorization document) conclusion in case the application is submitted in paper form,
3)    a copy of the receipt for payment of the state duty or a receipt generated by the electronic system of state payments, or the 20-digit code of the generated receipt must be indicated in the notification,
4)    technical documentation of the encryption (cryptographic) means,
5)    copies of the foreign trade agreement, its annexes and (or) amendments thereto, and in the absence of a foreign trade agreement, the copy of other document confirming the intention of the Parties.

EAEU CN of FEA code is issued by the customs authority and must be included in Sections 1.3, 2.17 and 2.19 of the Unified List (Appendix N2, Appendix N3 of the Order of the Director of the RA NSS No.2-N dated 11.03.2015, Appendix N2 of the Order No.8-N dated 30.11.2015).

Starting from 10.01.2023, the National Security Service of RA accepts and provides documents for the import/export of goods electronically through the trade.gov.am platform, with the exception of the process for the import/export of information on printed, audiovisual and other media (Section 1.3 of the Unified List), which is accepted and provided in paper form.

The response is provided within 1 working day after the applicant's documents are submitted to the RA NSS or the application is registered through the "Authorization Documents" system, and in case a scientific and technical examination is required, within a maximum of 1 working day from the moment of receiving the examination results.

Notification is required for any cases of import to the territory of the EAEU and export from the territory of the EAEU of the same types of goods without presenting a license or conclusion (permit document) within the full term of the notification. It's sufficient to submit the notification number taken from the EAEU official website to the customs body. The notification is drawn up by the manufacturer of goods or its authorized person in any authorized body of the EAEU member state, including the NSS of RA. The term of validity of the notification is determined by the manufacturer and it is generally long-term (5, 10 years).