Common use of Single Window Clause in Contracts

Single Window. 1. Each Party shall establish or maintain a single window system that enables the electronic submission through a single entry point of the documentation and data the Party requires for importation into its territory. 2. Each Party shall review the operations of its single window system with a view to expanding its functionality to cover all its import, export, and transit transactions. 3. Each Party shall, in a timely manner, inform a person that is using its single window system of the status of the release of goods, through the single window system. 4. Ifa Party receives documentation or data for a good or shipment of goods through its single window system, the Party shall not request the same documentation or data for that good or shipment of goods, except in urgent circumstances or pursuant to other limited exceptions set out in its laws, regulations, or procedures. Each Party shall minimize the extent to which paper documents are required if electronic copies are provided. 5. In building and maintaining its single window system, each Party shall: (a) incorporate, as appropriate, the World Customs Organization Data Model for data elements; (b) endeavor to implement standards and data elements for import, export, and transit that are the same as the other Parties' single window system; and (c) on an ongoing basis, streamline its single window system, including by adding functionality to facilitate trade, improve transparency, and reduce release times and costs. 6. In implementing paragraph 5, the Parties shall: (a) share with each other their respective experiences in developing and maintaining their single window system; and (b) work towards a harmonization, to the extent possible, of data elements and customs processes that facilitate use of a single transmission of information to both the exporting and importing Party.

Single Window. 1. Each Party shall establish or maintain a single window system that enables the electronic submission through a single entry point of the documentation and data the Party requires for importation into its territory. 2. Each Party shall review the operations of its single window system with a view to expanding its functionality to cover all its import, export, and transit transactions. 3. Each Party shall, in a timely manner, inform a person that is using its single window system of the status of the release of goods, through the single window system. 4. Ifa If a Party receives documentation or data for a good or shipment of goods through its single window system, the Party shall not request the same documentation or data for that good or shipment of goods, except in urgent circumstances or pursuant to other limited exceptions set out in its laws, regulations, or procedures. Each Party shall minimize the extent to which paper documents are required if electronic copies are provided. 5. In building and maintaining its single window system, each Party shall: (a) incorporate, as appropriate, the World Customs Organization Data Model for data elements; (b) endeavor to implement standards and data elements for import, export, and transit that are the same as the other Parties' ’ single window system; and (c) on an ongoing basis, streamline its single window system, including by adding functionality to facilitate trade, improve transparency, and reduce release times and costs. 6. In implementing paragraph 5, the Parties shall: (a) share with each other their respective experiences in developing and maintaining their single window system; and (b) work towards a harmonization, to the extent possible, of data elements and customs processes that facilitate use of a single transmission of information to both the exporting and importing Party.