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GAC participates in Customs Union Authority of GCC States meeting

Published: 15 Apr 2020 - 08:57 am | Last Updated: 06 Nov 2021 - 06:28 pm

The Peninsula

The General Authority of Customs (GAC) participated in the 23rd meeting of the Customs Union Authority of the GCC States. The meeting was held via visual communication to discuss the current situation of the public health.
The Chairman of General Authority of Customs, Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Jamal, and a number of officials of the Authority attended the meeting.
The meeting discussed several issues, among them the follow-up to the implementation of the decision of Their Excellencies Ministers of Trade of the GCC countries in their extraordinary meeting held on April 2, on the economic repercussions of coronavirus, and ways to facilitate the movement of goods between the GCC countries during the coming period,  in addition to the completion of the requirements of the customs union.
During the meeting, they agreed to study the amendments submitted by the State of Qatar related to the existing customs law. They also discussed the results and recommendations of the committees’ meetings related to a number of customs issues, including customs procedures and computers, transfer of customs fees, the coordinated system, in addition of discussing some international customs agreements emanating from the World Customs Organization, and other topics on the agenda.
The meeting comes within the periodic meetings with the participation of the Gulf customs authorities, which were held for the first time remotely due to health precautions to limit the spread of the coronavirus. 
Such meetings are important in increasing cooperation between the GCC countries in all customs areas and in relation to import and export mechanisms and other topics and projects related to international trade and joint regulatory procedures between the Gulf countries.