Customs services workshop opens in Tbilisi.

TBILISI, July 28 (Itar-Tass) -- A two-day customs workshop opened in
Tbilisi, Georgia, on Wednesday, July 27, as part of the Eastern
Partnership (EaP) Programme.
The workshop was organised by the Polish Customs with the
organisational support of Georgian Customs. The meeting's participants,
representatives of EU membership administrations and the Eastern
Partnership countries, will have debate on the customs services'
activities in the EU and EaP countries which is aimed at addressing
convergence of law and practices in the customs area.
Exchange of best practices and knowledge gathering on the level of
convergence of customs legislation and customs practices of the EaP
countries to the EU solutions, will let to set priorities and strategic
actions being implemented by the countries of the EaP with the support of
EU member states and the European Commission.
The main areas of interest are: transit procedures, facilitation and
simplification of border controls, mechanisms for improvement in the area
of cooperation between border services and application of the management
techniques in information, risk, random and targeted control. An important
element is at the same time creating a transparent and fair functioning of
the customs services in the EaP countries in order to improve conditions
of customs clearance and of the smooth flow of cross-border traffic and to
facilitate trade.