WCO Council Recommendations Related to Customs Procedures and Facilitation

• The Nature of WCO Recommendations and the Procedure for their Acceptance (21 July 1995)
• Foreword
• General

1. Recommendations Concerning Co-operation Between Administrations

• Treatment at an International Level of Customs Technical Questions (30 November 1956) [ru]

• The Communication of Information Concerning the Customs Status of Goods (22 May 1963) [ru] 

• Facilitate the Temporary Exportation of Goods Sent from one Country for Manufacture, Processing or Repair in Another (3 December 1963)

• Note for the use of the Information Document 

• Technical Co-Operation in Customs Matters(18 June 1981)

2. Recommendations Concerning Duty Reliefs, Repayment and Remission

• The Repayment or Remission of Duties on Goods Refused by the Importer as not Conforming to Contract (28 November 1957) [ru]

• Tax-Free Shops (16 June 1960)

• Repayment or Remission of Import Duties and Taxes on Goods Destroyed or Lost (5 Dec 1962) [ru]

• The Free Admission of Removable Articles Imported on Transfer of Residence (5 December 1962) [ru]

• The Refund of Import Duties and Taxes on Shortages (5 December 1962)

• Reimported Goods (6 June 1967) [ru]

• The Free Admission of Gift Consignments (11 June 1968)

• To Expedite the Forwarding of Relief Consignments in the Event of Disasters (8 June 1970) [ru]

• The Customs Treatment of Products Imported for Testing (5 June 1972) [ru]

3. Recommendations Concerning Transport, Travel and Tourism

• The Use of Temporary Importation Papers in Respect of Radio and Television Vans (1 Dec 1955)

• The  Temporary Admission of Radio and Television Vans (9 June 1977) [ru]

• The Temporary Admission of Radio-Television Production and Broadcasting Equipment (13 June 1985) [ru]

• The Customs Treatment of Provisions Carried in Restaurants Cars, Pullmans Cars, Sleeping Cars and Similar Cars of International Express Trains (16 June 1960) [ru]

• The Customs Treatment of Registered Baggage Carried By Train (5 June 1962 amended on 21 June 1988)
  • Annex: Customs Declaration for Registered Baggage
  • Customs Declaration for Registered Baggage : Notice to Passengers

• Customs Sealing Systems in Connection with the International Transport of Goods (11 June 1968) [ru]
  • Appendix- Technical Specifications
     
• The Application of a Flat Rate Assessment System to Goods Sent in Small Consignments to Private Individuals or Carried in Travellers' Baggage (Flat Rate Assessment) (11 June 1968) [ru]

• Guidelines on Dual Channel Systems in Airports - Preamble [ru]

• A Simplified Customs Control Based on the Dual - Channel System of Passengers Arriving by Air (8 June 1971) [ru]

• A Simplified Customs Control Based on the Dual - Channel System of Passengers Arriving by Sea (5 June 1972) [ru]

• Lighters Carried by Lash or Similar - Type Vessels (5 June 1972) [ru]

• Measures to Facilitate the Application of the ITI Convention (18 May 1973)

• The Temporary Admission of Special Equipment Carried in Vehicles used for or in Connection with the Transport of Radio - Active Materials (9 June 1977)

• The Establishment of Links Between Customs Transit System (16 June 1982)

• The Acceptance of ATA Carnets in Connection with Temporary Admission (25 June 1992)

• The Acceptance of CPD Carnets in Connection with Temporary Admission (25 June 1992)

4. Other Recommendations

• Samples Regarded as being of Negligible Value within the Meaning of the International Convention to Facilitate the Importation of Commercial Samples and Advertising Material (30 November 1956) [ru]

• The Adoption of a Lay-Out Key for the Goods Declaration (Outwards) (1 June 1965) 
  •  Annexes

• The Right of Appeal in Customs Matters (6 June 1967) [ru]

• The Adoption of a Standard form of Certificate of Origin (16 January 1973)

• Customs Requirements Regarding Commercial Invoices (16 May 1979)

• The Single Goods Declaration (26 June 1990)

• The Use of the Glossary of International Customs Terms (6 July 1993)

• The Protocol Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, their parts and Components and Ammunition, Supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime (29 June 2002)

• Unique Consignment Reference (UCR) (26 June 2004) [ru]