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22 diciembre 2021
The WCO Environment Programme has published the “Frontline Customs Officers’ Guide to Key Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs)” on the Members’ website. The Guide, to be read in conjunction with the “Green Customs Guide on MEAs”, is intended to supply condensed information to frontline Customs officers on aspects related to key MEAs: the Basel Convention, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the Cartagena Protocol, the Chemical Weapons Convention, and the Montreal Protocol.
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22 diciembre 2021
The World Customs Organization (WCO) held a national training for 84 participants of the Philippines Bureau of Customs and Department of Environment and National Resources (DENR) from 13 to 15 December 2021.
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22 diciembre 2021
The Data Model Projects Team (DMPT) is committed to producing annual releases of the WCO DM in order to keep the DM up to date. A transparent maintenance procedure was put in place to enable interested parties to request changes to the WCO DM. The publication by the WCO of version 3.11.0 in December 2021 marks the culmination of the maintenance process undertaken by the DMPT in its meetings held from September 2020 to April 2021.
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21 diciembre 2021
From 15 to 17 December 2021, the World Customs Organization (WCO) organized a virtual workshop on HS 2022 amendments intended for French-speaking African Customs administrations, within the context of the EU-WCO Program on the Harmonized System in Africa (HS-Africa Programme).
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21 diciembre 2021
A virtual workshop on the Harmonized System (HS) 2022 amendments was held for African Portuguese-speaking Member administrations, from 13 to 15 December 2021.
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20 diciembre 2021
The SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP), under the auspices of the WCO Mercator Programme, held a Virtual Study Visit between the State Customs Committee (SCC) of Uzbekistan and the Federal Republic of Germany in the area of Post Clearance Audit (PCA) from 14 to 16 December 2021.
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20 diciembre 2021
Within the framework of the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP) and under the auspices of the WCO Mercator Programme, a Coordinated Border Management (CBM) Dialogue was held on 24 November 2021, between the Customs Administration of Peru and Private Sector representatives from Puno, Peru.
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20 diciembre 2021
On 23 November, as part of the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP)’s Light-Touch Intervention in Guatemala and under the auspices of the Mercator Programme, the WCO conducted a follow-up Assistance on the Revised Kyoto Convention (RKC) accession, for the benefit of the Customs Administration of Guatemala.
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20 diciembre 2021
The SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP), under the auspices of the WCO Mercator Programme, organized a follow-up Post-Clearance Audit (PCA) Remote Technical Assistance to examine the progress made by the Direction of Taxes and National Customs of Colombia (DIAN) since the last workshop held in November 2020.
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20 diciembre 2021
Over the months of November and December 2021, the WCO Anti-Corruption & Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme has closely worked with Customs administrations of Ghana, Malawi, Niger and Sierra Leone in the area of internal control.
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20 diciembre 2021
On 16 and 17 December 2021, the World Customs Organization (WCO) successfully held its 7th series of webinars aimed at improving Customs administrations’ awareness of counterfeit COVID-19-related goods.
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17 diciembre 2021
From 25 October to 17 December 2021, over a hundred Customs officials from Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Niger and Tunisia participated in an Integrity Learning Event designed and facilitated by the Anti-Corruption & Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme, on the WCO CLiKC! platform.
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17 diciembre 2021
Côte d’Ivoire Customs recognize the key role of Human Capital in the Customs organizational performance and is committed to designing and implementing a modern and competency based HRM system as promoted by the WCO’s Framework of Principles for Customs Professionalism.
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17 diciembre 2021
The COLIBRI Project organised its first two in-person training courses in the West African region.
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17 diciembre 2021
The WCO held the first Working Group activity (WG1) on Rules of Origin (RoO) under the Master Trainer Programme for East and Southern Africa virtually from 22 to 26 November 2021.
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16 diciembre 2021
On the initiative of the WCO and with support from the Regional Office for Capacity Building for the Europe region, the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP) organized a WCO Europe Sub-regional Virtual Workshop on Integrity from 6 to 8 December 2021.
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15 diciembre 2021
The WCO Policy Commission held its 85th Session in a hybrid format, from 13 to 15 December 2021, under the chairmanship of Mr. A. Al Khalifa, President of Customs Affairs in Bahrain and Chairperson of the WCO Council. Heads of Delegation took part in the hybrid meeting, with participants joining remotely from all regions as well as at the WCO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.
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15 diciembre 2021
In the process of bringing its Customs value pre-clearance audit function back in-house, the Madagascar Customs Administration asked the World Customs Organization (WCO) for support, which was granted with the holding of a national workshop on Customs valuation.
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14 diciembre 2021
Between November and December 2021, the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP) proposed a technical assistance to the Customs Administration of Bolivia, intending to enhance its Customs Officers’ capacity to manage stress and boost the morale within the work teams.
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14 diciembre 2021
On 24 November 2021, at the invitation of Europol, Mr. Pranab Kumar Das, WCO Director for Compliance and Facilitation, and Mr. Stefan Kirsch, WCO Deputy Director for Compliance and Enforcement, participated in a high-level meeting with Europol, led by the latter’s Deputy Executive Director, Mr. Jean-Philippe Lecouffe.
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13 diciembre 2021
The World Customs Organization (WCO) held the first Refresher Workshop for accredited and pre-accredited AEO experts virtually, from 6 to 8 December 2021, thanks to the financial support of the Korea Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF-Korea). Around the globe, 24 accredited and pre-accredited AEO experts representing 17 Member Administrations, as well as some external experts and resource speakers, participated in the event.
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10 diciembre 2021
On 9 and 10 December 2021, the World Customs Organization (WCO) held the 16th PICARD Conference, which is an international platform to foster dialogue among Customs, the academic community and the private sector. The event attracted approximately around 800 registered participants from more than 110 countries.
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10 diciembre 2021
Following the Customs of Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso, the Directorate General of Customs (DGD) of Niger has made the development of its organizational culture one of its strategic priorities. It is in this context that a virtual workshop was held from 6 to 9 December 2021.
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10 diciembre 2021
On 7 December 2021, a launch event to mark Mexico's participation in the Anti-Corruption and Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme was held at Mexico City International Airport. The A-CIP Programme was developed by the World Customs Organization (WCO) and receives funding from Canada.
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10 diciembre 2021
In the framework of the WCO-COPES Programme, the WCO developed its Maturity Assessment tool and methodology in the area of Customs Enforcement.
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10 diciembre 2021
As part of the Bolivia National Customs (BNC) Strategic Plan 2021-2025, and in an effort to rebuild and strengthen its HR department capacities, WCO successfully delivered virtually a five days workshop under its flagship programme Executive and Professional Competency-Based Human Resources Management Programme (EPCB-HRMP) and within the framework and the financial support of the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP).
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09 diciembre 2021
Today, the World Customs Organization (WCO) published the updated version of the Integrity Development Guide (IDG), following its adoption by the Council - the Organization's highest decision-making body - at the end of June 2021. Launched in 2004, the IDG reinforces the WCO Revised Arusha Declaration (RAD) with respect to promoting integrity and good governance in Customs. It provides practical guidelines to assist Customs administrations around the world in implementing various measures designed to enhance integrity within their organizations.
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09 diciembre 2021
The United Nations designated 9 December International Anti-Corruption Day in order to raise awareness of this issue around the world and to highlight the role of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (A/RES/58/4).
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08 diciembre 2021
The World Customs Organization (WCO) organized, with the support of the Customs Cooperation Fund of China, a national workshop on Customs Valuation for the benefit of the Ethiopian Customs Commission (ECC). This workshop was held online from 29 November to 3 December 2021 and was attended by 32 Customs officials from different units within the ECC.
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08 diciembre 2021
Two tools to assist in the classification of goods in the 2022 version of the WCO Harmonized System (HS) are available: the Explanatory Notes and the Compendium of Classification Opinions. They are available to anyone who has subscribed to the HS content of the WCO Trade Tools web platform.
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08 diciembre 2021
At the invitation of the Secretariat for Central American Economic Integration (SIECA) and the Vice-Chair for the World Customs Organization (WCO) Americas and Caribbean region, the WCO Deputy Secretary General, Mr. Ricardo Treviño Chapa, participated in the launch ceremony for a national and regional Time Release Study (TRS) report covering the SIECA region. The event was held on 6 December 2021 in Guatemala.
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08 diciembre 2021
Over 90 registered participants from 30 Member administrations, Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and WCO Regional Offices for Capacity Building (ROCBs) participated in the WCO East and Southern Africa (ESA) and West and Central Africa (WCA) Regional Online Workshop on the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), which took place from 1 to 3 December 2021.
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07 diciembre 2021
From 30 April to 30 September 2021, the World Customs Organization (WCO) ran the largest-ever Customs-led global operation involving 146 Member Customs administrations, with the support of a number of international organizations, to crack down on the illicit trade in medicines, vaccines and medical devices related to COVID-19. The results of Operation STOP II were announced on 7 December 2021 during a global webinar.
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07 diciembre 2021
The virtual Regional Workshop on the “Amendments to the HS 2022” for the Customs administrations of the Europe region was held from 1 to 3 December 2021.
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07 diciembre 2021
The 27th Meeting of the Revised Kyoto Convention Management Committee (RKC/MC) was held from 29 November to 3 December 2021.
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06 diciembre 2021
On 6 December 2021, at the invitation of Mr. Ferenc Vágujhelyi, State Secretary and Commissioner of the National Tax and Customs Administration (NTCA) of Hungary, the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, participated virtually in the celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the first WCO Regional Training Centre (RTC), established in Budapest (Hungary) in 2001.
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06 diciembre 2021
Recognizing the strategic importance of human resources in the process of improving operational efficiency, revenue collection and stakeholder’s engagement, the Malawian Revenue Authority (MRA) has attached particular importance to the modernization of its human resource management system.
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06 diciembre 2021
Responding favourably to the request by the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU, also known by its French acronym, UEMOA), the Secretariat of the World Customs Organization (WCO) sent two experts to Ouagadougou to conduct the Customs Valuation Training Workshop held from 22 to 26 November 2021 for Customs officers from the WAEMU Member States.
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03 diciembre 2021
The recent developments of the COVID-19 pandemic show that, despite progress made, the fight against the virus is not over yet. The international community is regularly witnessing the appearance of new variants and pursuing the global vaccination campaign is still the upmost priority. Over the past months, WCO Members have not only been at the forefront of emergency operations, but have also developed ad hoc tools and measures to better tackle the challenges stemming from the health crisis.
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03 diciembre 2021
At the invitation of the International Union of Railways (UIC), Mr. Pranab Kumar Das, WCO Director of Compliance and Facilitation, introduced the WCO Railway Guidance via online remarks at the UIC International Symposium held in Paris, France on 30 November and 1 December 2021.
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02 diciembre 2021
The 18th Counterfeiting and Piracy (CAP) Group Meeting took place in two phases, from 22 October to 5 November 2021 for the document-based phase and on 17 and 18 November 2021 for the virtual phase, which was organized in a hybrid format (i.e., both online and with Members being welcomed to the WCO Headquarters building).
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02 diciembre 2021
The latest version of CENcomm, a communication system designed to allow a closed group of users to exchange messages in real time via encrypted channels during an operation or a project, until then only available in English, French and Russian, is now also available in Spanish thanks to funding support from Japan.
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02 diciembre 2021
The third in the round of regional online experience-sharing workshops on disruptive technologies was held in the Americas and Caribbean (AMS) region on 25 and 26 November 2021.
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02 diciembre 2021
At the invitation of the Office of the WCO Vice-Chairperson for the West and Central Africa (WCA) Region, WCO Deputy Secretary General Mr. Ricardo Treviño Chapa participated in the 25th Meeting of the Experts Committee of the Directors General of Customs of the WCA Region, which was held on 30 November 2021.
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02 diciembre 2021
The World Customs Organization (WCO) in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Program (Ozone Action) and the Basel Convention Secretariat has conducted a three-day virtual Workshop for the Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS) from 22nd to 24th November 2021 to raise awareness on the Basel Convention and the Montreal Protocol and sensitize the Customs officers on the control of transboundary movement of hazardous waste and substances that deplete the ozone layer.
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01 diciembre 2021
On 19 November 2021, as part of the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP) and under the auspices of the WCO Mercator Programme, a Virtual Dialogue on Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) was organised for the Customs Administration of Bolivia, to gain first-hand insights on the AEO Programmes that are carried out in Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay.
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01 diciembre 2021
With the aim to provide support to the Customs Administration of Colombia (DIAN) on reinforcing its integrity practices, specifically focused on the Customs’ Code of Ethics, the WCO held a remote mission from 15 to 19 November 2021.
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01 diciembre 2021
Determined to align country’s national advance ruling system on the relevant international standards, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) has embarked on an ambitious project to carry out a comprehensive overhaul of the system.
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