| WCO instruments/ tools and relevant information on Free zones ▪ WCO Revised Kyoto Convention (Chapter 2 (Free Zones) of Specific Annex D) ▪ WCO Research Paper No.47: “‘Extraterritoriality’ of Free Zones: The necessity for enhanced Customs involvement”: please click here ▪ WCO Draft Free Zone Practical Guidance please click here ▪ WCO Secretariat Note on the Safe and Secure Storage of Dangerous Goods please click here WCO News ▪ WCO News June 2020 “WCO’s development of draft “Practical Guidance on Free Zones” By Satoko Kagawa and Kenji Omi, WCO Secretariat ▪ WCO News June 2019 “Free zones: Georgia’s experience” By the Customs Department of the Revenue Service, Georgia ▪ WCO News February 2019 “Overview of the Dominican Republic’s free zone sector” By the General Directorate of Customs, Dominican Republic ▪ WCO News October 2018 “Addressing challenges related to Customs controls in free zones” By Mariya Polner, Senior Policy Advisor, and Satoko Kagawa, Technical Officer, Compliance and Facilitation Directorate, WCO ▪ WCO News June 2016 “Switzerland addresses the traffic in cultural goods By Professor Jean-Robert Gisler, FEDERAL OFFICE OF POLICE, SWITZERLAND |
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Other information and Side papers ▪ The Recommendation on Countering Illicit Trade: Enhancing Transparency in Free Trade Zones” (OECD Recommendation) https://search.oecd.org/gov/risk/recommendation-enhancing-transparency-free-trade-zones.htm ▪ Davis, J., Isherwood, T., Maalouli, R., Spaner, J., and Lely, R. (2019), How customs agencies can help special economic zones succeed, August 2019, McKinsey & Company https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-and-social-sector/our-insights/how-customs-agencies-can-help-special-economic-zones-succeed ▪ FATF, Money laundering vulnerabilities of Free Trade Zones, March 2010 http://www.fatf-gafi.org/media/fatf/documents/reports/ML%20vulnerabilities%20of%20Free%20Trade%20Zones.pdf ▪ OECD and EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Office) (2018), Trade in Counterfeit Goods and Free Trade Zones, 15 March 2018, http://www.oecd.org/gov/trade-in-counterfeit-goods-and-free-trade-zones-9789264289550 -en.htm ▪ ICC BASCAP (International Chamber of Commerce, Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy), Controlling the Zone: Balancing facilitation and control to combat illicit trade in the world’s Free Trade Zones, December 2020, https://iccwbo.org/content/uploads/sites/3/2020/12/2020-bascap-report.pdf ▪ UNCTAD Technical Paper “The Treatment of Goods Originating in Special Economic Arrangements / Zones in the African Continental Free Trade Area” please click here |
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