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26 June 2015
Since its inception in 2011, the WCO’s Programme Global Shield has been monitoring 14 explosive precursor chemicals that can be used to manufacture IEDs.
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25 June 2015
Séminaires de formation sur le contrôle de l’évaluation en douane destinés aux experts et formateurs des douanes de la République Démocratique du Congo
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25 June 2015
At the invitation of Secretary General Patrick Gomes of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States, Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya addressed a meeting of ACP Ministers of Trade and Ambassadors in Brussels on 24 June.
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24 June 2015
The WCO is launching a major new guide on the topic of Customs valuation and transfer pricing. The interaction between these two regimes has been an important issue both for Customs administrations and the trade over recent years.
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23 June 2015
At the invitation of the European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström, Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya spoke at the European Trade Policy Day held in Brussels on 23 June.
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23 June 2015
With sponsorship from the Japanese Customs Cooperation Fund, a WCO Revenue Package National Workshop for the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) on the setting up of an HS unit to take over classification work from private inspection companies was held in Accra, Ghana, from 15 to 19 June 2015.
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23 June 2015
The WCO Council, at its 125th /126th Sessions in June 2015, adopted (1) certain corrigendum amendments to the HS Nomenclature 2017 Edition and (2) a Council Recommendation concerning the amendment of the HS Nomenclature (following the Council Recommendation of 27 June 2014 concerning the HS ), to take account of necessary corrections and certain further amendments.
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22 June 2015
Due to the efficient risk analysis techniques of Customs enforcement teams, heroin smuggled from the Middle East and aimed at the EU market was intercepted by Ukrainian Customs in Odessa, on 12 June 2015.
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19 June 2015
Following the debut of the national Customs Enforcement Network (nCEN) application in Europe, the WCO has now taken its nCEN application to Asia-Pacific, where Maldives Customs became the first Administration to benefit from this useful enforcement tool.
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19 June 2015
Argentina’s Federal Administrator of Public Revenue, Ricardo Echegaray, deposited his country’s Instrument of accession to the International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures (Revised Kyoto Convention - RKC) on 19 June 2015.
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18 June 2015
236 enforcement agencies across 115 countries have taken part in Operation Pangea VIII targeting criminal networks behind the sale of fake medicines, resulting in 156 arrests worldwide and the seizure of more than USD 81 million worth of potentially dangerous medicines.
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18 June 2015
The WCO and partner organizations forming the International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC) welcomed today the results achieved during Operation COBRA III, an international law enforcement operation that focused on combating wildlife crime and bringing the criminals involved to justice.
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17 June 2015
More than 200 participants from WCO Members, Regional Economic Communities, International Organizations, Academia and the Private Sector attended the WCO Regional Integration Conference at the WCO Headquarters in Brussel on 15-16 June 2015.
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17 June 2015
The Revised Kyoto Convention now has 101 Contracting Parties following the accession of Thailand and Sierra Leone
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16 June 2015
The General Authority of Customs (GAC) of Qatar hosted the WCO Columbus Programme Phase 3 from 17 to 21 May 2013 in Doha, Qatar. The Phase 3 mission was carried out by two experts from the WCO Secretariat and self-funded by GAC.
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16 June 2015
On 12 June 2015, Sierra Leone and Djibouti deposited with the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization their instruments of accession to the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (Harmonized System).
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16 June 2015
In the framework of the West African Customs Administrations Modernization (WACAM) project, funded by the government of Sweden, a support mission in the field of Strategic Planning was carried out by the WCO from 19 to 28 May 2015 in Accra, Ghana.
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13 June 2015
Successful conclusion to the 2015 Council Sessions
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12 June 2015
From 1 to 5 June 2015, the WCO facilitated a workshop for the Asia Pacific Region at the Shanghai Customs College, China.
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11 June 2015
The WCO conducted the first accreditation workshop on the Harmonized System for Spanish-speaking Customs officers in the Americas and the Caribbean region, from 1 to 5 June 2015.
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10 June 2015
The WCO has published its 2014-2015 Annual Report. Features in this year’s Annual Report include new and more expansive data exclusive to the WCO, a more easily-navigable format, updated infographics and an overview of key WCO activities.
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08 June 2015
Under the auspices of the Regional Office for Capacity Building of MENA region, and with the support of Abu Dhabi Customs Administration, the 9th meeting of the MENA working group in charge of setting up the regional training plan 2015-2016, was held in Abu Dhabi on 27 and 28 May 2015, with the participation of the World Customs Organization (Capacity Building Directorate), Bahrain Customs ( Vice-Chair Office), Saudi Customs (Regional Training Center in Riyadh), the Egyptian Customs (Regional Training Center in Alexandria) and Jordan Customs(Training Department).
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08 June 2015
The Harmonized System Committee (HSC), at its 55th session in March 2015, examined the Harmonized System classification of a wide range of products.
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05 June 2015
At the invitation of the Maldives Customs Service (MCS), the WCO organized a national workshop on Post Clearance Audit (PCA) in Male’, Maldives, from 24 to 28 May 2015.
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05 June 2015
The WCO Regional Workshop on Strategic Initiatives for Trade Facilitation and the Implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) – Mercator Programme – for the North Africa, Near and Middle East was held from 1 to 4 June 2015 in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain. The MENA region TFA Workshop, the third in a row of regional TFA awareness raising workshops, was hosted by the Customs Department of Bahrain and supported by the Customs Cooperation Fund of Japan and the Islamic Development Bank.
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03 June 2015
WCO Workshop on the Use of PNR in the Asia Pacific region
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03 June 2015
Latest edition of WCO News now available
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03 June 2015
In May 2015 a WCO Capacity Building support mission was undertaken to Timor-Leste. The mission was the latest in a series of inputs as part of the Project for "Customs Capacity Building for WCO Members 2012-15" which is funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD).
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03 June 2015
Latest edition of WCO Integrity Newsletter now available
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02 June 2015
From 27 to 29 May 2015, the WCO, in cooperation with the EU as Vice Chair of the WCO Europe Region and the Hungarian National Tax and Customs Administration, held a WCO Regional Workshop on Strategic Initiatives for Trade Facilitation.
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