·
Approval by national Customs adiminstrations Agreement and acceptance by
other SADC members
to access on the website for data verification prior of
importation
·
Legal amendments to be brought in the national Customs Regulations and
SADC Regulations
·
Awareness campaign to be done to stakeholders and new equipment
required like scanner and upgraded internet capacity
·
Training to be dispensed to Customs Officers of the new way of processing
e-certificates
Conclusion
The e-Certificate of Origin is a very good initiative towards trade facilitation and
promoting paperless environment in the Customs Administration. It is without doubt
that the e-SADC certificate submission will impact positively on the overall
processing time of issuance of certificates.
B.3 CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT NETWORK (nCEN)
Objective
Intelligence is a critical element of enforcement for Customs administrations which
have to perform enforcement controls while facilitating legitimate trade at the same
time. The national Customs Enforcement Network (nCEN) project puts those
administrations on the cutting technological edge. It provides a secure, cost
effective pathway to assist administrations to unlock key elements contained within
the WCO Customs in the 21st Century Strategic Document, such as, Coordinated
Border Management and a Globally Networked Customs. Customs administrations
around the world play a vitally important role in the fight against transnational
crimes. Therefore, the exchange of information is extremely important and the need
to exchange nominal (personal) data between various countries, agencies and
organizations has increased substantially.
The project will provide members with a variety of tools to meet the challenges of
effective and efficient information exchange, including a national database
application, uniform information sharing standards, and a mechanism to allow
members to implement those standards for enforcement purposes, the Information
Communication Interface tool (Icomm).
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