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ISO TC 154, UN-TDED JMA, Regional Organizations Cooperation Mechanism for Trade Facilitation (ROC-TF) Single Windows and Supply Chains in the Next Decade UNCEFACT, UNESCAP, ECOSOC,

TC 154 Processes, data elements and documents in commerce, industry and administration Secretary: Mr. Maarten Peelen Chairperson: Mr Klaus-Dieter Naujok (Germany) until end 2016 Mr. Maarten Peelen

Scope International standardization and registration of business, and administration processes and supporting data used for information interchange between and within individual organizations and support for standardization activities in the field of industrial data. Development and maintenance of application specific meta standards for: – process specification (in the absence of development by other technical committees); – data specification with content; – forms-layout (paper / electronic). Development and maintenance of standards for: – process identification (in the absence of development by other technical committees); – data identification. – Maintenance of the EDIFACT-Syntax.

ISO 7372/UNECE TDED Joint Maintenance Agency The Trade Data Elements Directory (TDED) is also known as the United Nations Trade Data Elements Directory (UNTDED) and as the International Standard ISO 7372 The JMA, as authorized by the UNECE WP.4 and by the ISO Council

Role of the Joint Maintenance Agency To add to or to eliminate data elements from TDED and to assign numeric identifiers (tags) in accordance with the rules provided in Section 5 of TDED; To inform interested parties appropriately of such changes, etc.; To prepare periodically and disseminate amendment sheets to users in order to allow proper up-dating of TDED; To establish as required, in the normal course of work, additional rules for the practical application of the principles for: – selecting data elements and assigning them a name and a numeric identifier (tag); – grouping data elements into broad categories; the presentation of standard data elements and their use for international trade information interchange

Regional Organizations Cooperation Mechanism for Trade Facilitation (ROC-TF) Improve the effectiveness of the existing regional/subregional cooperation initiatives and identify synergies among them, Organizations: ADB, APEC Secretariat, Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Secretariat, ESCAP Secretariat, WCO Regional Office, AFACT, the Oceania Customs Organisation Secretariat (OCO) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

Single Windows and Supply Chains in the Next Decade Single Window implementation Cross-border information exchange An enabling legal environment New approaches for information sharing in global trade supply chains for security, trust and efficiency

UNCEFACT Rapporteur for Asia, UNCEFACT Vice Chair

UNESCAP UNNEXT ARTNET Asia-Pacific Trade Facilitation Forum,

UN ECOSOC Consultative Status with ECOSOC and other accreditations International, regional and national NGOs, non-profit public or voluntary organizations are eligible to obtain consultative status. There are three categories of status: General, special and roster consultative status.

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