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478:, who is elected by the WCO membership to a five-year term. Ian Saunders from the United States was elected WCO Secretary General in June 2023 and took office on 1 January 2024. The WCO is governed by the council, which brings together all members of the organization once a year, in a meeting chaired by an elected chairperson. Additional strategic and management guidance is provided by the Policy and Finance committees. There are several other WCO committees, including the Harmonized System Committee, the Permanent Technical Committee, the Technical Committee on Customs Valuation, Technical Committee on Rules of Origin, the Capacity Building Committee, and the SAFE Working Group. 142: 38: 343:(CCC), which was signed in Brussels. On 26 January 1953 the CCC's inaugural session took place with the participation of 17 founding members. CCC membership subsequently expanded to cover all regions of the globe. In 1994, the organization adopted its current name, the World Customs Organization. Today, WCO members are responsible for customs controls in 380:
structure with well-defined rules to achieve uniform classification. The HS is also used for many other purposes involving trade policy, rules of origin, monitoring of controlled goods, internal taxes, freight tariffs, transport statistics, quota controls, price monitoring, compilation of national accounts, and economic research and analysis. |
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was adopted in 1983 and came into force in 1988. The HS multipurpose goods nomenclature is used as the basis for customs tariffs and for the compilation of international trade statistics. It comprises about 5,000 commodity groups, each identified by a six digit code arranged in a legal and logical
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and the Istanbul Convention are WCO instruments governing temporary admission of goods. The ATA system, which is integral to both Conventions, allows the free movement of goods across frontiers and their temporary admission into a customs territory with relief from duties and taxes. The goods are
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and audit based controls; coordinated interventions with other border agencies; and a partnership with the trade. It promotes trade facilitation and effective controls through its legal provisions that detail the application of simple yet efficient procedures and also contains new and obligatory
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administrations to improve their capability to detect high-risk consignments, promotes cooperation between customs and the business community through the Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) concept, and champions the seamless movement of goods through secure international trade supply chains. |
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was adopted in 2005. The SAFE Framework is a non-binding instrument that contains supply chain security and facilitation standards for goods being traded internationally, enables integrated supply chain management for all modes of transport, strengthens networking arrangements between customs
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The WCO is internationally acknowledged as the global centre of customs expertise and plays a leading role in the discussion, development, promotion and implementation of modern customs systems and procedures. It is responsive to the needs of its members and its strategic environment, and its
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was originally adopted in 1974 and was subsequently revised in 1999; the revised Kyoto Convention came into force in 2006. The RKC comprises several key governing principles: transparency and predictability of customs controls; standardization and simplification of the goods declaration and
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as "activities which strengthen the knowledge, abilities, skills and behaviour of individuals and improve institutional structures and processes such that the organization can efficiently meet its mission and goals in a sustainable way.
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On 23 August 1947 the Committee for European Economic Cooperation created a European Customs Union Study Group (ECUSG) to examine economic and technical issues of inter-European Customs Union concerning the rules of the
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an international customs instrument containing 17 standards that promotes security and facilitation of the international supply chain. Because of its complexity, the WCO launched a capacity building program called the
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supporting documents; simplified procedures for authorized persons; maximum use of information technology; minimum necessary customs control to ensure compliance with regulations; use of
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was adopted in 1993 and revised in 2003. The Arusha Declaration is a non-binding instrument which provides a number of basic principles to promote integrity and combat
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In order to achieve its objectives, the WCO has adopted a number of customs instruments, including but not limited to the following: {{ordered list|
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is a customs capacity building program works to promote customs modernization and implementation of their standards to secure and facilitate
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The International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs procedures (revised Kyoto Convention or RKC)
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instruments and best-practice approaches are recognized as the basis for sound customs administration throughout the world.
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which focuses on needs assessments for WCO Members using the WCO Diagnostic Framework tool. The WCO defines
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The World Customs Organization (WCO) released a new online platform, WCO Trade Tools, that encompasses the
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rules for its application. The WCO revised Kyoto Convention is sometimes confused with the
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The International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (
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B. Kormych The European Customs Union Study Group: Drafting the EU Customs Legislation
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to assist with customs reforms and modernization. The WCO maintains the international
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The WCO's primary objective is to enhance the efficiency effectiveness other members
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ATA Convention and the Convention on Temporary Admission (Istanbul Convention).
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The SAFE Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade
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representing more than 98 percent of all international trade.
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Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade,
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that is secured by an international guarantee system. |
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Convention establishing the Customs Co-operation Council
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Intergovernmental organizations established by treaty
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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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