Recommendation+No.+4

Recommendation No. 4 "National Trade Facilitation Organs: Arrangements at the National Level to Coordinate Work on Facilitation of Trade Procedures"
Issues to consider Trade - Government consultation Trade Facilitation bodies
 * Author/Source:** UNECE through its Center for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT)
 * Year of adopting/publication:** 1999 adopted by UN/CEFACT, 2001 published. The 1999 version is a revision of the 1974 version
 * Link to the document on the internet**: UNECE website
 * Purpose:** To encourage the establishment of national organisations for the implementation of recommendations on the facilitation of international trade procedures
 * Summary:** The Recommendation No. 4 is one of the many recommendations published by UN/CEFACT in the field of trade facilitation. With the recommendation No. 4 UN/CEFACT recommends the establishment of National Trade Facilitation Bodies to respond to the need for consultation and cooperation. The document furthermore describes who should be participating in such bodies, and what should be the objectives of these bodies. The recommendation needs to be read together with the guidelines to the recommendation published in 2000. The guidelines provide additional practical information on how to establish such a body, including recommendations of the organizational layout and financing of the bodies. It also contains proposed terms of references for the body and its staff.
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