| Tracks for private sector (and WCO members) |
“How to deal with a commodity when it comes to
classification?”
Get the latest information about the HS 2012 amendments
and the Committee meetings!
Duration: 15 hours
Basic rules for classifying goods and justification of the classification opinions. Major amendments in HS 2012 and their consequential effects on classifying products. Core fundamentals of the Harmonized System and classification. Sectors covered: High tech, Sets and composite goods, shoes, textiles and sport garments, pre-entry binding tariff information. Case studies will complement the presentations on technical subjects.
Day 1 (amendments): brief introduction to the HS and to the General Interpretative
Rules; the procedure for amending the HS; the HS 2012 amendments;
Day 2: High tech,
Sets and composite goods
Day 3: shoes, textiles and sport garments, pre-entry binding tariff information
II. Rules
of Origin facilitated by Pieter Haesaert
“Why are you so anxious about getting rules
of origins harmonised?”
Get the latest
information about the discussions in the committees as well as understand the
main decisions made about the BRICS countries
Duration: 10 hours
Overview of the WTO negotiations on the Harmonization of Non-Preferential Rules of Origin (ROO). The costs and advantages of the preferential ROO and the discussion of the technical concepts (“wholly obtained” product, substantial transformation, rules of no drawback, de minimis, direct transport, etc.). The procedural aspects – certification and verification. WCO work on preferential origin.
Guests:
- 2 experts from private sector i.e. European Industrial federation, ICC, Automobile or Textile industry, Business Europe to answer the question: why are you so anxious about getting rules of origin harmonised? What are the problems? What are the possible opportunities for the future?
- Mette Azzam, WCO Technical Officer
- Atsushi Tanaka, WCO Technical Attaché
III. Customs Valuation facilitated by Pieter Haesaert
“Customs valuation and convergence of transfer pricing: latest state-of-play”
Duration: 10 hours
The key concepts of the WTO Customs Valuation Agreement: methods, disputes, WCO instruments (last sale, transfer pricing and royalties). Mechanisms to develop partnership with the trading community. The key concepts of transfer pricing under the OECD Guidelines. Analysis of the stakes and problems of transfer pricing from both tax and Customs points of view. Transfer pricing methods. A comparison between transfer pricing and customs valuation. The concept and major principles of the ATA Carnet system.
Guests:
- Mr. Leonardo Macedo, WCO Technical Officer, Customs Valuation
- Ms. Aegyoung Jung, Counsellor, Legal Affairs Division, World Trade Organization
- Mr. Pablo Muñiz, Partner, Van Bael & Bellis
- Mr. Stefaan De Baets, Advisor Transfer Pricing, OECD
- Mr. Dirk Van Stappen, Global Transfer Pricing Services, KPMG
- Ms. Veronique Slachmuylders, Global Transfer Pricing Services, KPMG
Track 2 – Trade Compliance and Facilitation Masterclasses
I. WCO Data Model facilitated by Sue Probert
Why, What, How?
An introductory
course at management level with practical sessions to demonstrate implementation
techniques and case studies of success stories
Duration: 15 hours
An introduction to the WCO Data Model, its relationship to a wide range of WCO instruments including the SAFE Framework and the Revised Kyoto Convention, its building blocks and its maintenance procedure. Business process and information modelling: the principles and standards, modelling types and procedures for handling business process and information models. Data Sets: the data sets contained in the Data Model, their structure, their relationship to other standards and their practical implementation. Practical uSAFE of the Data Model (data harmonization and Single Window).
Guests:
- SP Sahu, WCO Technical Officer
- Gareth Lewis, WCO Technical Officer
- Matts Wiktor, WCO
- GEFEG to present the DM tool
II. AEO/SAFE facilitated by Joris Zaman
“How have thriving
multinationals succeeded to become AEO from different countries?"
Learn from successful experiences!
Duration:
10 hours
The concept of the Authorized Economic Operator (AEO)
and global trends in its implementation; objectives and benefits of AEO status.
Introduction to SAFE Framework of Standards, benefits of its implementation and
overview of the latest developments.
Guests:
- Ms. Asha Menon, WCO Technical Officer, Trade Facilitation Sub-directorate
- Mr. Simon Royals, WCO Technical Officer, Trade Facilitation Sub-directorate
- Mr. Theo Hesselink, DG TAXUD, Expert on AEO and Security Matters, EU
- Mr. Godfried Smit, International Policy Director, EVO
III. Risk
Management – Be compliant facilitated by Joris Zaman
“How to set up a Customs compliance programme in your company?”
Learn from successful businesses how they have implemented a Customs
compliance programme!
Duration: 10 hours
Comparison of the key concepts of Customs Risk Management and Private Sector Risk Management. Exchange of experiences in managing risks and exploring the opportunities for synergizing risk management approaches.
Guests:
- Expert form
- Oguz Onal, WCO
- Matthew Bannon to invite Martin Brown from UPS
- Pieter to invite the Risk management Director from Honeywell
- 2 experts from US companies e.g. Trade compliance managers to exchange on how they have implemented a Customs compliance programme (cf. companies from WCO PSCG website)
