Common use of Customs and legislative procedures Clause in Contracts

Customs and legislative procedures. 1. The EC Party and the Signatory CARIFORUM States agree that their respective trade and customs legislation, provisions and procedures shall draw upon international instruments and standards applicable in the field of customs and trade, including the substantive elements of the revised Kyoto Convention on the simplification and harmonisation of customs procedures, the WCO Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade, the WCO data set and the HS Convention. 2. The EC Party and the Signatory CARIFORUM States agree that their respective trade and customs legislation, provisions and procedures shall be based upon: (a) the need to protect and facilitate trade through enforcement of and compliance with legislative requirements and the need to provide for additional facilitation for traders with a high level of compliance; (b) the need to ensure that requirements for economic operators are reasonable, non-discriminatory, safeguard against fraud and do not lead to the application of excessive penalties for minor breaches of customs regulations or procedural requirements; (c) the need to apply a single administrative document or electronic equivalent in the EC Party and in the CARIFORUM, respectively. CARIFORUM States shall continue efforts to this end, with a view to implementation at an early stage after the entry into force of this Agreement. A joint review of the situation shall be carried out 3 years after the entry into force of the Agreement; (d) the need to apply modern customs techniques, including risk assessment, simplified procedures at import and export, post release controls and objective procedures for authorised traders. Procedures should be transparent, efficient and simplified, in order to reduce costs and increase predictability for economic operators; (e) the need for non-discrimination in terms of requirements and procedures applicable to import, export and goods in transit, though it is accepted that consignments might be treated differently according to objective risk assessment criteria; (f) the need for transparency. To this end, the Parties and the Signatory CARIFORUM States agree to put in place a system of binding rulings on customs matters, notably on tariff classification and rules of origin, in accordance with rules laid down in their respective legislation; (g) the need for the progressive development of systems, including those based upon Information Technology, to facilitate the electronic exchange of data among traders, customs administrations and related agencies; (h) the need to facilitate transit movements. (i) transparent and non-discriminatory rules in respect of the licensing of customs brokers, as well as on the non-requirement for the mandatory use of independent customs brokers; (j) the need to avoid the mandatory use of pre-shipment inspections or their equivalent, without prejudice to their rights and obligations pursuant to the WTO Agreement on Pre-Shipment Inspections. The Parties shall discuss the matter within the CARIFORUM-EC Trade and Development Committee and may subsequently agree to renounce the possibility of using mandatory pre-shipment inspections or their equivalent. 3. In order to improve working methods, as well as to ensure non-discrimination, transparency, efficiency, integrity and accountability of operations, the EC Party and the Signatory CARIFORUM States shall: (a) take further steps towards the reduction, simplification and standardisation of data and documentation; (b) simplify requirements and formalities wherever possible, in respect of the rapid release and clearance of goods; (c) provide effective, prompt, non-discriminatory and easily accessible procedures enabling the right of appeal against customs administrative actions, rulings and decisions affecting imports, exports or goods in transit. Any charges shall be commensurate with the cost of the appeal procedures; and (d) ensure that the highest standards of integrity be maintained, through the application of measures reflecting the principles of the relevant international conventions and instruments in this field.

Customs and legislative procedures. 1. The EC Party and the Signatory CARIFORUM States agree that their respective trade and customs legislation, provisions and procedures shall draw upon international instruments and standards applicable in the field of customs and trade, including the substantive elements of the revised Kyoto Convention on the simplification and harmonisation of customs procedures, the WCO Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade, the WCO data set and the HS Convention. 2. The EC Party and the Signatory CARIFORUM States agree that their respective trade and customs legislation, provisions and procedures shall be based upon: (a) the need to protect and facilitate trade through enforcement of and compliance with legislative requirements and the need to provide for additional facilitation for traders with a high level of compliance; (b) the need to ensure that requirements for economic operators are reasonable, non-discriminatory, safeguard against fraud and do not lead to the application of excessive penalties for minor breaches of customs regulations or procedural requirements; (c) the need to apply a single administrative document or electronic equivalent in the EC Party and in the CARIFORUM, respectively. CARIFORUM States shall continue efforts to this end, with a view to implementation at an early stage after the entry into force of this Agreement. A joint review of the situation shall be carried out 3 years after the entry into force of the Agreement; (d) the need to apply modern customs techniques, including risk assessment, simplified procedures at import and export, post release controls and objective procedures for authorised traders. Procedures should be transparent, efficient and simplified, in order to reduce costs and increase predictability for economic operators; (e) the need for non-discrimination in terms of requirements and procedures applicable to import, export and goods in transit, though it is accepted that consignments might be treated differently according to objective risk assessment criteria; (f) the need for transparency. To this end, the Parties and the Signatory CARIFORUM States agree to put in place a system of binding rulings on customs matters, notably on tariff classification and rules of origin, in accordance with rules laid down in their respective legislation; (g) the need for the progressive development of systems, including those based upon Information Technology, to facilitate the electronic exchange of data among traders, customs administrations and related agencies; (h) the need to facilitate transit movements. (i) transparent and non-discriminatory rules in respect of the licensing of customs brokers, as well as on the non-requirement for the mandatory use of independent customs brokers; (j) the need to avoid the mandatory use of pre-shipment inspections or their equivalent, without prejudice to their rights and obligations pursuant to the WTO Agreement on Pre-Shipment Inspections. The Parties shall discuss the matter within the CARIFORUM-EC Trade and Development Committee and may subsequently agree to renounce the possibility of using mandatory pre-shipment inspections or their equivalent. 3. In order to improve working methods, as well as to ensure non-discrimination, transparency, efficiency, integrity and accountability of operations, the EC Party and the Signatory CARIFORUM States shall: (a) take further steps towards the reduction, simplification and standardisation of data and documentation; (b) simplify requirements and formalities wherever possible, in respect of the rapid release and clearance of goods; (c) provide effective, prompt, non-discriminatory and easily accessible procedures enabling the right of appeal against customs administrative actions, rulings and decisions affecting imports, exports or goods in transit. Any charges shall be commensurate with the cost costs of the appeal appeals procedures; and (d) ensure that the highest standards of integrity be maintained, through the application of measures reflecting the principles of the relevant international conventions and instruments in this field.

Customs and legislative procedures. 1. The EC Party and the Signatory CARIFORUM States Parties agree that their respective trade and customs legislation, provisions legislation and procedures shall draw upon be based on: (a) the revised Kyoto Convention on the Simplification and Harmonisation of Customs Procedures, the substantive elements of the World Customs Organisation Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade, the International Convention on the Harmonised System and other international instruments and standards applicable in the field of customs and trade, including the substantive elements of the revised Kyoto Convention on the simplification and harmonisation of customs procedures, the WCO Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade, the WCO data set and the HS Convention. 2. The EC Party and the Signatory CARIFORUM States agree that their respective trade and customs legislation, provisions and procedures shall be based upon:; (ab) the need to protect and facilitate trade through enforcement of legitimate trade; (c) the need to avoid unnecessary and compliance with legislative requirements discriminatory burdens on economic operators, the need to safeguard against fraud and corruption and the need to provide for additional further facilitation for traders with operators that meet a high level of compliance; (bd) the need to ensure that requirements for economic operators are reasonable, non-discriminatory, safeguard against fraud and do not lead to the application of excessive penalties for minor breaches of customs regulations or procedural requirements; (c) the need each Party to apply a single administrative document or electronic equivalent in the EC Party and in the CARIFORUM, respectively. CARIFORUM States shall continue efforts to this end, with a view to implementation at an early stage after the entry into force of this Agreement. A joint review of the situation shall be carried out 3 years after the entry into force of the Agreementequivalent; (de) the need to apply application of modern customs techniques, including risk assessment, simplified procedures at import for entry and exportrelease of goods, post release controls controls, and objective procedures for authorised traders. Procedures should be transparentcompany audits; (f) transparency, efficient efficiency and simplifiedproportionality, in order to reduce costs and increase predictability for economic operators; (eg) the need for non-discrimination in terms of requirements and procedures applicable to import, export and goods in transit, though it is accepted that consignments might be treated differently according to objective risk assessment criteria; (fh) the need progressive development of systems, including those based upon information technology, for transparency. To this endboth export and import operations, to facilitate the Parties exchange of information between economic operators, customs administrations and other agencies; (i) the Signatory CARIFORUM States agree adoption of systems that facilitate the importation of goods through the use of simplified customs procedures and processes, including pre-arrival clearance; (j) the elimination of any requirements for the mandatory use of pre-shipment inspections as defined by the WTO Agreement on Pre-shipment Inspection, or their equivalent; (k) the application of rules that ensure that any penalties imposed for minor breaches of customs regulations or procedural requirements are proportionate and, in their application, do not give rise to put undue delays in place customs clearance; (l) a system of binding advance rulings on customs matters, notably on tariff classification and rules of origin, in accordance with rules laid down in their respective legislation; (gm) the need for the progressive development facilitation of systems, including those based upon Information Technology, to facilitate the electronic exchange of data among traders, customs administrations and related agenciestransit movements; (hn) the need to facilitate transit movements.elimination of all requirements for the mandatory use of customs brokers; and (io) transparent and transparent, non-discriminatory and proportionate rules in respect of the licensing of customs brokers, as well as on the non-requirement for the mandatory use of independent customs brokers; (j) the need to avoid the mandatory use of pre-shipment inspections or their equivalent, without prejudice to their rights and obligations pursuant to the WTO Agreement on Pre-Shipment Inspections. The Parties shall discuss the matter within the CARIFORUM-EC Trade and Development Committee and may subsequently agree to renounce the possibility of using mandatory pre-shipment inspections or their equivalent. 32. In order to improve working methods, as well as methods and to ensure non-discrimination, transparency, efficiency, integrity transparency and accountability efficiency of customs operations, the EC Party and the Signatory CARIFORUM States Parties shall: (a) ensure that the highest standards of integrity are maintained, through the application of anti corruption measures in this field; (b) take further steps towards the reduction, simplification and standardisation of data in the documentation required by customs and documentationother related agencies; (bc) simplify requirements and formalities wherever possible, in respect of the rapid release and clearance of goods; (cd) provide effective, prompt, prompt and non-discriminatory and easily accessible procedures enabling the right of appeal against customs and other agency administrative actions, rulings and decisions affecting imports, exports or goods in transit. Any charges The procedures for appeal shall be commensurate with the cost of the appeal procedureseasily accessible to all including small and medium enterprises; and (de) ensure that create the highest standards environment for the effective enforcement of integrity be maintained, through the application of measures reflecting the principles of the relevant international conventions and instruments in this fieldlegislative requirements.

Customs and legislative procedures. ‌ 1. The EC Party and the Signatory CARIFORUM States Parties agree that their respective trade and customs legislation, provisions legislation and procedures shall draw upon be based on: (a) The revised Kyoto Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures, the substantive elements of the World Customs Organisation Framework of Standards to secure and Facilitate Global Trade, the International Convention on the Harmonised System and other international instruments and standards applicable in the field of customs and trade, including the substantive elements of the revised Kyoto Convention on the simplification and harmonisation of customs procedures, the WCO Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade, the WCO data set and the HS Convention. 2. The EC Party and the Signatory CARIFORUM States agree that their respective trade and customs legislation, provisions and procedures shall be based upon:; (ab) the The need to protect and facilitate trade through enforcement of legitimate trade; (c) The need to avoid unnecessary and compliance with legislative requirements discriminatory burdens on economic operators, the need to safeguard against fraud and corruption and the need to provide for additional further facilitation for traders with a operators that meet high level of compliance; (bd) the The need to ensure that requirements for economic operators are reasonable, non-discriminatory, safeguard against fraud and do not lead to the application of excessive penalties for minor breaches of customs regulations or procedural requirements; (c) the need each Party to apply a single administrative document or electronic equivalent in the EC Party and in the CARIFORUM, respectively. CARIFORUM States shall continue efforts to this end, with a view to implementation at an early stage after the entry into force of this Agreement. A joint review of the situation shall be carried out 3 years after the entry into force of the Agreementequivalent; (de) the need to apply The application of modern customs techniques, including risk assessment, simplified procedures at import for entry and exportrelease of goods, post release controls controls, and objective procedures for authorised traders. Procedures should be transparentcompany audits; (f) Transparency, efficient efficiency and simplifiedproportionality, in order to reduce costs and increase predictability for economic operators; (eg) the The need for non-non discrimination in terms of requirements and procedures applicable to import, export and goods in transit, though it is accepted that consignments might be treated differently according to objective risk assessment criteria; (fh) The progressive development of systems, including those based upon information technology, for both export and import operations, to facilitate the need exchange of information between economic operators, customs administrations and other agencies; (i) The adoption of systems that facilitate the importation of goods through the use of simplified customs procedures and processes, including pre-arrival clearance; (j) The elimination of any requirements for transparency. To this endthe mandatory use of pre-shipment inspections as defined by the WTO Agreement on Pre-shipment Inspection, the Parties and the Signatory CARIFORUM States agree or their equivalent; (k) The application of rules that ensure that any penalties imposed for minor breaches of customs regulations or procedural requirements are proportionate and, in their application, do not give rise to put undue delays in place a customs clearance; (l) A system of binding rulings on customs matters, notably on tariff classification and rules of origin, in accordance with rules laid down in their respective legislation; (gm) the need for the progressive development The facilitation of systems, including those based upon Information Technology, to facilitate the electronic exchange of data among traders, customs administrations and related agenciestransit movements; (hn) The elimination of all requirements for the need to facilitate transit movements.mandatory use of customs brokers; and, (io) transparent and Transparent, non-discriminatory and proportionate rules in respect of the licensing of customs brokers, as well as on the non-requirement for the mandatory use of independent customs brokers; (j) the need to avoid the mandatory use of pre-shipment inspections or their equivalent, without prejudice to their rights and obligations pursuant to the WTO Agreement on Pre-Shipment Inspections. The Parties shall discuss the matter within the CARIFORUM-EC Trade and Development Committee and may subsequently agree to renounce the possibility of using mandatory pre-shipment inspections or their equivalent. 32. In order to improve working methods, as well as methods and to ensure non-discrimination, transparency, efficiency, integrity transparency and accountability efficiency of customs operations, the EC Party and the Signatory CARIFORUM States Parties shall: (a) take Ensure that the highest standards of integrity be maintained, through the application of anti-corruption measures in this field ; (b) Take further steps towards the reduction, simplification and standardisation standardization of data in the documentation required by customs and documentationother related agencies; (bc) simplify Simplify requirements and formalities wherever possible, in respect of the rapid release and clearance of goods; (cd) provide Provide effective, prompt, prompt and non-discriminatory and easily accessible procedures enabling the right of appeal appeal, against customs and other agency administrative actions, rulings and decisions affecting imports, exports or goods in transit. Any charges Procedures for appeal shall be commensurate with the cost of the appeal procedureseasily accessible, including to small or medium enterprises; and, (de) ensure that Create the highest standards environment for the effective enforcement of integrity be maintained, through the application of measures reflecting the principles of the relevant international conventions and instruments in this fieldlegislative requirements.

Customs and legislative procedures. 1. The EC Party and the Signatory CARIFORUM States Parties agree that their respective trade and customs legislation, provisions legislation and procedures shall draw upon to the extent possible be based on: (a) The revised Kyoto Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures, the substantive elements of the World Customs Organisation Framework of Standards to secure and Facilitate Global Trade, the International Convention on the Harmonised System and other international instruments and standards applicable in the field of customs and trade, including the substantive elements of the revised Kyoto Convention on the simplification and harmonisation of customs procedures, the WCO Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade, the WCO data set and the HS Convention. 2. The EC Party and the Signatory CARIFORUM States agree that their respective trade and customs legislation, provisions and procedures shall be based upon:; (ab) the The need to protect and facilitate trade through enforcement of legitimate trade; (c) The need to avoid unnecessary and compliance with legislative requirements discriminatory burdens on economic operators, the need to safeguard against fraud and corruption and the need to provide for additional further facilitation for traders with a operators that meet high level of compliance; (bd) the The need to ensure that requirements for economic operators are reasonable, non-discriminatory, safeguard against fraud and do not lead to the application of excessive penalties for minor breaches of customs regulations or procedural requirements; (c) the need each Party to apply a single administrative document or electronic equivalent in the EC Party and in the CARIFORUM, respectively. CARIFORUM States shall continue efforts to this end, with a view to implementation at an early stage after the entry into force of this Agreement. A joint review of the situation shall be carried out 3 years after the entry into force of the Agreementequivalent; (de) the need to apply The application of modern customs techniques, including risk assessment, simplified procedures at import for entry and exportrelease of goods, post release controls controls, and objective procedures for authorised traders. Procedures should be transparentcompany audits; (f) Transparency, efficient efficiency and simplifiedproportionality, in order to reduce costs and increase predictability for economic operators; (eg) the The need for non-non discrimination in terms of requirements and procedures applicable to import, export and goods in transit, though it is accepted that consignments might be treated differently according to objective risk assessment criteria; (fh) The progressive development of systems, including those based upon information technology, for both export and import operations, to facilitate the need exchange of information between economic operators, customs administrations and other agencies; (i) The adoption of systems that facilitate the importation of goods through the use of simplified customs procedures and processes, including pre-arrival clearance; (j) The elimination of any requirements for transparency. To this endthe mandatory use of pre-shipment inspections as defined by the WTO Agreement on Pre-shipment Inspection, the Parties and the Signatory CARIFORUM States agree or their equivalent; (k) The application of rules that ensure that any penalties imposed for minor breaches of customs regulations or procedural requirements are proportionate and, in their application, do not give rise to put undue delays in place a customs clearance; (l) A system of binding rulings on customs matters, notably on tariff classification and rules of origin, in accordance with rules laid down in their respective legislation; (gm) the need for the progressive development The facilitation of systems, including those based upon Information Technology, to facilitate the electronic exchange of data among traders, customs administrations and related agenciestransit movements; (hn) The elimination of all requirements for the need to facilitate transit movements.mandatory use of customs brokers; and, (io) transparent and Transparent, non-discriminatory and proportionate rules in respect of the licensing of customs brokers, as well as on the non-requirement for the mandatory use of independent customs brokers; (j) the need to avoid the mandatory use of pre-shipment inspections or their equivalent, without prejudice to their rights and obligations pursuant to the WTO Agreement on Pre-Shipment Inspections. The Parties shall discuss the matter within the CARIFORUM-EC Trade and Development Committee and may subsequently agree to renounce the possibility of using mandatory pre-shipment inspections or their equivalent. 32. In order to improve working methods, as well as methods and to ensure non-discrimination, transparency, efficiency, integrity transparency and accountability efficiency of customs operations, the EC Party and the Signatory CARIFORUM States Parties shall: (a) take Ensure that the highest standards of integrity be maintained, through the application of anti- corruption measures in this field ; (b) Take further steps towards the reduction, simplification and standardisation standardization of data in the documentation required by customs and documentationother related agencies; (bc) simplify Simplify requirements and formalities wherever possible, in respect of the rapid release and clearance of goods; (cd) provide Provide effective, prompt, prompt and non-discriminatory and easily accessible procedures enabling the right of appeal appeal, against customs and other agency administrative actions, rulings and decisions affecting imports, exports or goods in transit. Any charges Procedures for appeal shall be commensurate with the cost of the appeal procedureseasily accessible, including to small or medium enterprises; and, (de) ensure that Create the highest standards environment for the effective enforcement of integrity be maintained, through the application of measures reflecting the principles of the relevant international conventions and instruments in this fieldlegislative requirements.