WPC 2 BPZ Courier 10cpi#|Y@S}x6X@8;X@HP LaserJet IIIPHPLASIII.PRSx  @,\,Eg]X@USUK2> ZN H#|Y@HP LaserJet IIIPHPLASIII.PRSx  @,\,Eg]X@+Courier 10cpiCourier 12cpiCourier 12cpi (Bold)Courier 12cpi (Italic)2$X+F` 3'3'Standard6&6&StandardHPLASIII.PRSx  + USUK?xxx,wx6X@8;X@.s4ddd,zd6X@8;@r5ddd,d `J;\s4ddd,1\d6Nh*;HdN, s4 #d6X@8;z@#TRADE/WP.4/R.946 page d=#d6X@09zX@# ` `  !(hh/5<ppCJRESTRICTED  ` `  !(hh/5<ppCJTRADE/WP.4/R.946 ` `  !(hh/5<ppCJ9 March 1993 ` `  !(hh/5<ppCJ  P ` `  !(hh/5<ppCJENGLISH ONLY ` `  !(hh/5<ppCJ  P  COMMITTEE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRADE Working Party on Facilitation of International Trade Procedures  (Thirtyseventh session, 1619 March 1993, Item 6 of the provisional agenda of WP.4)  r5 ` `  PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRADE FACILITATION ,Note by the secretariat )a  The current programme of work of WP.4 was approved in 1989 (TRADE/WP.4/165). The Working Party agreed to discuss this item at its March 1993 session, and experts might therefore wish to discuss this note which deals with the programme of work but also has a wider scope of application. A plan is given for the development of Trade Facilitation together with a definition of the concept of Trade Facilitation and a summary of the benefits of Trade Facilitation. A new name and mission statement for the Working Party and objectives for WP.4, GE.1 and GE.2 are suggested together with a new programme of work. =p-p-p-  r5N  Preamble 1.Background 2.What is Trade Facilitation? 2.1.` ` Definition of Trade procedures 2.2.` ` Trade procedures deal with information flows 2.3.` ` Definition of Trade Facilitation 3.Benefits of Trade Facilitation  3.1.` ` Costreductions 3.2.` ` Reengineering of the business process 3.3.` ` New markets 4.Name and mission statement 4.1.` ` New name 4.2.` ` Mission statement for WP.4 5.Objectives 5.1.` ` WP.4 general objectives 5.2.` ` GE.1 specific objectives 5.3.` ` GE.2 specific objectives 5.4.` ` GE.1 and GE.2 shared objectives 6.Programme of work 6.1.` ` Programme of work for WP.4 6.2.` ` Programme of work for GE.1 6.3.` ` Programme of work for GE.2 6.4.` ` Joint programme of work for GE.1 and GE.2 7.Programme of work for the WP.4 secretariat. qp-p-Z+  r5N  Preamble The history of Trade Facilitation is forty years old.#d6X@09zX@#X` hp x (#%'0*,.8135@8: