Training of customs officers and provision of adequate identification equipment are needed to ensure effective application of the import licensing system.

The importer should apply for the appropriate Import Licence prior to placing the import order

National training programmes for customs officers implemented by UNEP are using a Country Handbook on ODS Legislation and Import Export Licensing System, in addition to the Training Manual for Customs Officers developed by UNEP.

In some of these systems (e.g. in Bolivia and Paraguay's electronic customs registry) the customs brokers have to enter the import license number before completing the import declaration form.

Production Export Import Transit Retransfer.

Import

Certificate Request Options

Importing articles...

Importing

Import Options

The effectiveness of import licensing and prevention of illegal imports of ODS is highly dependent on the ability of customs officers to apply the regulations in force and to identify illegal shipments of refrigerants.

Import control

(ii) Port of import

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Tightened controls on import and export operations at border crossing points

Import export trade 170

2230 Import licence fee

7120 Sole importing agency

(c)c. Country of final import

Importing in progress...

Importing CSV Data

Customs House

Effectiveness of customs, immigration and border control

Use error correction when importing

While for India this is already taking place, there is no information whether such exporter importer data exchange is happening also for China or in any other region.

Export import codification

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

Regional customs officers claimed that this method is mostly used by smugglers to circumvent customs control

Customs

Customs 115

The Customs Act

Effectiveness of customs, immigration and border control

Effectiveness of customs, border and immigration controls

The simple and unique marking has to be appropriate, permitting identification of the country of import and, where possible, the year of import.

Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001) focuses on several aspects which are relevant to the work of Customs Administrations and the World Customs Organization (WCO)

(b) A positive effect on balance of payments of countries and reduced import dependency

Customs, borders and immigration

Office des douanes et accises

World Customs Organization

UNEP provided comprehensive information in several meetings and discussions.

World Customs Oganization

Report of the Customs Office

Customs and Export Control