📋 Tender Overview
The delegation of the Eurasian Economic Commission took part in the meeting of the Contact Committee of the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the Universal Postal Union (UPU) at the UPU headquarters in Bern (Switzerland).
The main issues raised during the meeting related to improving the exchange of electronic data during the movement of international postal items (IPO) in connection with the rapid growth of cross-border e-commerce and, accordingly, moved parcels.
As part of the event, in the context of improving customs administration and facilitating movement, a discussion of documents being developed within the WCO took place. These include the Framework Standards for Cross-Border Electronic Commerce and the Framework Standards for the Security and Facilitation of Global Trade, including the need to provide electronic data for the movement of international goods and extend the concept of authorized economic operators to postal operators.
During the work of the Contact Committee, representatives of the EEC discussed certain issues of customs administration of IPOs in the context of the pilot project on external electronic trade carried out in the Union states, proposed changes to the EAEU Customs Code in terms of external electronic trade with national postal operators.
