The World Customs Organization was founded on January 26, 1953 and is headquartered in Brussels. It represents 187 customs administrations covering more than 98 percent of international trade, and its work includes developing international conventions, instruments, and tools on commodity classification, customs valuation, rules of origin, revenue collection, supply chain security, trade facilitation, and enforcement against smuggling and counterfeiting; it maintains the Harmonized System goods nomenclature and administers technical aspects of World Trade Organization agreements.
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This work of ECUSG led to the adoption in 1950 of the Convention establishing the Customs Co-operation Council (CCC), which was signed in Brussels. On 26 January 1953 the CCC's inaugural session took place with the participation of 17 founding members.
World Customs Organization article, lead section
The World Customs Organization (WCO; French: Organisation mondiale des douanes, OMD) is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.
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The WCO maintains the international Harmonized System (HS) goods nomenclature, and administers the technical aspects of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreements on Customs Valuation and Rules of Origin.
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is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.
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