The Advisory Council
Form of Cooperation and
Partnership between Customs
and Business
13th June 2015, Skopje
Establishing
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30 January 2009
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Memorandum of Cooperation and Partnership
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Memorandum for establishing an Advisory Council
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Forum and a manner for establishing and
enhancement of the mutual cooperation and partner
relations
Members
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Customs administration
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Economic Chamber of Macedonia
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Macedonian Chambers of Commerce
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Economic Chamber of North-Western Macedonia
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Association of Macedonian Enterprises for Road International Transport
“Makedonija Soobrakaj” (A.M.E.R.I.T)
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Economic Chamber's Freight Forwarders Group
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American Chamber of Commerce in Macedonia
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Textile Trade Association-Textile cluster
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MASIT - ICT Chamber of Commerce
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Dutch Chamber of Commerce in Macedonia
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Macedonian – Bulgarian chamber of commerce
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The Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry
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Macedonian – Turkish Chamber of commerce
Basic Principles
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Promoting partnership between the
Customs Administration and the business
community
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Ensuring high level of trade security and
facilitation
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Modernization of the customs procedures
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Training and education activities
Main Duties
Consideration and reviewing of relevant issues
and problems in the customs domain
 Proposing measures for overcoming and
resolving the problems
 Helping in preparation of new customs and
administrative regulations
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Manners of cooperation –
Goals of the Advisory Council
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Exchange of information among the members
Cooperation to determine the customs policy
Training on customs policy and education of the
participants
Cooperation and partnership in projects and
initiatives for the purpose of facilitating trade
and transportation
Decision making and reaching conclusions
Activities of the Advisory Council
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Review of current issues and problems in
the scope of customs operations
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Proposing measures to overcome open
issues and problems
Providing opinions in the process of
preparation of acts and
administrative regulations
Review of the proposed amendments to the Customs
Law, the Law on customs tariffs and other Laws
 Review of the proposed amendments to the By-laws
and Rulebooks
 Review of the proposed internal operational
instructions of the Customs Administration
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Results achieved
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A total conclusions reached with a high level of
realization
Trainings conducted for the customs officers:
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TIR certificates
CEMT licenses
CMR
Law on road traffic
Professional standards of the World
Customs Organization
- Strategy and training for the customs officers
Results achieved
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Workshops and presentations held for the business
community:
− - Implementation of the one-stop shop system EXIM
− - CEMT licenses
− - TIR certificates
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Continuous promotion of the facilitations in the
conducting of the customs regulations for the
business community
Ongoing and planned activities
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Organization of meetings and cooperation with the
business community at the regional level
Organizing trainings for all the participants in the
customs operations
Intensifying the application of simplified procedures
Undertaking initiatives with the purpose of
elimination of non-tariff barriers in the pre-customs
procedure
Awarding Certificates of Gratitude
to the members of the
Advisory Council
by the World Customs
Organizations
Thank you for your attention