Common use of Customs provisions and procedures Clause in Contracts

Customs provisions and procedures. 1. Each Party shall ensure that its customs provisions and procedures are based on: (a) the international instruments and standards applicable in the area of customs and trade which each Party has accepted, including the substantive elements of the International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonisation of Customs Procedures, done at Kyoto on 18 May 1973, as amended, (Revised Kyoto Convention), the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, done at Brussels on 14 June 1983, as well as the Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade and the WCO Data Model; (b) the protection and facilitation of legitimate trade through effective enforcement and compliance with the applicable requirements provided under its law; (c) customs laws and regulations that are proportionate and non-discriminatory, avoiding unnecessary burdens on economic operators, providing for further facilitation for operators ensuring high levels of compliance, including favourable treatment with respect to customs controls prior to the release of goods, and ensuring safeguards against fraud and illicit or damageable activities; and (d) rules that ensure that any penalty imposed for breaches of customs laws and regulations is proportionate and non-discriminatory and that the imposition of such penalties does not unduly delay the release of the goods. 2. Each Party should periodically review its customs laws, regulations and procedures. Customs procedures shall also be applied in a manner that is predictable, consistent and transparent. 3. In order to improve working methods, as well as to ensure non-discrimination, transparency, efficiency, integrity and accountability of operations, each Party shall: (a) simplify and review requirements and formalities wherever possible with a view to ensuring the rapid release and clearance of goods; and (b) work towards further simplification and standardisation of data and documentation required by customs authorities and other agencies.

Customs provisions and procedures. 1. Each Party shall ensure that its customs provisions and procedures are based on: (a) the international instruments and standards applicable in the area of customs and trade which each Party has accepted, including the substantive elements of the International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonisation of Customs Procedures, done at Kyoto on 18 May 1973, as amended, (Revised Kyoto Convention), the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, done at Brussels on 14 June 1983, as well as the Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade and the WCO Data Model; (b) the protection and facilitation of legitimate trade through effective enforcement and compliance with the applicable requirements provided under its law; (c) customs laws and regulations that are proportionate and non-discriminatory, avoiding unnecessary burdens on economic operators, providing for further facilitation for operators ensuring high levels of compliance, including favourable treatment with respect to customs controls prior to the release of goods, and ensuring safeguards against fraud and illicit or damageable activities; and (d) rules that ensure that any penalty imposed for breaches of customs laws and regulations is proportionate and non-non- discriminatory and that the imposition of such penalties does not unduly delay the release of the goods. 2. Each Party should periodically review its customs laws, regulations and procedures. Customs procedures shall also be applied in a manner that is predictable, consistent and transparent. 3. In order to improve working methods, as well as to ensure non-discrimination, transparency, efficiency, integrity and accountability of operations, each Party shall: (a) simplify and review requirements and formalities wherever possible with a view to ensuring the rapid release and clearance of goods; and (b) work towards further simplification and standardisation of data and documentation required by customs authorities and other agencies.