Proceedings of the 14th Meeting of
The COMCEC Trade Working Group
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exchange of information between CAs and OGAs is recommended; (iv) Pre-arrival information
needs to be automatically disseminated to all customs offices.
Type of information exchanged
(i) Customs authorities of OIC Member Countries should exchange guarantee data and
information; (ii) Use and exchange of unique identification number among CAs for transit
declaration are recommended.
ICT infrastructure
(i) Customs authorities of OIC Member Countries should use Single Window gateway to
exchange the information and data on a national and international level; (ii) Business Continuity
concept to ensure interrupted access to ongoing transit operations is recommended.
Guarantee according to risk level and guarantee waiver
(i) The guarantee amount should be calculated according to the risk level of transit operators;
(ii) Customs authorities of the OIC Member Countries should reduce the guarantee amount to
AEO authorization holders; (iii) For the goods that are identified as high risk the guarantee
waiver should not be applicable.
Calculation or estimation of the guaranteed amount
The guarantee should not exceed the highest rates of customs duties for import.
Comprehensive guarantees, comprehensive guarantee with a reduced amount of guarantee and
guarantee waiver
(i) Customs authorities of OIC Member Countries should develop a standard procedure for
granting a comprehensive guarantee with calculated guarantee amount on the basis of the
volume of transit operations; (ii) It is highly recommended for the customs administrations to
monitor the use of the comprehensive guarantee to avoid exceeding the reference amount of the
comprehensive guarantee; (iii) Customs authorities of OIC Member Countries shall reduce the
amount of the comprehensive guarantee taking into account sound finances and clear records
for the transit operators.
Forms of Guarantee
Customs authorities of OIC Member Countries should accept any form of guarantee
End of procedure and discharge of guarantee
(i) After termination of the customs transit procedure, the guarantee should be immediately
released; (ii) Customs authorities of OIC Member Countries should set up the rule that in case of
usage of the paper-based system, the discharge the guarantee should take a maximum of three
days.
Use of Customs convoys and Customs escorts or usage of transit guarantees
(i) Customs authorities of OIC Member Countries should set up the rule that in case when there
is a no other form of guarantee, the customs escort shall be used; (ii)Only in instances of high-
risk consignments, a customs escort may be considered for the use of active RFID (with GPS)
seals to monitoring the transit in real-time.
International/regional guarantee management and monitoring systems