Facilitating Trade:
Improving Customs Risk Management Systems
In the OIC Member States
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Challenge 4: Establishment of a legal basis for the exchange of security-related
information of high-risk consignments; The Customs Code and its Implementing Regulation
does not provide an adequate legal basis for the exchange of security-related information on
high-risk consignments. In particular:
 Security-related information is not provided before arrival or departure of the goods;
 Customs Code does not contain the requisite safeguards to support data exchange with
other countries as per the requirements of the WCO SAFE Framework;
 The data elements/schema is not defined;
 There is a no supportive IT system for regular (real-time) data exchange.
Challenge 5: Legal basis for customs and trade partnership programmes for AEOs. The
legal basis for customs and trade partnership programmes for Authorized Economic Operators
should be established (e.g., authority for granting authorizations, application process,
requirements and criteria for economic operators).
The legal basis that will confer the CAs powers – regarding trade partnership programmes for
AEOs and use the CRM as the basis for simplification and trade facilitation for non-risky traders,
transporters and shipments is required. CAs need to have the authority to grant authorizations,
to define the application process, the requirements and criteria for low-risk economic operators
to use simplified procedures (AEOs). 30 out of 57 OIC MS have not implemented the AEO
concept, 3 MS are currently developing the AEO concept, and 24 MS have fully implemented it82.
The main obstacles to implementing the AEO concept are:
 There are no AEO guidelines in place;
 There are no AEO validation processes;
 To encourage the traders to apply to the security systems and practices;
 No authority has been designated (or resourced) for receiving, auditing and granting
AEO authorizations.
Challenge 6: Legal basis for international cooperation/exchange of information ; The CRM
cannot ensure efficient operations unless there is a legal base and support for internal (within
the CA) and external (with other GA, other CA and international organizations) exchange of
information. Legal provisions do not encourage the Customs to exchange information on local,
national, and regional/international level. National legislation needs to allow the exchange of
information with national and international agencies.
Challenge 7: Relationship between Customs and other Border Management Agencies;
Modern CRM Systems and TF activities at border crossing points cannot succeed unless OGAs
and other border agencies are integrated into the cross-border process. The Study on SW in OIC
MS shows that the OIC MS CA do not cooperate effectively with other border agencies. This leads
to duplication of effort and unproductive delays. Only eight in 34 analyzed OIC MS have fully
implemented legislation framework for cooperation between border agencies, while 21 have
made partial progress, leaving one MS at the planning stage. Four OIC MS have not started
implementing such a legislative framework.
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package/aeo-compendium-2017.pdf?db=web and OIC MS CAs websites