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    Japan Contact list of Customs Counselors

    The objective of the Customs Counselor System is to facilitate appropriate and smooth customs administration by providing proper knowledge on import and export procedures to concerned parties, clearing up misunderstandings, and if necessary, revising or improving import and expert procedures via consultations or hearing complaints.

    Source: Japan Custom

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Asia & Middle East,
    The objective of the Customs Counselor System is to facilitate appropriate and smooth customs administration by providing proper knowledge on import and export procedures to concerned parties, clearing up misunderstandings, and if necessary, revising or improving import and expert procedures via consultations or hearing complaints.
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    Transparency and Predictability Guidelines

    The Guidelines aim to provide Customs administrations with comprehensive and practical guidance on how to enhance and commit to their transparency and predictability, with a view to trade facilitation and integrity.

    Source: World Customs Organization (WCO), 2016

    Policymakers: Goods, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Regulation & Standards,
    The Guidelines aim to provide Customs administrations with comprehensive and practical guidance on how to enhance and commit to their transparency and predictability, with a view to trade facilitation and integrity.
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    Guidelines on Information, Decisions and Rulings Supplied by Customs

    This Chapter applies only to information supplied by the Customs and relates to information of general application, information of a specific nature, and to the particular procedure by which persons may obtain tariff classification information which is binding upon the Customs. These Guidelines also contain examples of methods of application by some administrations.

    Source: World Customs Organization (WCO), 2000

    Policymakers: Tariffs & Taxes,
    This Chapter applies only to information supplied by the Customs and relates to information of general application, information of a specific nature, and to the particular procedure by which persons may obtain tariff classification information which is binding upon the Customs. These Guidelines also contain examples of methods of application by some administrations.
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    Guidelines on Application of Information and Communication Technology

    The purpose of these Guidelines is to focus the attention of Customs administrations on the impact of Information and Communication (IC) technologies on their business.

    Source: World Customs Organization (WCO), 2014

    Policymakers: Goods, Services, Digital Trade & E-Commerce,
    The purpose of these Guidelines is to focus the attention of Customs administrations on the impact of Information and Communication (IC) technologies on their business.
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    ePing SPS & TBT Platform

    The platform facilitates tracking sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) and technical barriers to trade (TBT) measures.

    Source: World Trade Organization(WTO)

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Regulation & Standards, Trade Remedies,
    The platform facilitates tracking sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) and technical barriers to trade (TBT) measures.
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    WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation UNCTAD Trade Facilitation Technical Note No. 6

    This is the Technical Notes on Trade Facilitation Measures by UNCTAD.

    Source: The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2014

    Policymakers: Goods, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation,
    This is the Technical Notes on Trade Facilitation Measures by UNCTAD.
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    Trade Facilitation Indicators: the potential impact of trade facilitation on developing countries’ trade

    This paper presents findings from the OECD analysis of indicators for assessing the relative economic and trade impact of specific trade facilitation measures on non-OECD countries.

    Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD), 2012

    Policymakers: Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation,
    This paper presents findings from the OECD analysis of indicators for assessing the relative economic and trade impact of specific trade facilitation measures on non-OECD countries.
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    How Legal Entity Identifiers Will Transform Small Business in Asia

    This Blog by Asian Development Bank explores how legal entity identifiers will transform small business in Asia

    Source: Asian Development Bank (ADB) , 2018

    Policymakers: Goods, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Regulation & Standards, Asia & Middle East,
    This Blog by Asian Development Bank explores how legal entity identifiers will transform small business in Asia
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    Recommendation on the use of Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)

    This Recommendation on the use of the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) requires all entities for which information is required under EU reporting obligations to obtain a pre-Legal Entity Identifier (pre-LEI) code for reporting purposes.

    Source: European Banking Authority

    Policymakers: Goods, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Regulation & Standards, Europe,
    This Recommendation on the use of the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) requires all entities for which information is required under EU reporting obligations to obtain a pre-Legal Entity Identifier (pre-LEI) code for reporting purposes.
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    Thematic Review on Implementation of the Legal Entity Identifier

    This report describes the findings of the peer review on implementation of the Legal Entity Identifier, including the key elements of the discussion in the FSB Standing Committee on Standards Implementation (SCSI).

    Source: Financial Stability Board (FSB), 2019

    Policymakers: Goods, Access to Finance, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Regulation & Standards,
    This report describes the findings of the peer review on implementation of the Legal Entity Identifier, including the key elements of the discussion in the FSB Standing Committee on Standards Implementation (SCSI).
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    ISO 17442 Part 2: The LEI in Digital Certificates

    This webpage introduces the LEI in Digital Certificates.

    Source: Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF)

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Services, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Digital Trade & E-Commerce,
    This webpage introduces the LEI in Digital Certificates.
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    Why a Trusted Identity is the First Step to Financial Inclusion for SMEs

    This blog highlights the importance of financial inclusion for MSMEs to generate shared prosperity, and how an easy first step for business owners is to acquire a trusted digital identity.

    Source: Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF), 2020

    Policymakers: Goods, Services, Access to Finance, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation,
    This blog highlights the importance of financial inclusion for MSMEs to generate shared prosperity, and how an easy first step for business owners is to acquire a trusted digital identity.