Search results for: “customs cooperation council”

  • Customs Cooperation Council

    An international organization established for the purpose of harmonizing the customs procedures and techniques of member countries. The agency is concerned with the mechanics of customs administration and is not involved in matters relating to tariff levels or similar substantive economic […]

  • Common Customs Tariff

    Common Customs Tariff and the Treaties of the European Union Description of Common Customs Tariff provided by the European Union Commission: The common foreign and security policy (CFSP) was established and is governed by Title V of the Treaty on European Union (EU). It replaced European […]

  • Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation

    Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in relation with International Trade In the context of trade organizations, Christopher Mark (1993) provided the following definition of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC): A regional cooperation organization including Australia, Brunei. Canada. […]

  • Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation

    Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in relation with International Trade In the context of trade organizations, Christopher Mark (1993) provided the following definition of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC): A regional cooperation organization including Australia, Brunei. Canada. […]

  • Gulf Cooperation Council

    Gulf Cooperation Council Outline The council was established in 1981. It consists of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The council was intended to establish an economic community in the region. The members encourage free movement of capital within the […]

  • World Customs Organisation

    Hierarchical Display of World Customs Organisation International Organisations > World organisations > World organisationTrade > Tariff policy > Tariff policy Concept of World Customs Organisation See the dictionary definition of World Customs Organisation. Characteristics of World […]

  • Nimexe

    The statistical classification system employed in the Common Customs Tariff (CCT) of the European Economic Community. The CCT is based upon the four-digit Customs Cooperation Council Nomenclature; under Nimexe, two suffix digits are provided to permit further subdivision of statistical classificatio…

  • Kyoto Convention

    An international agreement, sponsored by the Customs cooperation Council (read this and related legal terms for further details), the object of which is to harmonize the methods and procedures of national customs authori…

  • Brussels Tariff Nomenclature

    Brussels Tariff Nomenclature (BTN) in International Trade Meaning of Brussels Tariff Nomenclature (btn), according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): A once widely used international tariff classification system that preceded the Customs Cooperation Council […]

  • Harmonized System

    Known formally as the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System.. a product statistical classification system based upon the Customs Cooperation Council Nomenclature (CCCN) and designed to replace various statistical classification schemes now employed by various trading nations.<br […]

  • European Energy Charter

      PART I DEFINITIONS AND PURPOSE ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS As used in this Treaty: (1) "Charter"means the European Energy Charter adopted in the Concluding Document of the Hague Conference on the European Energy Charter signed at The Hague on 17 December 1991; signature of the […]

  • GATT Accession

    GATT Accession Summary of GATT Detais can be found in General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade). Accession Process The process was described by Christopher Mark in 1993: "Joining the GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE is rarely a simple or straightforward matter –especially if the […]

  • CCD

    Concept of CCD See the dictionary definition of CCD. Characteristics of CCD [rtbs name=”xxx-xxx”] Resources Translation of CCD Spanish: CCA French: CCD German: RZZ Italian: Consiglio di cooperazione doganale Portuguese: Conselho de Cooperação Aduaneira Polish: CCD Thesaurus of CCD See also […]

  • International Trade Organizations

    International Trade Organizations Introduction This entry concentrates on the structure, role and competence of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its constituent agreements, including the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the various ancillary agreements on goods (e.g., on agriculture, antidumping, subsidies and countervailing duties, safeguards, textiles, investment, and licensing), the General Agreement on…

  • Brussels Definition Of Value

    A system for the valuation of imports for the application of ad valorem duties, adopted in 1953 following attempts to establish a European customs union. The European Customs Union Study Group submitted to the contracting states the Convention on the Valuation of Goods for Customs Purposes, along w…