Customs Cooperation and Trade Facilitation. 1. The Parties shall share experiences and examine possibilities to simplify import, export and other customs procedures, increase transparency of trade regulations and develop customs cooperation, including effective mutual administrative assistance mechanisms. The Parties shall cooperate with a view to facilitating the implementation of the WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation, which entered into force on 22 February 2017. The Parties will pay special attention to increasing the security dimension of international trade, including transport services, and to ensuring a balanced approach between trade facilitation, efficient controls and the fight against customs-related fraud and irregularities.
2. Without prejudice to other forms of cooperation provided for under this Agreement, the Parties state their interest in considering, in the future, the conclusion of a protocol on customs cooperation, including mutual assistance, within the institutional framework laid down by this Agreement.
Customs Cooperation and Trade Facilitation. To facilitate trade between Mauritius and India, the Parties shall:
(a) simplify, to the greatest extent possible, procedures for trade in goods;
(b) promote multilateral cooperation of the Parties in order to enhance their participation in the development and implementation of international conventions and recommendations on trade facilitation; and
(c) cooperate on trade facilitation within the framework of the High-Powered Joint Trade Committee, including on the implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement.
Customs Cooperation and Trade Facilitation the EU and Singapore have agreed to simplify, harmonize, standardize and modernize procedures in order to reduce costs for businesses. This taking into account safety and security of legitimate trade including steps towards the mutual recognition of trade partnership programmes such as the EU Authorised Economic Operators (AEO). ▪ Rules of origin: the EU-Singapore FTA provides for flexible rules of origin that will allow products from the EU and Singapore to qualify for preferential tariff treatment. Rules of origin are product- specific. This means that the criteria by which to determine if a product qualifies for preferential tariff treatment will differ from product to product and a specific analysis has to be carried out. ▪ Marking and labelling: the EU-Singapore FTA contains rules on marking and labelling aimed at reducing the burden and costs for exporters. This in order to overcome matters that can sometimes make difficult for companies to sell their products in different markets. ▪ Intellectual property: the EU-Singapore FTA includes a comprehensive intellectual property rights chapter covering provisions on copyright and related rights, trademarks, geographical indications, designs, plant varieties and enforcement. Intellectual property right-holders will be able to get help from customs authorities to detain counterfeit trademarked or protected goods, pirated copyrighted content and registered designs. ▪ Removes technical and non-tariff barriers to trade in goods: the EU-Singapore FTA addresses regulatory divergences in some key sectors that constitute non-tariff barriers to trade such as electronics, motor vehicles and vehicle parts, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, equipment for renewable energy generation, raw and processed products of animal and plant origin. ▪ Services: the EU-Singapore FTA aims to boost trade in services between Singapore and the EU. It covers a wide range of services and provides additional market access for services providers. However the EU and Singapore retain the right to regulate and introduce new regulations to pursue legitimate policy objectives such as security, public health and safety.
Customs Cooperation and Trade Facilitation.
(a) simplify, to the greatest extent possible, procedures for trade in goods;
(b) promote multilateral cooperation of the Parties in order to enhance their participation in the development and implementation of international conventions and recommendations on trade facilitation; and
(c) cooperate on trade facilitation within the framework of the High-Powered Joint Trade Committee, including on the implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement.
Customs Cooperation and Trade Facilitation
