Lao People's Democratic Republic
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7.7.1
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7.7.2 (a) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (i), (ii)
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7.7.3 (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g)
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7.7.4
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7.7.5
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7.7.6
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| Indicative date of implementation | 31 December 2022 |
| Definitive date of implementation | 31 December 2024 |
| Assistance required for implementation | International TA for Customs to help in the capacity building of its officials, especially to organize a field visit of select number of officials to a country with developed scheme of Authorized Economic Operators (AEO) and Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRA) collaborations, such as South Korea, Thailand, New Zealand or India. |
| Donor / Agency |
World Bank, International Finance Corporation, World Customs Organization |
| Progress reported |
24 August 2022 — G/TFA/N/LAO/3/Rev.1Lao Customs has already launched an Authorized Economic Operators (AEO) program with the assistance of WB (IFC) and has also conducted rigorous training of its staff with the WCO help recently. It however requires continued support in capacity building of its staff and the private sector for developing a robust system of AEO regime.The WB under the Lao PDR's Competitiveness & Trade Project (LCTP) has provided following support: 1. Legal & procedural changes in customs for an effective AEO scheme. 2. Development of detailed guidelines for processing of applications and validation of AEOs. Due to fund constraints, WB support is limited and hence, support of development partners/WTO is required for the following activities: (a) Revising the scheme for tier based AEO program as not many economic operators are attracted to join the scheme due to its stringent qualifying criteria for validation. (b) Capacity building of Customs staff for conducting AEO validation and development of Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRAs) on AEOs. (c) Awareness generation of the private sector for developing voluntary compliance to AEO requirements. 19 March 2021 — G/TFA/N/LAO/3Lao Customs has already launched an Authorized Economic Operators (AEO) program with the assistance of WB (IFC) and has also conducted rigorous training of its staff with the WCO help recently. It however requires continued support in capacity building of its staff and the private sector for developing a robust system of AEO regime.The WB under the Lao PDR’s Competitiveness & Trade Project (LCTP) has assured to provide following support: 1. Legal & procedural changes in customs for an effective AEO scheme 2. Development of detailed guidelines for processing of applications and validation of AEOs However, due to fund constraints, WB support is limited and hence, support of development partners/WTO is required for the following activities beyond 2020: (a) Capacity building of Customs staff for conducting AEO validation and development of Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRAs) on AEOs (b) Awareness generation of the private sector for developing voluntary compliance to AEO requirements |