30th Anniversary of the Customs Cooperation Council
The origins of the Customs Cooperation Council (CCD) date back to the end of the 1940s. In a joint declaration made in Paris on September 12, 1947, 13 governments represented within the Committee for European Economic Cooperation had considered the possibility of establishing, between European countries, one or more customs unions.
A customs committee was created in 1948 with the mission of comparing the customs techniques of various countries with a view to standardizing them. This committee focuses more particularly on the establishment of a unified tariff nomenclature and the adoption of a common definition of customs value.
Three conventions were signed in Brussels on December 15, 1950: the convention on the nomenclature for the classification of goods in customs tariffs, the convention on the customs value of goods and the convention establishing the CCD which entered into force on November 4, 1952.
The convention establishing the CCD entered into force on November 4, 1952, and the Council met for the first time on January 26, 1953. The CCD, which began as a small European organization, has grown into an international organization with a worldwide reach and reach.
Currently made up of 94 members representing the contracting parties to the convention, the CCD aims in particular to ensure the harmonization and uniformity of customs regimes and more especially to study the problems inherent in the development and progress of customs technology.
Algeria has been a contracting party to the Convention creating the CCD since December 19, 1966. It participates actively and regularly in all the work undertaken by the Council. Algeria is also a contracting party to 10 international conventions out of the 14 currently created by the CCD. Algeria was elected for the second time a member of the General Policy Commission of the Customs Cooperation Council and serves as vice-chair of the Nomenclature Committee.
A customs committee was created in 1948 with the mission of comparing the customs techniques of various countries with a view to standardizing them. This committee focuses more particularly on the establishment of a unified tariff nomenclature and the adoption of a common definition of customs value.
Three conventions were signed in Brussels on December 15, 1950: the convention on the nomenclature for the classification of goods in customs tariffs, the convention on the customs value of goods and the convention establishing the CCD which entered into force on November 4, 1952.
The convention establishing the CCD entered into force on November 4, 1952, and the Council met for the first time on January 26, 1953. The CCD, which began as a small European organization, has grown into an international organization with a worldwide reach and reach.
Currently made up of 94 members representing the contracting parties to the convention, the CCD aims in particular to ensure the harmonization and uniformity of customs regimes and more especially to study the problems inherent in the development and progress of customs technology.
Algeria has been a contracting party to the Convention creating the CCD since December 19, 1966. It participates actively and regularly in all the work undertaken by the Council. Algeria is also a contracting party to 10 international conventions out of the 14 currently created by the CCD. Algeria was elected for the second time a member of the General Policy Commission of the Customs Cooperation Council and serves as vice-chair of the Nomenclature Committee.