ARTICLE 5
TRADE FACILITATION
Member States undertake to initiate trade facilitation programmes aimed at:
a)
reducing the cost of documents and the volume of paper work required in respect of
trade between Member States;
b)
ensuring that the nature and volume of information required in respect of trade within
the Community does not adversely affect the economic development of , or trade
among, the Member States;
c)
adopting common standards of trade procedures within the Community where
international requirements do not suit the conditions prevailing among Member States;
d)
ensuring adequate coordination between trade and transport facilitation within the
Community;
e)
keeping under review the procedures adopted in international trade and transport with a
view to simplifying and adopting for use by Member State;
f)
collecting and disseminating information on international development regarding trade
facilitation;
g)
promoting the development and adoption of common solutions to problems in trade
facilitation among Member States; and
h)
initiating and promoting the establishment of joint programmes, for the training of
personnel engaged in trade facilitation among Member States.
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