Compendium of Authorized Economic Operator Programmes 2014 edition Compliance and Facilitation Directorate 1 Contents CONTENTS ..................................................................................................................................................................... 2 ABSTRACT ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................................................................................... 8 AEO DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WCO REGIONS ....................................................................................................... 9 I. OPERATIONAL AEO PROGRAMMES AND AEO PROGRAMMES TO BE LAUNCHED ........................... 12 A. OPERATIONAL AEO PROGRAMMES ..................................................................................................................................... 13 1. WCO Americas and Caribbean Region ................................................................................................................... 13 a) Argentina ............................................................................................................................................................................. 13 b) Canada ................................................................................................................................................................................ 15 c) Colombia ............................................................................................................................................................................. 18 d) Costa Rica .......................................................................................................................................................................... 20 e) Dominican Republic .......................................................................................................................................................... 22 f) Guatemala ............................................................................................................................................................................ 24 g) Mexico .................................................................................................................................................................................. 26 h) Peru ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 28 i) USA ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 29 2. WCO Middle East and Northern Africa Region ....................................................................................................... 31 a) Jordan.................................................................................................................................................................................. 31 3. WCO East and Southern Africa Region ................................................................................................................... 33 a) Kenya .................................................................................................................................................................................. 33 b) Uganda ................................................................................................................................................................................ 35 4. WCO Asia Pacific Region ........................................................................................................................................ 37 a) China ................................................................................................................................................................................... 37 b) Hong Kong, China .............................................................................................................................................................. 39 c) India ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 40 d) Japan .................................................................................................................................................................................... 42 e) Korea .................................................................................................................................................................................... 43 f) Malaysia ............................................................................................................................................................................... 45 g) New Zealand ....................................................................................................................................................................... 47 h) Singapore.............................................................................................................................................................................. 49 i) Thailand .............................................................................................................................................................................. 51 5. WCO Europe Region ............................................................................................................................................... 53 a) EU ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 53 b) Israel ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 55 c) Norway ................................................................................................................................................................................. 56 d) Switzerland ........................................................................................................................................................................... 58 e) Turkey.................................................................................................................................................................................. 60 B. AEO PROGRAMMES TO BE LAUNCHED ................................................................................................................................. 61 1. WCO Americas and Caribbean Region ................................................................................................................... 62 a) Chile ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 62 b) Ecuador ............................................................................................................................................................................... 63 c) El Salvador ......................................................................................................................................................................... 64 d) Uruguay ............................................................................................................................................................................... 65 2. WCO Middle East and Northern Africa Region ....................................................................................................... 67 a) Morocco .............................................................................................................................................................................. 67 b) Tunisia ................................................................................................................................................................................. 71 2 3. WCO East and Southern Africa Region ................................................................................................................... 74 a) Botswana ............................................................................................................................................................................ 74 b) Seychelles .......................................................................................................................................................................... 75 4. WCO Asia Pacific Region ........................................................................................................................................ 78 a) Indonesia ............................................................................................................................................................................ 78 5. WCO Europe Region ............................................................................................................................................... 79 a) Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia .....................................................................................................................