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, exportation from, and transit through its territory. 2. 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. 3. 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 Party’s single window system; (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; and (d) endeavor to implement a reference number to uniquely identify data related to individual transactions. 4. In implementing paragraph 3, 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. 5. Each Party shall endeavor to allow traders and other stakeholders to use the services of authorized private entities to exchange data with the single window system. 6. Each Party shall take into consideration the specific interests of small and medium enterprises when allowing them to use authorized private service providers to submit data to the single window.

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, exportation from, and transit through its territory. 2. 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. 3. 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 Party’s single window system; (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; and (d) endeavor to implement a reference number to uniquely identify data related to individual transactions. 4. In implementing paragraph 3, 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. 5. Each Party shall endeavor to allow traders and other stakeholders to use the services of authorized private entities to exchange data with the single window system. 6. Each Party shall take into consideration the specific interests of small and medium enterprises when allowing them to use authorized private service providers to submit data to the single window.