The Federal Maritime Commission has posted comments by Commissioner Rebecca Dye on the implementation of the Ports of Los Angles and Long Beach Clean Truck Program (CTP), among other things, during the April 21, 2009 National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America Annual (NCBFAA) Conference.
On April 22, 2009, at the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America annual conference, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials announced that it will soon publish a Federal Register notice seeking participants for the Broker Self-Assessment pilot program (also referred to as the Broker Compliance Management program).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted nine frequently asked questions and answers on the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) validation process.
The European Commission recently adopted a regulation which sets a transitional period from July 1, 2009 to December 31, 2010 during which traders will have the option of submitting electronic entry or exit summary declarations on goods before they enter or leave the European Union. Unanticipated delays have occurred in the implementation process of electronic entry or exit summary declarations so that not all actors will be in a position to submit those declarations by July 1, 2009. During the transitional period, goods not declared in advance will be submitted to risk analysis after arrival or before departure of those goods. The regulation can be found here and here. (Press release, dated 04/02/09, available at http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEX/09/0402&format=HTML&aged=0&language=en&guiLanguage=en)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message reminding the trade of the projected date of April 12, 2009 for the implementation for two rules in the Batch & Block Control Chapter of the ACE ABI CATAIR1 that will need to be adhered to for all messages for six ABI application identifiers, or fatal errors will result.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted six informed compliance publications that were reviewed in March 2009 with no change.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message announcing that Web-based Training (WBT) for Multi-Modal Manifest and ESAR A2.2 is now available.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a revised version of its Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) minimum security for rail carriers.
LOS ANGELES -- Stronger legislation and enforcement have failed to curb global piracy, said Timothy Trainor of the Global Intellectual Property Strategy Center. Testifying Monday in Los Angeles before a special session of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Trainer urged the committee to provide more enforcement resources including additional officers in the field to try and combat the problem.
LOS ANGELES Stronger legislation and enforcement have failed to curb global piracy, said Timothy Trainor of the Global Intellectual Property Strategy Center. Testifying Monday in Los Angeles before a special session of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Trainer urged more enforcement resources including additional officers in the field to try and combat the problem.