Common use of Customs Cooperation Clause in Contracts

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.

Customs Cooperation. 1. The Parties shall enhance their cooperation in customs and customs-related matters. 2. The Parties undertake to develop trade facilitation actions in customs matters taking account of the work done in this connection by international organisations. This may include testing of new customs procedures. 3. 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 computerised systems in accordance with the provisions of 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 harmonisation of documentation and data elements used in trade and data elements in accordance with according to international standards, standards for purposes the purpose of facilitating the flow of trade between them, them in customs-related matters regarding the importation, exportation, exportation and transit of goods; ; (b) intensifying cooperation between their customs laboratories and scientific departments and to working towards the harmonization harmonisation of customs laboratories methods ; methods; (c) exchanging customs' experts of the Parties; customs personnel; (d) jointly organizing organising training programs programmes on customs-related issues 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, practicable each other in the tariff classification, valuation, valuation and determination of origin, 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-re- exports, transit, transshipments, transhipments and other customs procedures, and in particular regarding as regards counterfeit goods; and and (h) improving the security, while facilitating trade, of sea-container and other shipments from all locations that are imported into, trans-shipped transhipped through, or transiting Korea or Peruthe Parties. 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- customs related aspects for securing the logistics chain of international trade; and and (ii) coordinating co-ordinating positions, to the greatest extent possiblepracticable, in any multilateral fora where issues related to container security may be appropriately raised and discussed. 5. The Parties recognise that technical cooperation between them is fundamental to facilitating compliance with the obligations set forth in this Agreement and to achieving high levels of trade facilitation. The Parties, through their customs administrations, agree to develop a technical cooperation programme under mutually agreed terms as to the scope, timing and cost of cooperative measures in customs and customs-related areas. 6. Through the Parties' respective customs administrations and other border- related authorities, the Parties shall review relevant international initiatives on trade facilitation, including, inter alia, relevant work in the WTO and WCO, to identify areas where further joint action would facilitate trade between the Parties and promote shared multilateral objectives. The Parties shall work together to establish, wherever possible, common positions in international organisations in the field of customs and trade facilitation, notably in the WTO and WCO. 7. The Parties shall assist each other in implementation and enforcement of this Chapter, the Protocol concerning the Definition of "Originating Products" and Methods of Administrative Cooperation, and their respective customs laws or regulations.

Customs Cooperation. 1. The Parties shall enhance their cooperation in customs and customs-related matters. 2. The Parties undertake to develop trade facilitation actions in customs matters taking account of the work done in this connection by international organisations. This may include testing of new customs procedures. 3. 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 computerised systems in accordance with the provisions of 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 harmonisation of documentation and data elements used in trade and data elements in accordance with according to international standards, standards for purposes the purpose of facilitating the flow of trade between them, them in customs-related matters regarding the importation, exportation, exportation and transit of goods; ; (b) intensifying cooperation between their customs laboratories and scientific departments and to working towards the harmonization harmonisation of customs laboratories methods ; methods; (c) exchanging customs' experts of the Parties; customs personnel; (d) jointly organizing organising training programs programmes on customs-related issues 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, practicable each other in the tariff classification, valuation, valuation and determination of origin, 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, transhipments and other customs procedures, and in particular regarding as regards counterfeit goods; and and (h) improving the security, while facilitating trade, of sea-container and other shipments from all locations that are imported into, trans-shipped transhipped through, or transiting Korea or Peruthe Parties. 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- customs related aspects for securing the logistics chain of international trade; and and (ii) coordinating co-ordinating positions, to the greatest extent possiblepracticable, in any multilateral fora where issues related to container security may be appropriately raised and discussed. 5. The Parties recognise that technical cooperation between them is fundamental to facilitating compliance with the obligations set forth in this Agreement and to achieving high levels of trade facilitation. The Parties, through their customs administrations, agree to develop a technical cooperation programme under mutually agreed terms as to the scope, timing and cost of cooperative measures in customs and customs-related areas. 6. Through the Parties’ respective customs administrations and other border-related authorities, the Parties shall review relevant international initiatives on trade facilitation, including, inter alia, relevant work in the WTO and WCO, to identify areas where further joint action would facilitate trade between the Parties and promote shared multilateral objectives. The Parties shall work together to establish, wherever possible, common positions in international organisations in the field of customs and trade facilitation, notably in the WTO and WCO. 7. The Parties shall assist each other in implementation and enforcement of this Chapter, the Protocol concerning the Definition of "Originating Products" and Methods of Administrative Cooperation, and their respective customs laws or regulations.