Customs Cooperation and Mutual Administrative Assistance Sample Clauses

Customs Cooperation and Mutual Administrative Assistance. The Parties will seek to make arrangements regarding customs cooperation and mutual administrative assistance within their respective domestic laws and regulations.
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Customs Cooperation and Mutual Administrative Assistance. 1. The respective authorities of the Parties shall cooperate on customs matters in order to ensure that the objectives set out in Article 4.1 (Objectives) are attained. 2. The Parties shall enhance customs cooperation, inter alia, by: (a) exchanging information concerning customs legislation, its implementation, and customs procedures, in particular in the following areas: (i) simplification and modernisation of customs procedures; (ii) border enforcement of intellectual property rights by the customs authorities; (iii) facilitation of transit movements and transhipment; and (iv) relations with the business community; (b) exploring joint initiatives relating to import, export and other customs procedures, including technical assistance, in order to ensure effective services to the business community; (c) strengthening their cooperation in the field of customs in international organisations such as the WTO and the World Customs Organization (hereinafter referred to as "WCO"); and (d) establishing, where relevant and appropriate, mutual recognition of trade partnership programmes and customs controls, including equivalent trade facilitation measures. 3. The Parties shall provide each other with mutual administrative assistance in customs matters in accordance with Protocol 2 (On Mutual Administrative Assistance in Customs Matters).
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Customs Cooperation and Mutual Administrative Assistance. 1. In order to ensure compliance with the provisions of this Title and effectively respond to the objectives laid down in Article 22, the Parties shall: (a) exchange information on customs legislation and procedures; (b) develop joint initiatives in mutually agreed areas; (c) cooperate in the following areas: (i) modernisation of customs systems and procedures, as well as reduction of customs clearance times; (ii) simplification and harmonisation of customs procedures and trade formalities, including those related to import, export and transit; (iii) enhancement of regional transit systems; (iv) enhancement of transparency in accordance with Article 24(3); (v) capacity building including financial and technical assistance to the EAC Partner State(s); (vi) any other area of customs as may be agreed by the Parties; (d) establish, as far as possible, common positions in international organisations in the field of customs and trade facilitation, such as the WTO, World Customs Organisation (WCO), United Nations (UN) and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD); (e) promote coordination between all related agencies, both internally and across borders. 2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, the Parties shall provide each other with mutual administrative assistance in customs matters in accordance with the provisions of Protocol 1.
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Customs Cooperation and Mutual Administrative Assistance. 1. In order to ensure compliance with the provisions of this Chapter, and to respond effectively to the objectives set out in Article 36 of this Agreement, the Parties shall: (a) exchange information concerning customs legislation and procedures; (b) develop joint initiatives relating to import, export and transit procedures and initiatives to offer an efficient service to the business community; (c) cooperate on the automation of customs procedures and other trade procedures and collaborate, where appropriate towards the establishment of common data exchange standards; (d) adopt wherever possible common positions in relation to customs in international organisations such as the WTO, the World Customs Organisation (WCO), the United Nations and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD); (e) cooperate on the planning and implementation of technical assistance, in particular in the area of customs reforms and to facilitating trade, in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; and (f) encourage cooperation between all the administrative authorities, organisations and other institutions concerned, both within one and the same country and between countries. 2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1 of this Article, the administrative authorities of the Parties shall provide mutual administrative assistance for customs matters, in accordance with the provisions of Protocol No. 2 on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Customs Matters set out in Annex E to this Agreement.
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Customs Cooperation and Mutual Administrative Assistance. State Parties shall take appropriate measures including arrangements regarding customs cooperation and mutual administrative assistance in accordance with the provisions of Annex 3 on Customs Cooperation and Mutual Administrative Assistance.
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Customs Cooperation and Mutual Administrative Assistance. 1. The Parties shall ensure that their respective authorities cooperate on customs matters in order to ensure that the objectives set out in Article 4.1 are attained. 2. The Parties shall cooperate, among others, through: (a) exchanging information concerning their customs laws and regulations and their implementation, and customs procedures, particularly in the following areas: (i) simplification and modernisation of customs procedures; (ii) border enforcement measures applied by their customs authorities; (iii) facilitation of transit movements and transhipment; (iv) dialogue with the business community; and (v) supply chain security and risk management; (b) working together on the customs-related aspects of securing and facilitating the international trade supply chain in accordance with the SAFE Framework of Standards, including with respect to their AEO programmes and their mutual recognition referred to in Article 4.8; (c) considering developing joint initiatives relating to import, export, other customs procedures and trade facilitation including technical assistance; (d) strengthening their cooperation in the field of customs in international organisations such as the WTO and the World Customs Organization (hereinafter referred to as "WCO"); (e) establishing minimum standards, to the extent practicable, for risk-management techniques and related requirements and programmes; if relevant and appropriate, the Parties shall also consider mutual recognition of risk-management techniques, risk standards and security controls; (f) endeavouring to harmonise their data requirements for import, export and other customs procedures by implementing common standards and data elements in accordance with the WCO Data Model; and (g) maintaining a dialogue between their respective policy experts to promote the utility, efficiency and applicability of advance rulings. 3. The Parties shall provide each other with mutual administrative assistance in customs matters in accordance with the provisions of the Annex on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Customs Matters adopted by the Decision No 5/2004 of the EU-Mexico Joint Council of 15 December 2004, which is hereby incorporated and made part of this Agreement. Any exchange of information between the Parties in accordance with this Chapter shall be subject to the confidentiality of information and personal data protection requirements provided for in Article 10 of that Annex, mutatis mutandis, and to any confidentiality...
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Customs Cooperation and Mutual Administrative Assistance. 1. The Parties shall continue to cooperate in international fora, such as the WCO, to achieve mutually recognised goals, including those set out in the SAFE Framework. 2. The Parties shall cooperate in accordance with the Mutual Administrative Assistance Protocol in Customs Matters providing each other with mutual administrative assistance in customs matters and exchanging information, including on matters relating to suspected customs offences, as defined in that Protocol, and to the implementation of this Agreement.
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Related to Customs Cooperation and Mutual Administrative Assistance

  • Customs Cooperation 1. The Parties shall enhance their cooperation in customs and customs-related matters. 2. The Parties affirm their commitment to the facilitation of the legitimate movement of goods and shall exchange expertise on measures to improve customs techniques and procedures and on computerized systems in accordance with this Agreement. 3. The Parties shall assist each other, in the areas within their competence, in the manner and under the conditions set out in this Chapter to ensure that the customs legislation is correctly applied, in particular by preventing, detecting, and investigating operations in breach of that legislation. 4. The Parties shall commit to: (a) pursuing the harmonization of documentation used in trade and data elements in accordance with international standards, for purposes of facilitating the flow of trade between them, in customs-related matters regarding the importation, exportation, and transit of goods; (b) intensifying cooperation between their customs laboratories and scientific departments and working towards the harmonization of customs laboratories methods ; (c) exchanging customs' experts of the Parties; (d) jointly organizing training programs on customs-related issues for the officials who participate directly in customs procedures; (e) developing effective mechanisms for communicating with the trade and business communities; (f) assisting each other, to the extent possible, in tariff classification, valuation, and determination of origin, for the preferential tariff treatment of imported goods, and other customs matters including non- preferential origin; (g) promoting strong and efficient intellectual property rights enforcement by customs authorities, regarding imports, exports, re-exports, transit, transshipments, and other customs procedures, and in particular regarding counterfeit goods; and (h) improving the security, while facilitating trade, of sea-container and other shipments from all locations that are imported into, trans-shipped through, or transiting Korea or Peru. The Parties agree that the objectives of the intensified and broadened cooperation include, but are not limited to: (i) working together to reinforce the customs- related aspects for securing the logistics chain of international trade; and (ii) coordinating positions, to the extent possible, in any multilateral fora where issues related to container security may be appropriately raised and discussed.

  • Agricultural cooperation The aims of the cooperation on agriculture will be: (a) to promote sustainable rural development through the exchange of experience, generation of partnership and execution of projects in areas of mutual interest such as: agricultural innovation and technology transfer for the development of small farming, the conservation and management of the water resource for agricultural use, the application of good agricultural and agro industrial practices, including gender approach in development policies and strategies, among others; (b) to promote the exchange of relevant information for agricultural exports between the 2 markets; and (c) to develop a training program addressed to leader producers, technicians and professionals for the application of new technologies in order to increase and improve agriculture and animal husbandry productivity and competitiveness, in particular of value added products.

  • Labor-Management Cooperation When an Appointing Authority initiates a planning process or management study which is anticipated to result in layoff, the Appointing Authority will meet and confer with the Local Union during the decision planning phase and again during the implementation planning phase. The Appointing Authority and the Local Union shall enter into negotiations regarding a Memoranda of Understanding upon request of either party to modify this Agreement regarding the implementation plans which shall include, but are not limited to, the following: • Length of layoff notice; • Job and retraining opportunities; • Alternative placement methods; • Early retirement options pursuant to M.S. 43A.24, Subd. 2(i); • Bumping/vacancy options for part-time employees to preserve their insurance eligibility or contribution; and • Other methods of mitigating layoff or their effect on employees.

  • Assistance and Cooperation (a) Each of the Companies shall provide (and shall cause its Affiliates to provide) the other Companies and their respective agents, including accounting firms and legal counsel, with such cooperation or information as they may reasonably request in connection with (i) preparing and filing Tax Returns, (ii) determining the liability for and amount of any Taxes due (including estimated Taxes) or the right to and amount of any refund of Taxes, (iii) examinations of Tax Returns, and (iv) any administrative or judicial proceeding in respect of Taxes assessed or proposed to be assessed. Such cooperation shall include making available, upon reasonable notice, all information and documents in their possession relating to the other Companies and their respective Affiliates as provided in Section 9. Each of the Companies shall also make available to the other Companies, as reasonably requested and available, personnel (including employees and agents of the Companies or their respective Affiliates) responsible for preparing, maintaining, and interpreting information and documents relevant to Taxes. (b) Any information or documents provided under this Section 8 or Section 9 shall be kept confidential by the Company or Companies receiving the information or documents, except as may otherwise be necessary in connection with the filing of Tax Returns or in connection with any administrative or judicial proceedings relating to Taxes. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any other agreement, in no event shall any of the Companies or any of their respective Affiliates be required to provide the other Companies or any of their respective Affiliates or any other Person access to or copies of any information if such action could reasonably be expected to result in the waiver of any Privilege. In addition, in the event that any of the Companies determine that the provision of any information to the other Companies or their respective Affiliates could be commercially detrimental, violate any law or agreement or waive any Privilege, the Parties shall use reasonable best efforts to permit compliance with their obligations under this Section 8 or Section 9 in a manner that avoids any such harm or consequence.

  • Information/Cooperation Executive shall, upon reasonable notice, furnish such information and assistance to the Bank as may be reasonably required by the Bank, in connection with any litigation in which it or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates is, or may become, a party; provided, however, that Executive shall not be required to provide information or assistance with respect to any litigation between Executive and the Bank or any other subsidiaries or affiliates.

  • Agreement Administration and Communications A. Under this Agreement, either of the representatives of the Judicial Council identified below will monitor the Work and act as the Judicial Council’s liaisons with the Contractor: i. The Meeting Planner will be MPname. B. The Judicial Council may reallocate funds between the estimated amounts set forth in Exhibit G, without an Amendment to this Agreement, as long as the total amount to be paid under this Agreement does not exceed the Contract Amount. C. All requests and communications about the Work to be performed under this Agreement, including signing of any BEO’s, shall be made through the Meeting Planner or his or her designee or successor. D. Any Notice from the Contractor to the Judicial Council shall be delivered to the following address: MP name, Meeting Planner Judicial Council of California 000 Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000 E. Notice to the Contractor shall be directed to the Contractor’s liaison, Attn, or his or her designee or successor, at the following address: Attn: Ktr DifferentAddress1 DifferentAddress2

  • General Cooperation The Parties shall each cooperate fully (and each shall cause its respective Subsidiaries to cooperate fully) with all reasonable requests in writing from another Party hereto, or from an agent, representative or advisor to such Party, in connection with the preparation and filing of Tax Returns, claims for Refunds, Tax Proceedings, and calculations of amounts required to be paid pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, related or attributable to or arising in connection with Taxes of any of the Parties (including matters related to a Party’s qualification as a “real estate investment trust” under the Code) or their respective Subsidiaries covered by this Agreement and the establishment of any reserve required in connection with any financial reporting (a “Tax Matter”). Such cooperation shall include the provision of any information reasonably necessary or helpful in connection with a Tax Matter and shall include, without limitation, at each Party’s own cost: (a) the provision of any Tax Returns of the Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, books, records (including information regarding ownership and Tax basis of property), documentation and other information relating to such Tax Returns, including accompanying schedules, related work papers, and documents relating to rulings or other determinations by Taxing Authorities; (b) the execution of any document (including any power of attorney) in connection with any Tax Proceedings of any of the Parties or their respective Subsidiaries, or the filing of a Tax Return or a Refund claim of the Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries; (c) the use of the Party’s reasonable best efforts to obtain any documentation in connection with a Tax Matter; and (d) the use of the Party’s reasonable best efforts to obtain any Tax Returns (including accompanying schedules, related work papers, and documents), documents, books, records or other information in connection with the filing of any Tax Returns of any of the Parties or their Subsidiaries. Each Party shall make its employees, advisors, and facilities available, without charge, on a reasonable and mutually convenient basis in connection with the foregoing matters.

  • Agreement Administration SBBC has delegated authority to the Superintendent of Schools or his/her designee to take any actions necessary to implement and administer this Agreement.

  • Audit Cooperation In the event either Party is audited by a taxing authority, the other Party agrees to cooperate fully with the Party being audited in order to respond to any audit inquiries in a proper and timely manner so that the audit and/or any resulting controversy may be resolved expeditiously.

  • Health Promotion and Health Education Both parties to this Agreement recognize the value and importance of health promotion and health education programs. Such programs can assist employees and their dependents to maintain and enhance their health, and to make appropriate use of the health care system. To work toward these goals:

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