Procedures and Facilitation

  • Permanent Technical Committee

    The Permanent Technical Committee (PTC) acts under the overall direction of the WCO Council and Policy Commission, with administrative support provided by the WCO Secretariat.

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  • Information Management Sub-Committee

    The Information Management Sub-Committee (IMSC) is established in order to initiate work and studies on all aspects of the use of Information Technology and the management of information in the Customs area.

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  • Contracting Parties to the ATA Convention

    The Contracting Parties shall meet when necessary in order to consider the operation of the Convention and also to consider measures to secure uniformity in the interpretation and application of the Convention.

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  • Istanbul Convention Administrative Committee

    The Administrative Committee of the Istanbul Convention is established to consider the implementation of the Istanbul Convention, any measures to secure uniformity in the interpretation and application thereof, and any amendment proposed thereto.

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  • Administrative Committee for the Customs Convention on Containers, 1972

    The Administrative Committee for the Customs Convention on Containers, 1972 is established to consider the implementation of the Customs Convention on Containers, 1972 and any amendment proposed thereto.

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  • The Revised Kyoto Convention Management Committee

    The Revised Kyoto Convention Management Committee (RKC-MC) was established in order to consider the implementation of the Convention, any measures to secure uniformity in the interpretation and application thereof, and any amendments proposed thereto. The contracting parties are members of the Management Committee.

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  • Working Group on the comprehensive review of the Revised Kyoto Convention

    The Working Group on the Comprehensive Review of the Revised Kyoto Convention (WGRKC) is established for the purpose of conducting a comprehensive review of the Revised Kyoto Convention (RKC).

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  • The WCO/IATA/ICAO Contact Committee on Advance Passenger Information (API) & Passenger Name Record (PNR) Data

    The Contact Committee for the WCO/IATA/ICAO Guidelines on Advance Passenger Information (API) is established so that the Guidelines may be managed and maintained by the three Organizations.

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  • UPU/WCO Contact Committee

    The WCO/UPU Contact Committee was established in 1965 by an agreement between the WCO and the UPU, following a Resolution adopted by the UPU at its 15th Congress held in Vienna.

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  • Working Group on the WTO agreement on the Trade Facilitation

    The WCO Working Group on the WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation (TFAWG) is formed for the purpose of taking up the practical aspects of meeting expectations arising out of the WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation (WTO TFA).

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  • SAFE Working Group

    The SAFE Working Group, acting under authority of paragraph 68 of the June 2007 Report of the Policy Commission (Doc. SP0250), and as referenced in paragraph 69 of the Minutes of the 2007 Customs Co-operation Council (Doc. SC0082), is formed as the successor to the High Level Strategic Group for the purpose of maintaining and further developing the SAFE Framework of Standards.

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  • Data Model Projects Team

    The Data Model Projects Team is established in order to provide the maintenance mechanisms for work relating to the WCO Data Model.

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  • Air Cargo Security (ACS) Technical Experts Group

    The Technical Experts Group on Air Cargo Security brings together relevant intergovernmental and private sector stakeholders to achieve a coherent and strategic approach to supply chain security in the air cargo environment.

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  • Ad Hoc Group on Globally Networked Customs (GNC)

    The ad hoc Working Group on Globally Networked Customs undertook a comprehensive analysis of the potential to rationalize, harmonize and standardize the secure and efficient exchange of information between WCO Members; produced a conceptual model to achieve that; and has now handed responsibility for piloting the model to the PTC.

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  • Working Group on E-Commerce

    The Working Group on E-Commerce (WGEC) is established for the purpose of addressing cross-cutting issues in relation to growing e-commerce, from both a facilitation and a control perspective.

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  • Technical Experts Group on NII

    The Technical Experts Group on NII is established to promote synergies between the Customs and the Industry to develop a standard NII data format.

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Terms of Reference for the WCO Working Group on the WTO TFA

The WCO Working Group on the WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation (TFAWG), acting under authority of paragraph 19 of the June 2014 Report of the Policy Commission (Doc. SP0487E1b), and as referenced in paragraph 99 of the Minutes of the 2014 Customs Co-operation Council (Doc. SC0140E1a), is formed for the purpose of taking up the practical aspects of meeting expectations arising out of the WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation (WTO TFA)."

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