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The Customs Co-operation Council was established under a Convention signed at Brussels on 15 December 1950, which came into force on 4 November 1952. In June 1994, the Council adopted the informal working name "World Customs Organization" for the Customs Co-operation Council. Under the terms of this Convention, the Council is required to "examine the technical aspects, as well as the economic factors related thereto, of Customs systems with a view to proposing to its Members practical means of attaining the highest possible degree of harmony and uniformity".

For this purpose, the Council is assisted by four technical Committees. The Valuation Committee and the Nomenclature Committee deal with the implementation and interpretation of the Convention on the Valuation of goods for Customs purposes and the Convention on Nomenclature for the classification of goods in Customs tariffs. The Enforcement Committee helps Members combat all kinds of Customs fraud. The Permanent Technical Committee deals with all aspects of the other Customs technical questions with the object of finding the practical means by which the Council can discharge its obligations under the Convention.

• The Permanent Technical Committee (PTC)
• Management Committee (The Revised Kyoto Convention)
• The Information Management Sub-Committee (IMSC)
• The Administrative Committee of the Istanbul Convention
• The Meeting of Contracting Parties to the A.T.A. Convention
• The Administrative Committee for the Customs Convention on Containers, 1972
• The WCO/UPU Contact Committee
• The Contact Committee for the WCO/IATA/ICAO Guidelines on Advance Passenger Information

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