Common use of Customs Cooperation Clause in Contracts

Customs Cooperation. 1. The Parties shall strengthen cooperation in the area of customs in order to ensure a transparent trade environment, facilitate trade, enhance supply-chain security, promote safety of consumers, stem the flows of goods infringing intellectual property rights and fight smuggling and fraud. 2. In order to implement those objectives and within the limits of available resources, the Parties shall cooperate, inter alia, to: (a) improve customs law, harmonise and simplify customs procedures, in accordance with international conventions and standards applicable in the field of customs and trade facilitation, including those developed by the European Union (including Customs Blueprints), the World Trade Organisation and the World Customs Organisation (in particular the Revised Kyoto Convention); (b) establish modern customs systems, including modern customs clearance technologies, provisions for authorised economic operators, automated risk-based analysis and controls, simplified procedures for the release of goods, post-clearance controls, transparent customs valuation, and provisions for customs-to-business partnerships; (c) encourage the highest standards of integrity in the area of customs, in particular at the border, through the application of measures reflecting the principles set out in the Arusha Declaration of the World Customs Organisation; (d) exchange best practices, and provide training and technical support for planning and capacity building and for ensuring the highest standards of integrity; (e) exchange, where appropriate, relevant information and data whilst respecting the Parties’ rules on the confidentiality of sensitive data and on personal data protection; (f) engage in coordinated customs actions between the customs authorities of the Parties; (g) establish, where relevant and appropriate, mutual recognition of authorised economic operators’ programmes and customs controls, including equivalent trade facilitation measures; (h) pursue, where relevant and appropriate, possibilities for interconnectivity of the respective customs transit systems. 3. The Cooperation Council shall establish a Subcommittee on Customs Cooperation. 4. A regular dialogue shall take place on the issues covered by this Chapter. The Cooperation Committee may establish rules for the conduct of such dialogue.

Appears in 8 contracts

Samples: Partnership Agreement, Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement

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Customs Cooperation. 1. The Parties shall strengthen cooperation in the area of customs in order to ensure a transparent trade environment, facilitate trade, enhance supply-chain security, promote safety of consumers, stem the flows of goods infringing intellectual property rights and fight smuggling and fraud. 2. In order to implement those objectives and within the limits of available resources, the Parties shall cooperate, inter alia, to: (a) improve customs law, harmonise and simplify customs procedures, in accordance with international conventions and standards applicable in the field of customs and trade facilitation, including those developed by the European Union (including Customs Blueprints), the World Trade Organisation and the World Customs Organisation (in particular the Revised Kyoto Convention); (b) establish modern customs systems, including modern customs clearance technologies, provisions for authorised economic operators, automated risk-based analysis and controls, simplified procedures for the release of goods, post-post- clearance controls, transparent customs valuation, and provisions for customs-to-business partnerships; (c) encourage the highest standards of integrity in the area of customs, in particular at the border, through the application of measures reflecting the principles set out in the Arusha Declaration of the World Customs Organisation; (d) exchange best practices, and provide training and technical support for planning and capacity building and for ensuring the highest standards of integrity; (e) exchange, where appropriate, relevant information and data whilst respecting the Parties' rules on the confidentiality of sensitive data and on personal data protection; (f) engage in coordinated customs actions between the customs authorities of the Parties; (g) establish, where relevant and appropriate, mutual recognition of authorised economic operators' programmes and customs controls, including equivalent trade facilitation measures; (h) pursue, where relevant and appropriate, possibilities for interconnectivity of the respective customs transit systems. 3. The Cooperation Council shall establish a Subcommittee on Customs Cooperation. 4. A regular dialogue shall take place on the issues covered by this Chapter. The Cooperation Committee may establish rules for the conduct of such dialogue.

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement

Customs Cooperation. 1. The Parties shall strengthen cooperation in the area of customs in order to ensure a transparent trade environment, facilitate trade, enhance supply-chain security, promote safety of consumers, stem the flows of goods infringing intellectual property rights and fight smuggling and fraud. 2. In order to implement those objectives and within the limits of available resources, the Parties shall cooperate, inter Inter alia, to: (a) improve customs law, harmonise and simplify customs procedures, in accordance with international conventions and standards applicable in the field of customs and trade facilitation, including those developed by the European Union (including Customs Blueprints), the World Trade Organisation and the World Customs Organisation (in particular the Revised Kyoto Convention); (b) establish modern customs systems, including modern customs clearance technologies, provisions for authorised economic operators, automated risk-based analysis and controls, simplified procedures for the release of goods, post-clearance postclearance controls, transparent customs valuation, and provisions for customs-to-business partnerships; (c) encourage the highest standards of integrity in the area of customs, in particular at the border, through the application of measures reflecting the principles set out in the Arusha Declaration of the World Customs Organisation; (d) exchange best practices, and provide training and technical support for planning and capacity building and for ensuring the highest standards of integrity; (e) exchange, where appropriate, relevant information and data whilst respecting the Parties' rules on the confidentiality of sensitive data and on personal data protection; (f) engage in coordinated customs actions between the customs authorities of the Parties; (g) establish, where relevant and appropriate, mutual recognition of authorised economic operators' programmes and customs controls, including equivalent trade facilitation measures; (h) pursue, where relevant and appropriate, possibilities for interconnectivity of the respective customs transit systems. 3. The Cooperation Council shall establish a Subcommittee on Customs Cooperation. 4. A regular dialogue shall take place on the issues covered by this Chapter. The Cooperation Committee may establish rules for the conduct of such dialogue.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement

Customs Cooperation. 1. The Parties shall strengthen cooperation in the area of customs in order to facilitate trade, ensure a transparent trade environment, facilitate trade, enhance supply-supply chain security, promote safety of consumers, stem the prevent flows of goods infringing intellectual property rights and fight smuggling and fraud. 2. In order to implement those the objectives referred to in paragraph 1 and within the limits of available resources, the Parties shall cooperatecooperate to, inter alia, to: (a) improve customs lawlegislation, harmonise regulations, practices and related binding decisions and simplify customs procedures, in accordance compliance with international conventions and standards applicable in the field of customs and trade facilitation, including those developed by the European Union (including Customs Blueprints)World Trade Organization, the World Trade Organisation and the World Customs Organisation (Organisation, in particular the International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures, as amended ("Revised Kyoto Convention"), and taking into account the instruments and best practices developed by the European Union, including customs blueprints; (b) establish modern customs systems, including modern customs clearance technologies, provisions for authorised economic operators, automated risk-based analysis and controls, simplified procedures for the release of goods, post-post- clearance controls, transparent customs valuation, valuation and provisions for customs-to-business partnerships; (c) encourage the highest standards of integrity in the area of customs, in particular at the border, through the application of measures reflecting the principles set out in the Arusha Declaration of the Customs Cooperation Council concerning Good Governance and Integrity in Customs as last revised in June 2003 (the World Customs Organisation's Revised Arusha Declaration); (d) exchange best practices, and practices as well as provide training and technical support for planning and capacity building and for ensuring the highest standards of integrity; (e) exchange, where appropriate, relevant information and data whilst respecting subject to the Parties’ rules legal requirements of each Party on the confidentiality of sensitive data and on the protection of personal data protectiondata; (f) engage engage, where relevant and appropriate, in coordinated customs actions between the customs authorities of the Parties; (g) establish, where relevant and appropriate, mutual recognition of authorised economic operators’ operators programmes and customs controls, including equivalent trade facilitation measures; (h) pursue, where relevant and appropriate, possibilities for interconnectivity of the respective customs transit systems.; and 3. The Cooperation Council shall establish a Subcommittee on Customs Cooperation. 4. A regular dialogue shall take place (i) improve the implementation of customs-related obligations in the trade relations between the European Union and the Republic of Armenia, including cooperation on the issues covered by this Chapter. The Cooperation Committee may establish rules for the conduct origin of such dialoguegoods.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Partnership Agreement, Partnership Agreement

Customs Cooperation. 1. The Parties shall strengthen cooperation in the area of customs in order to ensure a transparent trade environment, facilitate trade, enhance supply-chain security, promote safety of consumers, stem the flows of goods infringing intellectual property rights and fight smuggling and fraud. 2. In order to implement those objectives and within the limits of available resources, the Parties shall cooperate, inter alia, to: (a) improve customs law, harmonise and simplify customs procedures, in accordance with international conventions and standards applicable in the field of customs and trade facilitation, including those developed by the European Union (including Customs Blueprints), the World Trade Organisation and the World Customs Organisation (in particular the Revised Kyoto Convention); (b) establish modern customs systems, including modern customs clearance technologies, provisions for authorised economic operators, automated risk-based risk‑based analysis and controls, simplified procedures for the release of goods, post-clearance post‑clearance controls, transparent customs valuation, and provisions for customs-to-business customs‑to‑business partnerships; (c) encourage the highest standards of integrity in the area of customs, in particular at the border, through the application of measures reflecting the principles set out in the Arusha Declaration of the World Customs Organisation; (d) exchange best practices, and provide training and technical support for planning and capacity building and for ensuring the highest standards of integrity; (e) exchange, where appropriate, relevant information and data whilst respecting the Parties’ rules on the confidentiality of sensitive data and on personal data protection; (f) engage in coordinated customs actions between the customs authorities of the Parties; (g) establish, where relevant and appropriate, mutual recognition of authorised economic operators’ programmes and customs controls, including equivalent trade facilitation measures; (h) pursue, where relevant and appropriate, possibilities for interconnectivity of the respective customs transit systems. 3. The Cooperation Council shall establish a Subcommittee on Customs Cooperation. 4. A regular dialogue shall take place on the issues covered by this Chapter. The Cooperation Committee may establish rules for the conduct of such dialogue.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Partnership Agreement, Partnership Agreement

Customs Cooperation. 1. The Parties shall strengthen cooperation in the area of customs in order to ensure a transparent trade environment, facilitate trade, enhance supply-supply chain security, promote safety of consumersconsumer safety, stem prevent the flows of goods infringing intellectual property rights and fight smuggling and fraud. 2. In order to implement those the objectives referred to in paragraph 1 and within the limits of available resources, the Parties shall cooperatecooperate with a view to, inter alia, to: (a) improve improving customs law, harmonise legislation and simplify harmonising and simplifying customs procedures, in accordance with international conventions and standards applicable in the field of customs and trade facilitation, including those developed by the European Union WTO (including Customs Blueprints), the World Trade Organisation Facilitation Agreement) and the World Customs Organisation Organization (in particular the Revised Kyoto Convention), and taking into account the instruments and best practices developed by the European Union, including customs blueprints; (b) establish establishing modern customs systems, including modern customs clearance technologies, ; provisions for authorised economic operators, ; automated risk-based analysis and controls, ; simplified procedures for the release of goods, post-; post- clearance controls, audit; transparent customs valuation, valuation and provisions for customs-to-business partnerships; (c) encourage ensuring the facilitation and effective control of transhipment operations and transit movements through their respective territories; ensuring cooperation and coordination between all concerned authorities and agencies in their respective territories to facilitate traffic in transit; and pursuing, where relevant and appropriate, opportunities to make compatible the respective customs transit systems; (d) encouraging the highest standards of integrity in the area of customsprofessional ethics, in particular at the border, through the application of measures reflecting the principles set out in the Arusha Declaration of the World Customs OrganisationOrganization's Arusha Declaration; (de) exchange exchanging best practices, practices and provide training and providing technical support for planning and capacity building and for ensuring the highest standards of integrityprofessional ethics; (ef) exchangeexchanging, where appropriate, relevant information and data whilst while respecting the Parties’ each other's rules on the confidentiality of sensitive data and on the protection of personal data protection; (f) engage in coordinated customs actions between the customs authorities of the Partiesdata; (g) establishengaging, where relevant and appropriate, mutual recognition of authorised economic operators’ programmes and in coordinated customs controls, including equivalent trade facilitation measures; (h) pursue, where relevant and appropriate, possibilities for interconnectivity of the respective actions between their customs transit systemsauthorities. 3. The Cooperation Council shall establish a Subcommittee on Customs Cooperation. 4. A regular dialogue shall take place on the issues covered by this Chapter. The Cooperation Committee may establish rules for the conduct of such dialogue.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement

Customs Cooperation. 1. The Parties shall strengthen cooperation in the area of customs in order to facilitate trade, ensure a transparent trade environment, facilitate trade, enhance supply-supply chain security, promote safety of consumers, stem the prevent flows of goods infringing intellectual property rights and fight smuggling and fraud. 2. In order to implement those the objectives referred to in paragraph 1 and within the limits of available resources, the Parties shall cooperatecooperate to, inter alia, to: (a) improve customs lawlegislation, harmonise regulations, practices and related binding decisions and simplify customs procedures, in accordance compliance with international conventions and standards applicable in the field of customs and trade facilitation, including those developed by the European Union (including Customs Blueprints)World Trade Organization, the World Trade Organisation and the World Customs Organisation (Organization, in particular the International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures, as amended ("Revised Kyoto Convention"), and taking into account the instruments and best practices developed by the European Union, including customs blueprints; (b) establish modern customs systems, including modern customs clearance technologies, provisions for authorised economic operators, automated risk-based risk‑based analysis and controls, simplified procedures for the release of goods, post-clearance post‑clearance controls, transparent customs valuation, valuation and provisions for customs-to-business customs‑to‑business partnerships; (c) encourage the highest standards of integrity in the area of customs, in particular at the border, through the application of measures reflecting the principles set out in the Arusha Declaration of the Customs Cooperation Council concerning Good Governance and Integrity in Customs as last revised in June 2003 ("World Customs OrganisationOrganization's Revised Arusha Declaration"); (d) exchange best practices, and practices as well as provide training and technical support for planning and capacity building and for ensuring the highest standards of integrity; (e) exchange, where appropriate, relevant information and data whilst respecting subject to the Parties’ rules legal requirements of each Party on the confidentiality of sensitive data and on the protection of personal data protectiondata; (f) engage engage, where relevant and appropriate, in coordinated customs actions between the customs authorities of the Parties; (g) establish, where relevant and appropriate, mutual recognition of authorised economic operators’ operators programmes and customs controls, including equivalent trade facilitation measures; (h) pursue, where relevant and appropriate, possibilities for interconnectivity of the respective customs transit systems.; and 3. The Cooperation Council shall establish a Subcommittee on Customs Cooperation. 4. A regular dialogue shall take place (i) improve the implementation of customs-related obligations in the trade relations between the European Union and the Republic of Armenia, including cooperation on the issues covered by this Chapter. The Cooperation Committee may establish rules for the conduct origin of such dialoguegoods.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Partnership Agreement

Customs Cooperation. 1. The Parties shall strengthen cooperation in the area of customs in order to ensure a transparent trade environment, facilitate trade, enhance supply-supply chain security, promote safety of consumers, stem the flows of goods infringing intellectual property rights and fight smuggling and fraud. 2. In order to implement those these objectives and within the limits of available resources, the Parties shall cooperate, cooperate inter alia, alia to: (a) improve customs law, harmonise and simplify customs procedures, in accordance with international conventions and standards applicable in the field of customs and trade facilitation, including those developed by the European Union (including Customs Blueprints), the World Trade Organisation and the World Customs Organisation (in particular the Revised Kyoto Convention); (b) establish modern customs systems, including modern customs clearance technologies, provisions for authorised economic operators, automated risk-based risk‑based analysis and controls, simplified procedures for the release of goods, post-clearance post‑clearance controls, transparent customs valuation, and provisions for customs-to-business customs‑to‑business partnerships; (c) encourage the highest standards of integrity in the area of customs, in particular at the border, through the application of measures reflecting the principles set out in the Arusha Declaration of the World Customs Organisation’s Arusha Declaration; (d) exchange best practicespractice, and provide training and technical support for planning and capacity building and for ensuring the highest standards of integrity; (e) exchange, where appropriate, relevant information and data whilst respecting the Parties’ rules on the confidentiality of sensitive data and on personal data protectionprotection of the Parties; (f) engage in coordinated customs actions between the customs authorities of the Parties; (g) establish, where relevant and appropriate, mutual recognition of authorised economic operators' programmes and customs controls, controls including equivalent trade facilitation measures; (h) pursue, where relevant and appropriate, possibilities for interconnectivity of the respective customs transit systems. 3. The Cooperation Council shall establish a Subcommittee Sub‑committee on Customs Cooperation. 4. A regular dialogue shall will take place on the issues covered by this Chapter. The Cooperation Committee may establish rules for the conduct of such dialogue.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Trade Agreement

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Customs Cooperation. 1. The Parties shall strengthen cooperation in the area of customs in order to ensure a transparent trade environment, facilitate trade, enhance supply-supply chain security, promote safety of consumers, stem the flows of goods infringing intellectual property rights and fight smuggling and fraud. 2. In order to implement those these objectives and within the limits of available resources, the Parties shall cooperate, cooperate inter alia, alia to: (a) improve customs law, harmonise and simplify customs procedures, in accordance with international conventions and standards applicable in the field of customs and trade facilitation, including those developed by the European Union (including Customs Blueprints), the World Trade Organisation and the World Customs Organisation (in particular the Revised Kyoto Convention); (b) establish modern customs systems, including modern customs clearance technologies, provisions for authorised economic operators, automated risk-based analysis and controls, simplified procedures for the release of goods, post-clearance controls, transparent customs valuation, and provisions for customs-to-business partnerships; (c) encourage the highest standards of integrity in the area of customs, in particular at the border, through the application of measures reflecting the principles set out in the Arusha Declaration of the World Customs Organisation’s Arusha Declaration; (d) exchange best practicespractice, and provide training and technical support for planning and capacity building and for ensuring the highest standards of integrity; (e) exchange, where appropriate, relevant information and data whilst respecting the Parties’ rules on the confidentiality of sensitive data and on personal data protectionprotection of the Parties; (f) engage in coordinated customs actions between the customs authorities of the Parties; (g) establish, where relevant and appropriate, mutual recognition of authorised economic operators' programmes and customs controls, controls including equivalent trade facilitation measures; (h) pursue, where relevant and appropriate, possibilities for interconnectivity of the respective customs transit systems. 3. The Cooperation Council shall establish a Subcommittee Sub-committee on Customs Cooperation. 4. A regular dialogue shall will take place on the issues covered by this Chapter. The Cooperation Committee may establish rules for the conduct of such dialogue.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement

Customs Cooperation. 1. The Parties shall strengthen cooperation in the area of customs in order to facilitate trade, ensure a transparent trade environment, facilitate trade, enhance supply-supply chain security, promote safety of consumers, stem the prevent flows of goods infringing intellectual property rights and fight smuggling and fraud. 2. In order to implement those the objectives referred to in paragraph 1 and within the limits of available resources, the Parties shall cooperatecooperate to, inter alia, to: (a) improve customs lawlegislation, harmonise regulations, practices and related binding decisions and simplify customs procedures, in accordance compliance with international conventions and standards applicable in the field of customs and trade facilitation, including those developed by the European Union (including Customs Blueprints)World Trade Organization, the World Trade Organisation and the World Customs Organisation (Organisation, in particular the International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures, as amended ("Revised Kyoto Convention"), and taking into account the instruments and best practices developed by the European Union, including customs blueprints; (b) establish modern customs systems, including modern customs clearance technologies, provisions for authorised economic operators, automated risk-based analysis and controls, simplified procedures for the release of goods, post-clearance controls, transparent customs valuation, valuation and provisions for customs-to-business partnerships; (c) encourage the highest standards of integrity in the area of customs, in particular at the border, through the application of measures reflecting the principles set out in the Arusha Declaration of the Customs Cooperation Council concerning Good Governance and Integrity in Customs as last revised in June 2003 (the World Customs Organisation’s Revised Arusha Declaration); (d) exchange best practices, and practices as well as provide training and technical support for planning and capacity building and for ensuring the highest standards of integrity; (e) exchange, where appropriate, relevant information and data whilst respecting subject to the Parties’ rules legal requirements of each Party on the confidentiality of sensitive data and on the protection of personal data protectiondata; (f) engage engage, where relevant and appropriate, in coordinated customs actions between the customs authorities of the Parties; (g) establish, where relevant and appropriate, mutual recognition of authorised economic operators’ operators programmes and customs controls, including equivalent trade facilitation measures; (h) pursue, where relevant and appropriate, possibilities for interconnectivity of the respective customs transit systems.; and 3. The Cooperation Council shall establish a Subcommittee on Customs Cooperation. 4. A regular dialogue shall take place (i) improve the implementation of customs-related obligations in the trade relations between the European Union and the Republic of Armenia, including cooperation on the issues covered by this Chapter. The Cooperation Committee may establish rules for the conduct origin of such dialoguegoods.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Partnership Agreement

Customs Cooperation. 1. The Parties shall strengthen cooperation in the area of customs in order to ensure a transparent trade environment, facilitate trade, enhance supply-supply chain security, promote safety of consumersconsumer safety, stem prevent the flows of goods infringing intellectual property rights and fight smuggling and fraud. 2. In order to implement those the objectives referred to in paragraph 1 and within the limits of available resources, the Parties shall cooperatecooperate with a view to, inter alia, to: (a) improve improving customs law, harmonise legislation and simplify harmonising and simplifying customs procedures, in accordance with international conventions and standards applicable in the field of customs and trade facilitation, including those developed by the European Union WTO (including Customs Blueprints), the World Trade Organisation Facilitation Agreement) and the World Customs Organisation Organization (in particular the Revised Kyoto Convention), and taking into account the instruments and best practices developed by the European Union, including customs blueprints; (b) establish establishing modern customs systems, including modern customs clearance technologies, ; provisions for authorised economic operators, ; automated risk-based analysis and controls, ; simplified procedures for the release of goods, ; post-clearance controls, audit; transparent customs valuation, valuation and provisions for customs-to-business partnerships; (c) encourage ensuring the facilitation and effective control of transhipment operations and transit movements through their respective territories; ensuring cooperation and coordination between all concerned authorities and agencies in their respective territories to facilitate traffic in transit; and pursuing, where relevant and appropriate, opportunities to make compatible the respective customs transit systems; (d) encouraging the highest standards of integrity in the area of customsprofessional ethics, in particular at the border, through the application of measures reflecting the principles set out in the Arusha Declaration of the World Customs OrganisationOrganization's Arusha Declaration; (de) exchange exchanging best practices, practices and provide training and providing technical support for planning and capacity building and for ensuring the highest standards of integrityprofessional ethics; (ef) exchangeexchanging, where appropriate, relevant information and data whilst while respecting the Parties’ each other's rules on the confidentiality of sensitive data and on the protection of personal data protection; (f) engage in coordinated customs actions between the customs authorities of the Partiesdata; (g) establishengaging, where relevant and appropriate, mutual recognition of authorised economic operators’ programmes and in coordinated customs controls, including equivalent trade facilitation measures; (h) pursue, where relevant and appropriate, possibilities for interconnectivity of the respective actions between their customs transit systemsauthorities. 3. The Cooperation Council shall establish a Subcommittee on Customs Cooperation. 4. A regular dialogue shall take place on the issues covered by this Chapter. The Cooperation Committee may establish rules for the conduct of such dialogue.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement

Customs Cooperation. 1. The Parties shall strengthen cooperation in the area of customs in order to ensure a transparent trade environment, facilitate trade, enhance supply-chain security, promote safety of consumers, stem the flows of goods infringing intellectual property rights and fight smuggling and fraud. 2. In order to implement those objectives and within the limits of available resources, the Parties shall cooperate, inter alia, to: (a) improve customs law, harmonise and simplify customs procedures, in accordance with international conventions and standards applicable in the field of customs and trade facilitation, including those developed by the European Union (including Customs Blueprints), the World world Trade Organisation and the World world Customs Organisation (in particular the Revised Kyoto Convention); (b) establish modern customs systems, including modern customs clearance technologies, provisions for authorised economic operators, automated risk-based analysis and controls, simplified procedures for the release of goods, post-post- clearance controls, transparent customs valuation, and provisions for customs-to-business partnerships; (c) encourage the highest standards of integrity in the area of customs, in particular at the border, through the application of measures reflecting the principles set out in the Arusha Declaration Organisation; arusha declaration of the World Customs Organisation;world Customs (d) exchange best practices, and provide training and technical support for planning and capacity building and for ensuring the highest standards of integrity; (e) exchange, where appropriate, relevant information and data whilst respecting the Parties' rules on the confidentiality of sensitive data and on personal data protection; (f) engage in coordinated customs actions between the customs authorities of the Parties; (g) establish, where relevant and appropriate, mutual recognition of authorised economic operators' programmes and customs controls, including equivalent trade facilitation measures; (h) pursue, where relevant and appropriate, possibilities for interconnectivity of the respective customs transit systems. 3. The Cooperation Council shall establish a Subcommittee on Customs Cooperation. 4. A a regular dialogue shall take place on the issues covered by this Chapter. The Cooperation Committee may establish rules for the conduct of such dialogue.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement

Customs Cooperation. 1. The Parties shall strengthen cooperation in the area of customs in order to facilitate trade, ensure a transparent trade environment, facilitate trade, enhance supply-supply chain security, promote safety of consumers, stem the prevent flows of goods infringing intellectual property rights and fight smuggling and fraud. 2. In order to implement those the objectives referred to in paragraph 1 and within the limits of available resources, the Parties shall cooperatecooperate to, inter alia, to: (a) improve customs lawlegislation, harmonise regulations, practices and related binding decisions and simplify customs procedures, in accordance compliance with international conventions and standards applicable in the field of customs and trade facilitation, including those developed by the European Union (including Customs Blueprints)World Trade Organization, the World Trade Organisation and the World Customs Organisation (Organization, in particular the International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures, as amended (‘Revised Kyoto Convention), and taking into account the instruments and best practices developed by the European Union, including customs blueprints; (b) establish modern customs systems, including modern customs clearance technologies, provisions for authorised economic operators, automated risk-based analysis and controls, simplified procedures for the release of goods, post-post- clearance controls, transparent customs valuation, valuation and provisions for customs-to-business partnerships; (c) encourage the highest standards of integrity in the area of customs, in particular at the border, through the application of measures reflecting the principles set out in the Arusha Declaration of the Customs Cooperation Council concerning Good Governance and Integrity in Customs as last revised in June 2003 (‘World Customs OrganisationOrganization's Revised Arusha Declaration’); (d) exchange best practices, and practices as well as provide training and technical support for planning and capacity building and for ensuring the highest standards of integrity; (e) exchange, where appropriate, relevant information and data whilst respecting subject to the Parties’ rules legal requirements of each Party on the confidentiality of sensitive data and on the protection of personal data protectiondata; (f) engage engage, where relevant and appropriate, in coordinated customs actions between the customs authorities of the Parties; (g) establish, where relevant and appropriate, mutual recognition of authorised economic operators’ operators programmes and customs controls, including equivalent trade facilitation measures; (h) pursue, where relevant and appropriate, possibilities for interconnectivity of the respective customs transit systems.; and 3. The Cooperation Council shall establish a Subcommittee on Customs Cooperation. 4. A regular dialogue shall take place (i) improve the implementation of customs-related obligations in the trade relations between the European Union and the Republic of Armenia, including cooperation on the issues covered by this Chapter. The Cooperation Committee may establish rules for the conduct origin of such dialoguegoods.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Partnership Agreement

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