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    Dematerialization and Paperless Processing

    The guidelines highlight the roleplayed in different business processes by supporting documents, how the documents are produced, and how they are managed.

    Source:   WCO, 2017

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Services, Digital Trade & E-Commerce,
    The guidelines highlight the roleplayed in different business processes by supporting documents, how the documents are produced, and how they are managed.
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    2017 Regional Report of Paperless Trade Implementation

    This report aims to help UNECE member States to advance trade facilitation and paperless trade to the advantage of governments, cross-border traders and consumers, and to enhance regional and global integration.

    Source:   UNECE, 2017

    Policymakers: Goods, Services, Digital Trade & E-Commerce,
    This report aims to help UNECE member States to advance trade facilitation and paperless trade to the advantage of governments, cross-border traders and consumers, and to enhance regional and global integration.
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    A Roadmap towards Paperless Trade

    The paper is a part of the project called "Interregional partnership for promoting trade as an engine of growth through knowledge management and information and communication technologies."

    Source:   UNECE, 2006

    Policymakers: Goods, Services, Digital Trade & E-Commerce,
    The paper is a part of the project called "Interregional partnership for promoting trade as an engine of growth through knowledge management and information and communication technologies."
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    White Paper on Paperless Trade

    The paper is a part of a series run by the World Economic Forum and the World Trade Organization (WTO) focused on e-commerce policy best practices.

    Source:   UNECE, UN/CEFACT, 2018

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Services, Digital Trade & E-Commerce,
    The paper is a part of a series run by the World Economic Forum and the World Trade Organization (WTO) focused on e-commerce policy best practices.
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    ICC Digital Standards Initiatives

    This website provides guide to legal reform to enable electronic transferable records and optimize cross-border trade.

    Source:  ICC

    Policymakers: Goods, Services, Digital Trade & E-Commerce, Regulation & Standards,
    This website provides guide to legal reform to enable electronic transferable records and optimize cross-border trade.
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    Cross-border Paperless Trade Toolkit

    This toolkit aims at raising awareness of the technical and legal tools to be called upon to adopt cross-border paperless trade systems and national single windows (NSWs).

    Source:  WTO, ESCAP, UNCITRAL, 2022

    Policymakers: Goods, Services, Digital Trade & E-Commerce,
    This toolkit aims at raising awareness of the technical and legal tools to be called upon to adopt cross-border paperless trade systems and national single windows (NSWs).
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    Standards Toolkit for Cross border Paperless Trade

    This toolkit provides the most notable and widely used standards in trade digitalization for unlocking the benefits of cross-border paperless trade.

    Source:  WTO, 2022

    Policymakers: Goods, Services, Digital Trade & E-Commerce,
    This toolkit provides the most notable and widely used standards in trade digitalization for unlocking the benefits of cross-border paperless trade.
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    UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Signatures

    The Model Law on Electronic Signatures (MLES) aims to enable and facilitate the use of electronic signatures by establishing criteria of technical reliability for the equivalence between electronic and hand-written signatures.

    Source:  UNCITRAL, 2017

    Policymakers: Goods, Services, Digital Trade & E-Commerce, Regulation & Standards,
    The Model Law on Electronic Signatures (MLES) aims to enable and facilitate the use of electronic signatures by establishing criteria of technical reliability for the equivalence between electronic and hand-written signatures.
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    UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records

    The Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records (MLETR) aims to enable the legal use of electronic transferable records both domestically and across borders.

    Source:  UNCITRAL

    Policymakers: Goods, Services, Digital Trade & E-Commerce, Regulation & Standards,
    The Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records (MLETR) aims to enable the legal use of electronic transferable records both domestically and across borders.
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    Creating a Modern Digital Trade Ecosystem

    ICC is calling on national governments to digitize trade documentation and align legal frameworks to the UNCITRAL Model Law on Transferrable Records [MLETR].

    Source:  ICC, 2021

    Policymakers: Goods, Services, Digital Trade & E-Commerce,
    ICC is calling on national governments to digitize trade documentation and align legal frameworks to the UNCITRAL Model Law on Transferrable Records [MLETR].
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    Managing Disputes Over Trade

    The Talking Trade has multi-part set of blog posts to help unravel the trade dispute settlement system and make it easier for policymakers to follow evolving developments.

    Source: Asian Trade Center, 2023

    Policymakers: Goods, Contractual Disputes,
    The Talking Trade has multi-part set of blog posts to help unravel the trade dispute settlement system and make it easier for policymakers to follow evolving developments.
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    WCO Rules of Origin

    The website of World Custom Organization summarizes instruments and tools to understand Rules of Origin.

    Source: WCO

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Regulation & Standards, Tariffs & Taxes,
    The website of World Custom Organization summarizes instruments and tools to understand Rules of Origin.