Common use of Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures Clause in Contracts

Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures. 1. States Parties are encouraged to cooperate on the use relevant international standards or parts thereof as a basis for their import, export or transit formalities and procedures except as otherwise provided for in this Annex. a. Pursuant to paragraph 1, State Parties undertake to agree: That their respective customs laws and procedures shall be based on internationally accepted instruments and standards, practices and guidelines applicable in the field of customs and trade such as the Revised Kyoto Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures and World Trade Organization(WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement; b. To use internationally accepted standards, practices and guidelines, as a basis for designing and standardising their trade documents and the information required to be contained in such documents. c. The principles of promotion and facilitation of legitimate trade through effective enforcement of commitments contained in this Annex;