Chairmanship of Bosnia and Herzegovina of the CEFTA Subcommittee on Customs and Rules of Origin in 2012

The objective of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s chairmanship program is to promote simplification of the customs procedures with a view to facilitating trade without undermining the importance of smooth functioning of diagonal cumulation between the CEFTA Parties.

Having taken into account the multiannual priorities determined last year, Bosnia and Herzegovina considers that taking the following actions that can be classified under 4 different components would serve the overall objective above.

ACTIVITIES PLANNED UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP

1. Facilitating trade through simplification of customs procedures

           1.1. Information exchange between customs authorities

           1.2. Information exchange between customs authorities and other government agencies

           1.3. Information exchange between customs authorities and private sector

2. Reviewing implementation of CEFTA Origin Protocol

           2.1. Explanatory notes of CEFTA Origin Protocol

           2.2. Following up on the developments of the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean Process

3. Initiating the preparation of regional training programs for the CEFTA customs authorities    

4. Promoting the level of strategic administrative cooperation between the CEFTA customs authorities

            CALENDAR OF EVENTS

MEETING/EVENT	DATE
CEFTA Customs Risk Analysis Experts Network Meeting	April 2012
CEFTA Workshop for the Preparation of Business Process Maps	May 2012
CEFTA Origin Network Meeting	June 2012
CEFTA Subcommittee on Customs and Rules of Origin (1st meeting)	May 2012
CEFTA Strategic Administrative Cooperation Meeting	September 2012
CEFTA Subcommittee on Customs and Rules of Origin (2nd meeting)	September 2012
CEFTA Workshop on Regional AEO	September 2012

Work Programe can be downloaded here.