Improving the Border Agency Cooperation
Among the OIC Member States for Facilitating Trade
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 To exchange information on the existing or any amendment adopted in the national
rules and regulations on risk management, and its implementation.
 To collect and exchange statistical data on the performance of the application of their
risk analysis, results of their inspections and of selection criteria in the clearance of
goods.
 To share best practices in risk management, especially in relation to its
implementation, training of staff, administrative organization and decision making
processes, intra-agency, inter-agency and cross-border cooperation.
 To cooperate, assist and discuss experiences on legal reform to be adopted by the
CEFTA parties in the context of relevant EU integration process.
 To discuss the implementation of regional or national projects in the field of or which
may have a direct impact on customs risks management, in particular EU financed
project on Systematic Electronic Exchange of Data (SEED), with an aim to develop
common regional positions regarding the issues deemed to increase the relevance,
efficiency, effectiveness, and impact of the projects concerned for risk management.
 To cooperate and exchange information regarding the smooth implementation of trade
facilitation related provisions of CEFTA.
2) Explore possibilities for creating and applying joint risk profiles:
 To prepare a work program for activities to create and apply joint risk profiles for
risks which are deemed common throughout the region.
 To discuss common risks in the field of customs, and suitable action to cope with those
common risks.
 If justified according to the point above, to initiate the preparation process for
developing joint profiles.
 Give priority to developing non-risk areas on which a number of low risk profiles could
be created in order to facilitate the regional trade through simplification of procedures
and reduce the formalities.
 To encourage the widespread implementation of risk analysis based inspections
throughout the CEFTA region by all governmental authorities involved in clearance of
goods. 179
The Protocol 5 on Trade Facilitation makes explicit reference to the analysis that includes joint
operation of controls and mutual exchange of risk analysis results. The provision for
cooperation with other agencies under Protocol 5 will be implemented in national level first
before proceeding to the regional or international level. 180
Sharing of customs intelligence
As part of the association and stabilization agreements - the protocol 6 on customs matters -
Albania exchanges information with the European Union officials on customs invoices and
consignments, in the context of ”suspicious shipments”. 181
179 Decision of the Joint Committee of CEFTA 2006, 2015.
180 Albanian Customs expert interview, 2016
181 The General Albanian Customs Directorate expert interview, 2016