Thanks to the organizational structure of the Customs Administration of the Republic of Macedonia on the country's borders and the knowledge of international trade flows, it provides a substantial role in the protection of the Macedonian economy from goods that infringe on the intellectual property rights. The Customs measures for protection of the intellectual property rights represent one of the non tariff (non fiscal) measures applied during the regular customs procedures, pursuant to the Law on Customs Administration and the Customs Law. However, it should be pointed out that although the trade with falsified and pirated goods, as a derivative form of the international trade, exists as long as the trade itself exists, nonetheless, in the Customs system of the Republic of Macedonia the Customs measures to combat this sort of trade have been put into effect only recently. The customs measures to protect intellectual property rights were defined in 2005 for the first time by passing the Law on Customs Measures for Protection of Intellectual Property Rights.