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29 February 2016
Upon request from Oman Customs, a WCO support mission was conducted from 14 to 17 February 2016 in Muscat, Oman, to assist with formalizing Oman customs performance measurement framework and to familiarize customs officials with international good practices in the field of organizational performance management.
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29 February 2016
From 19 to 22 January 2016 in Tunis (Tunisia), the World Customs Organization (WCO) held a National Workshop to familiarize Customs staff and other stakeholders with the Time Release Study (TRS) and prepare them for the conduct of a study.
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26 February 2016
With sponsorship of CCF China, a WCO National Workshop on the modernization of the Customs Laboratories of Bosnia & Herzegovina was held in the Customs' headquarters in Banja Luka from 23 to 26 February 2016.
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26 February 2016
The first Theoretical Training for officers from Customs, Police and Commission for drug control who will form the new (dry-)Port Control Unit was launched by WCO training experts in Vientiane, Lao PDR, from 22 February to 4 March 2016.
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25 February 2016
From 25 to 27 January 2016, the Member States of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) celebrated International Customs Day in Libreville, at the invitation of the Director General of Gabonese Customs, who was implementing a resolution made the previous year in Brazzaville by ECCAS Directors General of Customs to organize the joint celebration of International Customs Day on a a rotating basis in the different Member States.
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25 February 2016
National Workshop on WCO
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25 February 2016
The WCO held a National Workshop on Advance Passenger Information (API) and Passenger Name Records (PNR) Systems in cooperation with the State Customs Committee of the Republic Azerbaijan (Customs Committee).
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25 February 2016
Since July 2013, the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) has been benefiting from the support of the WCO-WACAM Project, funded by Sweden, in the field of Human Resource Management (HRM).
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25 February 2016
The third WCO COPES Project Regional Seminar was held at the Santo Domingo Regional Training Centre (RTC) in the Dominican Republic from 9 to 11 February 2016.
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24 February 2016
The WCO Management Team (Secretary General, Deputy Secretary General and the three new Directors) met with the Private Sector Consultative Group (PSCG) at its meeting held at WCO Headquarters on 22 and 23 February to discuss topics of mutual interest.
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24 February 2016
Digital Customs, Big data and much more
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23 February 2016
The 2nd Executive Programme in Customs & Business Administration (EPCBA Programme) at KISG was launched in Seoul on Tuesday 16 February 2016.
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22 February 2016
The WCO, in its effort to assist Members with Strategic Planning activities and WTO TFA implementation held two back to back accreditation workshops in Pretoria, South Africa.
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19 February 2016
The next WCO/Japan Regional Customs Laboratories Programme, under the sponsorship of Japan (CCF/JAPAN), will start on Monday 3 October 2016.
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18 February 2016
Dubai Customs has firmly stood against infringements of intellectual property rights in order to protect society and the economy from the menace of counterfeit goods, and to support a competitive investment environment in Dubai by enabling producers to avoid losses arising from imitation of their brands.
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17 February 2016
The WCO continues to provide capacity building support to Timor-Leste Customs Service (TLCS) to assist them with the design and implementation of a Valuation training programme and to develop their capacities in the areas of Risk Management and Intelligence.
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12 February 2016
Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya, at the invitation of Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), addressed the US Interagency Committee at CBP Headquarters in Washington D.C. on 10 February 2016.
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12 February 2016
In cooperation with one of the Regional Directorates of Cultural Affairs (RDCA) and the National Office of Hunting and Wildlife (NOHW), on 3 February 2016 the Criminal Prosecution Service of the French Customs (Service National de Douane Judiciaire) made a seizure of hundreds of archeological objects and endangered wildlife products in the private house of the person, who was running a website selling these objects on the Internet.
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11 February 2016
A National Workshop on the Harmonized System (HS), organized jointly by the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the National Customs of El Salvador with the support of SIECA (SECRETARIA DE INTEGRACION ECONOMICA CENTROAMERICANA; PRAIAA Program), was held in San Salvador, El Salvador, from 26 to 29 January 2016. 50 Customs Officers of different areas of El Salvador Customs participated in the four days workshop.
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11 February 2016
Peux-tu publier cet article concernant une mission d’Alvaro sur le SH, en français et en anglais, ainsi que la photo sur le site Web de l’OMD ? Merci d’avance et bonne journée!
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10 February 2016
Customs officers from the Iranian Dogharoun Customs office detected and seized 11,500 kilograms of drug precursors on 8 February 2016, announced the Supervisor of the Khorasan Razavi Province Customs.
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10 February 2016
At the invitation of the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations in New York and Chair of the UN 1540 Committee, Ambassador Roman Oyarzun Marchesi , Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya addressed the UN 1540 Committee at UN Headquarters in New York on 9 February 2015.
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09 February 2016
The WCO continues to provide capacity building support to Nicaragua Customs (DGA) to assist them with the design and implementation of an AEO pilot programme.
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08 February 2016
The WCO and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have been jointly working on a multi-year project in South Asia for members of SASEC (South Asia Sub-regional Economic Cooperation) namely Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka, in the area of Customs valuation. The project, which runs for three years (July 2013 – June 2016), is funded by ADB and facilitated by both national and WCO experts.
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08 February 2016
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Customs Administration plans to end the pre-shipment assistance contract signed between the government and a private company. The contract covers pre-shipment inspection and its scope includes valuation, origin determination and tariff classification missions.
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03 February 2016
Supported by the Japan Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF/Japan), a diagnostic mission, specifically covering post-clearance audit (PCA), has been conducted in Cambodia, from 18 to 22 January 2016, by a team of representatives from the WCO, Japan Customs, and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).
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02 February 2016
At the invitation of the Peruvian National Superintendence of Customs and Tax Administration (SUNAT), the WCO with the support from Customs Co-operation Fund – Eurocustoms conducted a ‘National Workshop on the SAFE Framework of Standards (FoS) and Coordinated Border Management (CBM)’ from 25 to 29 January 2016 in Lima, Peru.
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02 February 2016
On 1 February 2016, taking into account the recent outbreak of microcephaly cases and other neurological disorders reported in Brazil, following a similar outbreak in French Polynesia in 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Committee on Zika virus, declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) to deal with the situation.
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02 February 2016
At the invitation of the Director General of German Customs Mr. Julian Würtenberger, Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya attended an inaugural ceremony of the new German Central Customs Authority in the former location of the German Parliament, Altes Wasserwerk, in Bonn on 1 February 2016.
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01 February 2016
The WCO facilitated a workshop on Strategic Planning at the Angola Revenue Administration (AGT) headquarters in Luanda from 18-22 January 2016. The mission was funded by AGT.
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