Common use of Single Window Clause in Contracts

Single Window. 1. Each Party, through its Designated Representative, shall establish or maintain a single window system that enables the electronic submission through a single entry point of the forms, documentation, and data the authorities of the territory represented by the Party require of importers for importation prior to the arrival of goods to the territory represented by the Party. 2. Each Party, through its Designated Representative, shall provide for the processing of the electronic submissions described in paragraph 1 prior to the arrival of goods to the territory represented by the Party to: (a) perform an assessment of risk; and (b) expedite the release of low-risk goods. 3. Each Party, through its Designated Representative, shall, whenever practicable, utilize available data provided by information technology systems or sensors embedded on vehicles, shipping containers, or packing materials or otherwise with the shipment to: (a) perform an assessment of risk; and (b) expedite the release of low-risk goods. 4. Each Party, through its Designated Representative, shall, in a timely manner, inform the submitter of import information through its single window system of the status of the release of the imported goods. 5. If the authorities of the territory represented by a Party do not promptly release an import, the Party, through its Designated Representative, shall inform the importer and shall include in the notification, to the extent permitted by the law of the territory represented by the Party, the reasons why the goods are not released and which authority of that territory, if not the customs administration, has withheld release of the goods. 6. In building and maintaining the single window system described in paragraph 1, each Party, through its Designated Representative, shall endeavor to streamline the system on an ongoing basis, including by adding functionality to eventually cover export and transit transactions, facilitate trade, improve transparency, and reduce release times and costs associated with import, export, and transit through the territory represented by the Party. 7. Each Party, through its Designated Representative, shall provide that a submitter may, without penalty: (a) correct a non-fraudulent error2 in a submission to the single window system described in paragraph 1 within a reasonable amount of time;

Single Window. 1. Each Party, through its Designated Representative, shall establish or maintain a single window system that enables the electronic submission through a single entry point of the forms, documentation, and data the authorities of the territory represented by the Party require of importers for importation prior to the arrival of goods to the territory represented by the Party. 2. Each Party, through its Designated Representative, shall provide for the processing of the electronic submissions described in paragraph 1 prior to the arrival of goods to the territory represented by the Party to: (a) perform an assessment of risk; and (b) expedite the release of low-risk goods. 3. Each Party, through its Designated Representative, shall, whenever practicable, utilize available data provided by information technology systems or sensors embedded on vehicles, shipping containers, or packing materials or otherwise with the shipment to: (a) perform an assessment of risk; and (b) expedite the release of low-risk goods. 4. Each Party, through its Designated Representative, shall, in a timely manner, inform the submitter of import information through its single window system of the status of the release of the imported goods. 5. If the authorities of the territory represented by a Party do not promptly release an import, the Party, through its Designated Representative, shall inform the importer and shall include in the notification, to the extent permitted by the law of the territory represented by the Party, the reasons why the goods are not released and which authority of that territory, if not the customs administration, has withheld release of the goods. 6. In building and maintaining the single window system described in paragraph 1, each Party, through its Designated Representative, shall endeavor to streamline the system on an ongoing basis, including by adding functionality to eventually cover export and transit transactions, facilitate trade, improve transparency, and reduce release times and costs associated with import, export, and transit through the territory represented by the Party. 7. Each Party, through its Designated Representative, shall provide that a submitter may, without penalty: (a) correct a non-fraudulent error2 in a submission to the single window system described in paragraph 1 within a reasonable amount of time; (b) update a submission to the single window system described in paragraph 1 to reflect changed circumstances at any time before the importation is complete;