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FIATA E-Flash No. 10 - July 2010 New IATA Air Waybill Conditions of
Contract effective 1 July 2010 This refers to previous information
received from IATA during the AFI meeting of March 2010. IATA Members have agreed to
apply the liability limit under the Montreal Convention on a worldwide basis
At the World Cargo Symposium held earlier this year in Vancouver, the IATA
Cargo Services Conference (CSC) amended Resolution 600b, the Air
Waybill (AWB) Conditions of Contract, to harmonize the application of
the Montreal Convention liability limit for air cargo (19 SDRs per kilogram) across
all routes worldwide. Having received the necessary government approval, IATA
has declared the harmonized liability limit for transportation of cargo
effective 1 July 2010. On the following web-link of IATA you will find the New
Resolution 600b for download: http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/cargo/Pages/resolution600b.aspx The transition to the new AWB should be implemented as soon as
possible. Under IATA Resolution 600a, IATA Carriers are given the time until
to their next AWB printing but in no event later than 18 months from the
declaration of effectiveness to complete the transition. During the
transition, they shall amend their Conditions of Carriage and notify their
Trading Partners of the new changes under Resolution 600b with regards to the
liability limits. FIATA signs new Memorandum of
Understanding with the World Customs Organisation (WCO) On June 25, 2010 during the WCO Council
Sessions signing ceremony in Brussels, FIATA President Jean-Claude Delen
signed together with WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya the newly agreed
MoU. This to take on board today’s new opportunities and challenges of
international forwarding and trading environment. The new MoU is to ensure that
exchange of information provisions are reinforced to the greatest extent
possible as sharing information is recognized as playing a key role in
enhancing Custom-Supply Chain- and Trade operations and performance. European Community (EC) launches the
European Customs Information (ECIP) web portal Focussing on the effects of the entry
into force of the Safety and Security Amendment to the EC Customs Code on
July 1, 2009 a new web portal is publicly available as part of the European
Commission’s EUROPA website. It is a forerunner to the comprehensive
European Customs Information Portal foreseen at a later stage. The first phase of the ECIP constitutes a
single point of access to relevant and practical information on the
application of the Safety and Security Amendment to the Customs Code and
related procedures. It uses special animated customs scenarios to explain
each step of the import, export and transit procedure in an easy way. The following link will give you access
to the European Customs Information Portal (ECIP): http://ec.europa.eu/ecip/ US
Department of Treasury Expands Economic Sanctions against Iran On
June 16, 2010, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced an updated and
expanded set of designations targeting Iran’s nuclear and missile programs.
The designations were made pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13382 – which is
aimed at freezing the assets of proliferators of weapons of mass destruction
(WMD) and their supporters – and are the first set of measures by the United
States implementing the recent U.N. Security Council Resolution 1929 (UNSCR
1929). UNSCR 1929, issued on June 9, 2010, calls for, among other measures,
all states to take action to prevent their own financial systems and
institutions from being abused by Iran. The Treasury’s full report identifies
Iran’s continued use of its financial sector and the shipping industry to
carry out and mask its ongoing proliferation activities. Accordingly, the
Department of the Treasury made the following designations: Post Bank of
Iran; The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC); individuals and entities
with ties to Iran’s WMD programs; and five (5) Islamic Republic of Iran
Shipping Lines (IRISL) front companies. Pursuant to the designations
all transactions involving any of the designees and any U.S. person are
prohibited. Moreover any assets the designees may have under U.S.
jurisdiction, including but not limited to US dollar wire transfers, are
frozen. The Treasury designated IRISL, the national maritime carrier of Iran,
in September 2008. The Treasury has now identified front companies
established and controlled by IRISL, which have engaged in deceptive shipping
practices and assisted IRISL in its attempts to avoid sanctions and to
transfer arms-related material. The five (5) front companies of IRISL that
were designated includes the following three (3) Iranian based companies:
Hafiz Darya Shipping Company (HDS Lines); Soroush Sarzamin Asatir Ship
Management Company, and Safiran Payam Darya (SAPID) Shipping Co. In addition,
two (2) Hong Kong based companies affiliated with IRISL, Seibow Limited and
Seibow Logistics Limited, were also designated. Furthermore, the Treasury
identified 27 new vessels as blocked property due to their connection to
IRISL and updated the name entries for 71 IRISL vessels which have already
been blocked. The full list of vessels that have been identified as blocked
property and their accompanying IMO numbers can be found here: http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/docs/IRISL%20Vessel%20List.pdf New INCOTERMS 2010 The text of the INCOTERMS
2010 rules has meanwhile been finalised, but not yet approved. This is
expected to be done by the ICC Executive in September 2010. First Master
Classes are scheduled to be held in Paris from 28 to 29 September 2010. http://www.iccwbo.org/events/id34191/index.html 5 July 2010 |
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