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SBF Workshop On "ASEAN Customs Transit Systerm - Towards Free Movement Of Goods"
Date : 8 Jul 2009, Wed
Time : 8.45 am - 1.00 pm
Venue : SBF Seminar Room 2
(21st Floor, Keppel Towers)
Fee per pax (incl GST) : Free for SBF Members
Non Members - S$53.50


For Non-Members who wish to register for SBF events,
please contact SBF at 6827 6877
The ASEAN countries are close to agreement on the implementation of an International Customs Transit System. The objective is to ease current procedures for moving goods to and from and through the border posts, ports and airports of the ASEAN countries.

Such a system will provide a simplified but controlled environment for the movement of goods from, e.g., Vietnam through Thailand and Malaysia to and from Singapore. It is a main pillar towards the ASEAN Economic Community, to be established by 2015, where goods must move freely if the single market and production base is to work.

The ASEAN countries are assisted in their efforts by the ASEAN-EU Programme for Regional Integration Support - Phase II (APRIS II). In collaboration with APRIS II, SBF is organising a workshop to brief companies involved in the movement of goods across the ASEAN region as these companies will need to have a clear understanding of what is planned in terms of operational customs practice.

Two experts from the ASEAN-EU team, Mr Gordon Linington and Mr Des Grimble, will brief the business community on the proposals and the position reached so far in the drive towards the free movement of goods within the ASEAN region. The experts will be available after the workshop to meet companies wishing to learn more of the precise details.

Time Programme
8.45 am Registration
9.00 am Welcome Remarks by Singapore Business Federation
9.05 am Customs Transit in the Regional Integration Environment
- by ASEAN-EU team for APRIS II

This session sets out the relevance of Customs Transit to the implementation of an integrated customs environment as the basis for the ASEAN Economic Community and Single Market and the basic principles of an international transit system
10.15 am Coffee break
10.45 am Basic principles of the ASEAN Customs Transit System (ACTS)

  • The international guarantee
  • Risk management principles
  • The computerised system network
  • Simplified procedures for traders with good revenue records

    - by ASEAN-EU team for APRIS II

    This session sets out how the main features of the ASEAN System will work. Q & A session
    • 12.00 nn Lunch
    13.00 pm End
    Administrative Details

    For SBF Members
    • Please fax registration form to register. Registration is on a first-come first-served basis.

    • Confirmation of registration will be emailed to the company. Admission shall be allowed only upon presentation of the confirmation email from SBF.
    For Non-Member
    • Please make cheque payable to "Singapore Business Federation" and mail together with the registration form to SBF. Please indicate the Ref No. and company's name at the back of the cheque.

    • No withdrawal upon registration, but a replacement is allowed. No refund will be made for cancellation or non-attendance. Full fees will be charged for cancellation and non-attendance.
    Ref No: ASEA 109/080709/06W
    REGISTRATION FORM - Attn: MR Dept – Celest or Su Ling
    Fax: 6734 0610 / 6827 6801
    Closing date: 6 July 2009

    NOTE : As a precautionary measure, our advice is for members who are unwell not to attend the session.
    Registration


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