Status Report / Request Standard Package
The tracking of a consignment, goods or transport equipment is imperative to a success of a supply chain operation, accurate and timely status updates allow the Consignor and Consignee to plan and manage the flow and timing, identifying exceptions early on so that risk and disruption can be minimised. The status reporting processes can cover ad-hoc reporting (request) or contractual reporting (subscription).
The Equipment Status Report package includes the following elements:
The Consignment Status Report package includes the following elements:
Export Packing List Standard Package
The Cross-Industry Export Packing List process has been compiled within the context of the United Nations Development Account (UNDA) coronavirus (COVID-19) response project “Transport and Trade Connectivity in the Age of Pandemics”, with a view to increase the harmonization and standardization of data exchange in international transport, trade and logistics to reduce person-to-person contacts during the COVID-19 crisis and in the post-pandemic recovery.
The Export Packing List Standard package includes the following elements:
RASFF (Rapid Alert for Security of Food and Feed) Standard Package
The Rapid Alert for Food & Feed (RASFF) Process has been compiled using the RASFF system and process of the European Commission and European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) as a base, with contributions of the Dutch Food Safety Authority and other relevant organisations. The generic design is offering Control Authorities in the domain of Health and Food Safety and other authorities (such as Customs)the opportunity to contextualize the information by using the UN/CEFACT Core Component Business Document Assembly (CCBDA) methodology.
The RASFF Standard package includes the following elements:
eCMR Standard package
The Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) was developed in 1956. This convention standardizes contractual and carrier liability conditions of transporting goods by road in vehicles for reward if the origin and destination are in two different countries, and at least one of the countries is a contracting party. It has been acceded to by 55 states around the world, thus making the use of the CMR obligatory in these countries. In 1976, the International Road Union introduced a United Nations Layout Key aligned CMR Note template in cooperation with the International Chamber of Commerce. This road consignment note template was updated in 2007 and is now used by most, if not all, parties to contracts of carriage in CMR contracting countries.
Review: Harmonization of border crossing procedures in SPECA Countries
The exponential growth of cross-border movements of goods often pushes States to develop more effective border management procedures implemented at border-crossing points (BCPs). Issues related to the facilitation of border-crossing procedures (time and documentary formalities) are of particular relevance to the countries participating in the United Nations Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA) (Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan), through which important transit corridors run between the global trading centres in East Asia and Europe.
The Impact of COVID-19 Induced Non-Tariff Measures on SPECA Countries’ trade Patterns
This assessment was prepared pursuant the Governing Council of the United Nations Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA) - Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The decision stipulates preparing a study on regulatory and procedural barriers to trade in the sub-region, as per the “Concept Note for a Study on Regulatory and Procedural Barriers to Trade in the SPECA Subregion”.
The assessment also forms part of UNECE’s rapid COVID-19 response within the context of the United Nations Development Account project “Transport and Trade Connectivity in the Age of Pandemics: UN solutions for contactless, seamless and collaborative transport and trade”.