Common use of Single Window Clause in Contracts

Single Window. 1. To avoid repeated submissions of documentation and/or data requirements for exportation, importation and transit to different authorities or agencies, each Party shall maintain or establish a single window7 through which the aforementioned documentation and/or data requirements only have to be submitted online once in electronic form. The single window shall undertake onward distribution of the aforementioned documentation and/or data requirements to the relevant authorities or agencies which require them. After the examination by the relevant authorities or agencies of the documentation and/or data, the single window shall notify the results to the applicants in a timely manner. A single window is defined as an electronic online facility that allows parties involved in trade and transport to lodge standardised documentation and/or data with a single entry point to fulfil all import, export, and transit-related regulatory requirements. 2. In cases where documentation and/or data requirements have already been received by the single window, the same documentation and/or data requirements shall not be requested by other authorities or agencies except in urgent circumstances and other limited exceptions which are made public. 3. The Parties shall use information and communication technology to support the single window.

Single Window. 1. To avoid repeated submissions of documentation and/or data requirements for exportation, importation and transit to different authorities or agencies, each Party shall maintain or establish a single window7 through which the aforementioned documentation and/or data requirements only have to be submitted online once in electronic form. The single window shall undertake onward distribution of the aforementioned documentation and/or data requirements to the relevant authorities or agencies which require them. After the examination by the relevant authorities or agencies of the documentation and/or data, the single window shall notify the results to the applicants in a timely manner. . 7 A single window is defined as an electronic online facility that allows parties involved in trade and transport to lodge standardised documentation and/or data with a single entry point to fulfil all import, export, and transit-related regulatory requirements. 2. In cases where documentation and/or data requirements have already been received by the single window, the same documentation and/or data requirements shall not be requested by other authorities or agencies except in urgent circumstances and other limited exceptions which are made public. 3. The Parties shall use information and communication technology to support the single window.