Considerations on COM(2014)106 - EU position in the EU-China Joint Customs Cooperation Committee regarding mutual recognition of the AEO Programme in the EU and the MCME Program in China

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dossier COM(2014)106 - EU position in the EU-China Joint Customs Cooperation Committee regarding mutual recognition of the AEO Programme in the EU ...
document COM(2014)106 EN
date February 26, 2014
 
(1) The Agreement between the European Community and the People’s Republic of China (China) on co-operation and mutual administrative assistance in customs matters (hereinafter referred to as the CCMAAA) entered into force on 1 April 2005.

(2) Pursuant to Article 6 of the CCMAAA, the Contracting Parties undertake to develop customs cooperation on all matters relating to the application of customs legislation; they also undertake to develop trade facilitation actions in customs matters.

(3) Mutual recognition of trade partnership programmes, namely the Authorised Economic Operator Programme in the European Union (Union) and the Measures on Classified Management of Enterprises Program in China enhances supply chain security and safety as well as facilitates international trade, by allowing the Parties to provide facilitative benefits to economic operators which have invested in compliance and secured their part of the international supply chain, and which have been certified under their respective trade partnership programmes.

(4) It is therefore appropriate to establish mutual recognition of the trade partnership programmes.

(5) Mutual recognition is to be established by a decision of the EU-China Joint Customs Cooperation Committee (JCCC) which was set up under Article 21 of the CCMAAA.

(6) The Union should therefore take position in the JCCC as set out in the attached draft decision.