Improving the Border Agency Cooperation
Among the OIC Member States for Facilitating Trade
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ANNEX A. BORDER CONTROL TASKS (BY CBRA)
Border control tasks typically relevant for all trade commodities:
 Calculation and collection of indirect border taxes
o customs duties
o sales / value added taxes
o excise taxes
 Calculation and collection of other import, transit and export fees and taxes (e.g.
environmental fee at export)
 Compilation of trade statistics
Border control tasks relevant for specific commodities:
 Control of import quota restricted products
 Calculation and granting of export subsidies
 Control of product safety, conformity of goods and trading standards
 Control of food, drinks, cigarettes, pharmaceuticals (including for general health and
safety purposes)
 Control of energy related materials and products (e.g. oil and coal, could be for export
taxation purposes etc.)
 Enforcement of intellectual property rights and fight against copyright infringements
and anti-counterfeit
 Control of plant diseases, pests and extraneous species (i.e., phytosanitary controls)
 Animal quarantine and controls (i.e. veterinary controls, including pet controls)
 Control of any biohazards (including deliberate ones)
 Control of CITES protected species (i.e. endangered fauna and flora)
 Control of natural resources under license requirements, harvesting quotas etc.
(including specific fish, wood, minerals, diamonds etc.)
 Control of cultural artifacts (stolen / looted, and/or illicitly traded)
 Control of any stolen goods (including vehicles, machinery, cargo etc.)
 Fight against drugs and illicit narcotics trafficking (including pre-cursors)
 Control of waste flows (including those in the Basel Convention on transboundary
movements)
 Control of dual use and strategic goods
 Control of dangerous goods / hazardous materials
 Control of explosives and weapons:
o explosives (including pre-cursors)
o small arms and light weapons
o defense / war materials
 Control of nuclear and radioactive materials
Other border agency control areas:
 Conveyance and cargo transport security and safety controls:
o for maritime, including sea ports
o for aviation, including airports
o other modes: road, rail, inland waterways etc.
 Traveler, crew and immigration controls:
o visa and passport controls
o trafficking of human beings and people smuggling