Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Finance, Customs Department

Information on licenses will then be communicated to the Customs Department.

In addition, the Customs department engages in the following enforcement action

Similarly the customs department has instituted a computerized program known as the automated system for customs data (ASYCUDA), which integrates customs and clearing and forwarding activities.

In service courses on drug awareness, search and identification are being run by the Customs Department for all customs personnel.

The Customs Act provides the overarching legislative framework within which the Customs Department operates to prevent the illegal trafficking in firearms, ammunition and explosives.

81. The Government has taken steps to strengthen the Police Department and to arrange for it to work in closer cooperation with the Customs Department in the war against drugs, forming joint police customs sea patrols.

78. In cooperation with the Ministry of Finance Department of Customs, WFP has begun a Food for Work project to streamline the customs procedures for all humanitarian cargo entering Rwanda.

Anti smuggling operations are led by the Department of Royal Customs and Excise in cooperation with other enforcement agencies.

Currently, the Department is in the process of developing a paperless e Customs system as outlined in the Convention.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police work with their foreign counterparts, providing courses and seminars. The Customs section of our federal Revenue Department works with its Caribbean colleagues on the Caribbean Customs Law Enforcement Council.

Customs

(a) In the two customs zones, i.e. the land customs zone and the maritime customs zone

The submitted customs declaration is collected by customs entity.

The Customs Department has implemented part of the application outlined in the Integrated Supply Chain Management Guidelines (formerly Advance Cargo Information Guidelines).

The Customs Department is responsible only for cargo inspection unless there is cause to believe that a person is carrying prohibited goods.

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Customs legislation promulgated to regulate customs clearance of such materials

Customs declaration for goods and vehicles should be presented to the customs entities before customs control is applied to the goods and vehicles, before they undergo customs processing and are released from customs control.

The Customs Department has put into place measures to prevent access to weapons by terrorists as advised by the WCO concerning the Protocol.

The Customs and Excise Department must be given prior notice of any ship or aircraft transporting firearms and ammunition prior to its arrival.

Risk assessment principles have been incorporated in the Regulation on Import and Export of Firearms, Ammunition, Explosive Articles and Fireworks and Imitation of Firearms of the Customs Department, which details all customs procedures and requirements (see question 9).

22. In November l992, the Government announced that the Police Department would be strengthened in l993, and that the police would work in closer cooperation with the Customs Department in the war against drugs.

World Customs Organization

World Customs Organization

Customs Training Projects

World Customs Oganization

Domestic customs regulations

Customs Cooperation Council

Niangoloko Customs Office

The Customs Act

Old customs indeed!

(ii) World Customs Organization (WCO) The World Customs Organization and Trade Facilitation

All documents necessary for customs payments are to be completed, namely budget transfer notice of customs fees and customs fee receipt.

The Customs Department has a mechanism in place to verify the licenses and other official documents relating to the import, export or transit of firearms.

The responsibility for the importation and exportation of firearms in Barbados is shared by the Customs and Excise Department and the Royal Barbados Police Force.

Assistance to customs authorities is provided in collaboration with the Customs Cooperation Council.

The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Director General of the Customs Department and the Ozone Unit, or at a higher level between the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Environment, is recommended, as is the creation of focal points for environment in customs with access to the top level of customs hierarchy.

There have been great strides in law enforcement on the part of the criminal investigation department, the royal police, the customs service and the tobacco bureau.

Customs law and practice

Bolivian National Customs Office

Customs, borders and immigration

Table 6a Customs Training

Table 6b Customs Training