제18959호                                         관                  보                      2017. 3. 2.(목요일)
2.2 Where a government agency of a Member already holds the original of such a document, any
    other agency of that Member shall accept a paper or electronic copy, where applicable, from
    the agency holding the original in lieu of the original document.
2.3 A Member shall not require an original or copy of export declarations submitted to the
    customs authorities of the exporting Member as a requirement for importation.11)
3. Use of International Standards
3.1 Members are encouraged to use relevant international standards or parts thereof as a basis
    for their import, export, or transit formalities and procedures, except as otherwise provided for
    in this Agreement.
3.2 Members are encouraged to take part, within the limits of their resources, in the preparation
    and periodic review of relevant international standards by appropriate international
    organizations.
3.3 The Committee shall develop procedures for the sharing by Members of relevant information,
    and best practices, on the implementation of international standards, as appropriate.
The Committee may also invite relevant international organizations to discuss their work on
international standards. As appropriate, the Committee may identify specific standards that are of
particular value to Members.
4. Single Window
4.1 Members shall endeavour to establish or maintain a single window, enabling traders to
    submit documentation and/or data requirements for importation, exportation, or transit of
    goods through a single entry point to the participating authorities or agencies. After the
    examination by the participating authorities or agencies of the documentation and/or data, the
    results shall be notified to the applicants through the single window in a timely manner.
4.2 In cases where documentation and/or data requirements have already been received through
    the single window, the same documentation and/or data requirements shall not be requested
    by participating authorities or agencies except in urgent circumstances and other limited
    exceptions which are made public.
4.3 Members shall notify the Committee of the details of operation of the single window.
4.4 Members shall, to the extent possible and practicable, use information technology to support
the single window.
5. Preshipment Inspection
5.1 Members shall not require the use of preshipment inspections in relation to tariff classification
    and customs valuation.
5.2 Without prejudice to the rights of Members to use other types of preshipment inspection not
    covered by paragraph 5.1, Members are encouraged not to introduce or apply new
    requirements regarding their use.12)
11) Nothing in this paragraph precludes a Member from requiring documents such as certificates, permits or licenses as a
requirement for the importation of controlled or regulated goods.
12) This paragraph refers to preshipment inspections covered by the Agreement on Preshipment Inspection, and does not preclude
preshipment inspections for sanitary and phytosanitary purposes.
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