Ruslan Davydov, Minister for Customs Cooperation of the Eurasian Economic Commission, held a working meeting with Ian Saunders, Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), on the sidelines of the WCO Technology Conference and Exhibition in Rio de Janeiro.
The parties discussed promising areas of cooperation, including the practical implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding between the EEC and the WCO.
Ruslan Davydov noted the high interest of the EEC in the systematic participation of its representatives in the WCO working bodies, as well as in providing the EEC staff with access to the organization’s online educational platform, which allows them to study world experience and best practices in the customs sphere.
We agreed to organize cooperation between the EEC and the WCO on the implementation of the best international administrative practices in the daily activities of the customs authorities of the EAEU member states.
“In accordance with the legislation of the Eurasian Economic Union, the Commission is empowered to maintain the Customs Code of the EAEU, as well as to make decisions on the classification of certain types of goods to ensure uniform application of the nomenclature in the EAEU countries. These decisions are mandatory for application on the territory of the Union. Ruslan Davydov noted. “In this regard, the interaction of the Commission and the WCO Harmonized System Committee will contribute to the unification of classification approaches used in the territory of the EAEU with the international practice of classification of goods.”
The WCO Technology Conference & Exhibition is held annually by the World Customs Organization and gathers representatives of national customs administrations, international organizations and technology companies engaged in the customs field. This year, the conference was attended by almost 1,300 delegates from 117 countries.
The main topics of discussion were information exchange between the customs services of various countries, the use of digital technologies in the movement of goods by all modes of transport, the potential for the use of non-intrusive technologies in customs control.
The World Customs Organization (WCO) is an international non–governmental, permanent organization in the field of regulation of customs and tariff policy. The Organization has 186 member countries, which account for 98% of world trade.
