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40th UN/CEFACT Forum: Digital Documents – Challenges to Transit

40th UN/CEFACT Forum: Digital Documents – Challenges to Transit

Agriculture, Fisheries and Agrifood Domain & Trade Procedures Facilitation Domain

10 May 2023 9:30 - 12:30
Hybrid, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
Purpose

This is a joint working session on the White Paper on digitalising transit accompanying documents. This White paper looks into the transit requirements for handling of paperless trade certificates, using as example sanitary, plant and veterinary control certificates, CITES permits, Waste certificates.

Agenda

09:30–09:35

Welcome and Introduction

09:35–10:00

Presentation on state of play of the White Paper
Ms Eva Chan, Project Lead

10:00–11:30

Discussion about challenges related to

  • Legal and operational framework for transit procedure and control measures by government agencies
  • Transferring paper documents into electronic ones
  • Electronic G2G exchanges of certificates

Mr Ian Watt and Ms Estelle Igwe, UN/CEFACT Vice-Chairs

Mr Erik Bosker, Domain Coordinator

11:30–12:00

Technology aspects that can take us further
Ms Eva Chan, Project Lead

 

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