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The Working Party shall
facilitate international trade and transport by
promoting rationalization of trade procedures and
the effective use for this purpose of electronic
or other automatic data processing and transmission.
In the pursuit of this general task, the Working
Party shall in particular: |
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1.1 |
ensure the proper co-ordination in
the field of facilitation of international trade
and transport; |
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1.2 |
keep under review the procedures
required in international trade and transport with
a view to their reduction, simplification and international
harmonization; |
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1.3 |
collect and distribute information
on trade formalities, procedures, documentation
and related matters; |
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1.4 |
promote the development of a common
approach to facilitation problems and a common
methodology for their solution; |
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1.5 |
pursue the simplification and standardization
of trade documentation on the basis of the ECE
layout key including documents designed for use
in computer and other automatic systems; |
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1.6 |
promote the standardization of data
contained in international trade documents, the
development of a standard trade terminology and
uniform codes of trade information for use in modern
methods of data transmission and processing; |
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1.7 |
promote, in consultation with the
International Telecommunication Union, the introduction
in international trade of adequate systems and
installations for electronic data transmission. |
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| 2. |
The Working Party shall
co-operate with relevant organizations so as to
ensure the practical work on specific tasks to
be undertaken in the appropriate forum and to avoid
duplication of effort. The Working Party shall
encourage any interested United Nations' member,
which is not a member of the Commission, to participate
in its work in a consultative capacity. |
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| 3. |
The Working Party shall
report on its activities and progress in the facilitation
of trade procedures to the Committee on the Development
of Trade. It shall also transmit its report to
the Inland Transport Committee on problems of joint
concern. |
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| 4. |
The Working Party shall
consider all proposals for specific tasks with
due regard to the need to establish appropriate
priorities within available resources. If necessary
it may create subsidiary bodies for specific purposes. |
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| 5. |
The Working Party shall
be empowered to make recommendations directly to
ECE Governments. |
Last update: 30 September 1999
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