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How to enjoy Simplification,<br />
and benefit our Specialism<br />
Meeting: EUROCHAMBRES trade forum 2005<br />
Location: Menthon Saint Bernard<br />
Date: April 22 nd 2005<br />
Presentation by: Th. van de Velde
WELCOME<br />
Theo van de Velde<br />
<strong>Chamber</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Commerce</strong> <strong>Rotterdam</strong><br />
tvelde@rotterdam.kvk.nl<br />
Tel.: 06 136 538 96
About this presentation…<br />
1. Structure <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chamber</strong>s <strong>of</strong> <strong>Commerce</strong> in The Netherlands<br />
2. Core competents <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Rotterdam</strong> Ch <strong>of</strong> C.<br />
3. Quality and training programs concerning<br />
Exportdocuments<br />
4. Costs <strong>of</strong> Documents<br />
5. Procedures<br />
6. Practice <strong>of</strong> simplicity<br />
7. Examples <strong>of</strong> conflicting simplification rules<br />
8. Future<br />
9. Helpdesk <strong>Eurochambres</strong><br />
10. Help me ! !
The Netherlands - Facts & Figures<br />
‣ 42.000 km 2<br />
‣ Population: 15,5 million<br />
‣ Labour force: 6,6 million<br />
‣ Approx. 500,000 businesses<br />
‣ GNP: € 314 billion
Dutch <strong>Chamber</strong>s <strong>of</strong> <strong>Commerce</strong><br />
facts and figures<br />
Site www.kvk.nl => 1 mio visitors per month<br />
Pageviews => 6 mio per month<br />
Electronic newsletters => 40,000 subscribers<br />
Digital brochures => 70,000 per year<br />
Visitors at our <strong>of</strong>fices => 375,000 per year<br />
Seminars => 35,000 participants per year<br />
Magazine => 700,000 per month<br />
(largest B2B-medium in Holland)<br />
Certificates <strong>of</strong> origin =><br />
500,000 per year
Mission Statement<br />
We <strong>of</strong>fer companies, especially SME’s, "boundless"<br />
assistance with regard to their international<br />
ambitions by means <strong>of</strong>:<br />
• pr<strong>of</strong>essional support<br />
• state-<strong>of</strong>-the-art products and services<br />
• (inter)national networks<br />
taking into consideration<br />
• regional as well as global economic developments<br />
• business environment
Strong market position<br />
Dutch <strong>Chamber</strong>s <strong>of</strong> <strong>Commerce</strong><br />
• Total awareness: 92%<br />
• 54% have used the <strong>Chamber</strong> in<br />
connection with International Trade<br />
• 80% are (very) satisfied with the products<br />
and services <strong>of</strong>fered
Portals to business<br />
1. B-to-B: the Traderegister<br />
2. Portal to businessinformation<br />
3. Setting up shop<br />
4. Gateway to international business<br />
5. Lobby to public authorities and vice versa
Portal to business 4<br />
‘Gateway to international business’:<br />
• use relations <strong>of</strong> ethnic entrepreneurs with countries <strong>of</strong><br />
origin (Turkey, Morocco, Surinam, Cape Verde and Dutch<br />
Antilles) in a positive manner;<br />
• give information on threats and opportunities <strong>of</strong><br />
outsourcing in a pro-active way;<br />
• orientation on the new neighbours <strong>of</strong> the EU (Ukraine,<br />
Russia, Romania, Turkey, etc.)<br />
• <strong>Rotterdam</strong> Trade Dinner & Dutch Trade Board
Global<br />
Network<br />
• Embassies / Consulates<br />
• Local governments<br />
• Branch organisations<br />
• Enterprises<br />
• Financial institutions<br />
• Consultants
EXPORTDOCUMENTS & TRADE POLICY<br />
• Advice on trade & customs-regulations:<br />
• Import/export/transit prescriptions<br />
• Import duties (EU and other countries)<br />
• Customs law<br />
• Tariff-contingency<br />
• Trade Agreements<br />
• Issuing authority:<br />
• Certificates <strong>of</strong> Origin<br />
• Declarations and legalisation<br />
• Carnets ATA<br />
• Involved issue Eur-1 certificates cates
Issuing tasks<br />
• Certificates <strong>of</strong> origin<br />
• Movement certificates<br />
• Legalisation<br />
• Declarations<br />
• Carnets ATA
Quality and training programs<br />
• courses<br />
• instructions<br />
• information letters<br />
• audits<br />
• helpdesk (national)
Costs for issuing documents<br />
<strong>Chamber</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Commerce</strong> <strong>Rotterdam</strong><br />
Certificate <strong>of</strong><br />
Origin<br />
€ 15,-- On line raises the<br />
cost<br />
EUR-1 € 15,-- Only in<br />
The Netherlands<br />
Legalisation € 10,-- * Against cost price<br />
ATA<br />
€175,--*Increased with<br />
CWF, insurance,<br />
papercosts<br />
Shall we compare costs and services
BUDGET RECEIPT<br />
13%<br />
budget: > € 23 million<br />
26%<br />
61%<br />
Contribution registers Products/Services Other income
Rules <strong>of</strong> origin<br />
Instrument for trade policy<br />
Essential for the customs
Rules <strong>of</strong> origin are tools<br />
to limit or encourage<br />
international trade.
Rules <strong>of</strong> origin<br />
Used by governments to regulate trade<br />
flows:<br />
• I do not want your products<br />
• I just allow a few<br />
• You can not get mine<br />
• You pay a premium price<br />
• You get a reduction
World trade is changing rapidly<br />
One would change from<br />
production country<br />
when a slight change<br />
in circumstances occurs.
How to symplify the origin rules<br />
Non preferential<br />
Preferential<br />
• Uruguay round<br />
• Harmonisation<br />
proposals<br />
• Green paper<br />
• GSP<br />
• New agreements<br />
• Mediterranean<br />
agreements
Current and future origin rules<br />
are mainly understood by experts<br />
working in this minefield on a daily basis
Non preferential rules<br />
as stated in the Community Customs Code,<br />
EG regulation 2913/92 art. 24<br />
…underwent the last, substantial, economically<br />
justified processing or working<br />
in an undertaking equipped for that purpose<br />
and resulting in the manufacture <strong>of</strong> a new<br />
product or representing an important stage <strong>of</strong><br />
manufacture.<br />
gives a broad interpretation! !
Change <strong>of</strong> tariff-heading<br />
01.05<br />
02.07<br />
15.01<br />
16.02<br />
21.04<br />
Live poultry<br />
Meat <strong>of</strong> poultry<br />
Poultry fat<br />
Other prepared<br />
meat <strong>of</strong> poultry<br />
Soup and broths
Preferential rules<br />
are based on the HS code and are<br />
established in the several protocols<br />
– Dissimilarities in protocols<br />
– Cumulation rules<br />
– Tolerances<br />
– Footnotes (textiles)<br />
What is the involvement <strong>of</strong> your <strong>Chamber</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Commerce</strong>
MASHREK<br />
Syrië<br />
Egypte<br />
Jordanië<br />
Libanon<br />
MAGHREB<br />
Marokko<br />
Tunesië<br />
Algerije<br />
Albanië<br />
Macedonië<br />
Kroatië<br />
Bosnië<br />
Herzegovina<br />
Servië en Montenegro<br />
ACS<br />
LGO<br />
Faeröer<br />
Israël<br />
Ceuta<br />
Melilla<br />
Westelijke Jordaanoever<br />
en Gazastrook<br />
EER<br />
Zwitserland<br />
Roemenië<br />
Bulgarije<br />
Turkije<br />
Zuid Afrika<br />
Mexico<br />
Chili<br />
APS<br />
Donor Country Content
CUMULATION
Examples<br />
<strong>of</strong><br />
Products with origin rules that are not easy to simplify<br />
Heading Product Non-pref Preferential<br />
2203<br />
2204<br />
Beer<br />
wine<br />
Art.24<br />
List 11<br />
Change heading<br />
Origin <strong>of</strong> the grapes<br />
0402.21 Milkpowder National<br />
Blending<br />
rules<br />
All products <strong>of</strong><br />
chapter 04<br />
Wholly obtained<br />
2309 Animal feed Art.24 Grain, meat, milk,<br />
melasse, (fish) <strong>of</strong><br />
origin
SHOES<br />
6401 - 4 Reconditioned<br />
engines<br />
How about these<br />
products<br />
Textiles<br />
Ch 50 - 63<br />
Industrial products<br />
involved with cumulation<br />
Or<br />
Allocation rules<br />
Vegetable oils<br />
1507-1515
Time for a break ……………
FUTURE:<br />
Three tendencies<br />
• Development international trade policy<br />
• Globalisation<br />
• Digitalisation
GSP: “Everything but arms”<br />
• Few agricultural exceptions<br />
• Major break in policy<br />
• Minor impact<br />
- Trade volume<br />
- Recent history
Globalisation<br />
• The era <strong>of</strong> multinational products<br />
- determination <strong>of</strong> origin: not easy anymore<br />
• Multi-country sourcing<br />
- stability <strong>of</strong> the value added criterium<br />
for example:<br />
Assembly<br />
<strong>of</strong> Anchors!<br />
• Trade is rather complicated<br />
- responsability <strong>of</strong> policy makers<br />
- responsability <strong>of</strong> traders
Free World Trade<br />
- Abolishing tariffs<br />
- Non-tariff barriers
Where are we<br />
For non-preferential origin, CCI´s are the<br />
• competent<br />
• acknowledged<br />
• and accepted authorities<br />
But we are still living in a paper-based world!
The new situation<br />
• From the paper-based world<br />
to electronic commerce<br />
• Think European!<br />
Electronic certificates<br />
are a logistic solution !<br />
It does not simplify<br />
procedures itself.<br />
• Change <strong>of</strong> the rules <strong>of</strong> origin
The technical aspects<br />
• Security standards are different in the<br />
European countries<br />
• CCI´s have to act or react<br />
according to their national law
Think European!<br />
Imagine the addressee <strong>of</strong> a C/O:<br />
He expects a European, not a national<br />
document
New rules <strong>of</strong> origin<br />
New rules do not mean new<br />
authorities to decide on<br />
New harmonized rules mean<br />
broader acknowledgement
European standards<br />
• ... set up by the European <strong>Chamber</strong>s<br />
(= EUROCHAMBRES)<br />
• ... acknowledged and recognized by<br />
European authorities<br />
(= European Commission)<br />
• ... and used by each and every<br />
<strong>Chamber</strong> in the EU.
Import duties<br />
• Uruguay Round: lowering duties<br />
• Erosion <strong>of</strong> preferences<br />
• Cost-benefit <strong>of</strong> a bureaucratic system<br />
• Defensive or <strong>of</strong>fensive rules <strong>of</strong> origin <br />
• Equal treatment<br />
• Decreasing import duties: other trade bariers
Responsebility Exporter<br />
• Expected knowledge Exporter<br />
• Administration<br />
• Reciprocal Assistance<br />
- Pref / Non Pref
Helpdesk <strong>Eurochambres</strong>
Thank you for your attention
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