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E-Flash No. 40 - 10 February 2012 FIATA Headquarter Session Update in
Zurich, Switzerland on March 15-18, 2012 We continue to encourage all delegates
wishing to participate in the FIATA Headquarter Session to visit the FIATA
website and complete the registration forms confirming their attendance at
this year session in Zurich. FIATA has now 193 delegates from 54 countries
that have registered and confirmed their attendance at this year Headquarter
session. For more information regarding the Headquarter session, please visit
the FIATA website http://www.fiata.com/index.php?id=482 Updates on Trade and Policy Embargo Please refer below to recent updates in
Iran and Syria regarding measures being in force adopted by Council Decisions
made in the framework of the Common Foreign Security Policy (CFSP) and
related legislative measures. Iran: Council
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 54/2012 of 23 January 2012 implementing Regulation (EU) No
961/2010 on restrictive measures against Iran. Council
Regulation (EU) No 56/2012 of 23 January 2012 amending
Regulation (EU) No 961/2010 on restrictive measures against Iran. Council
Decision 2012/35/CFSP of 23 January 2012 amending
Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran. Syria Council
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 55/2012 of 23 January 2012 implementing Article 33(1) of
Regulation (EU) No 36/2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the
situation in Syria. Council
Implementing Decision 2012/37/CFSP of 23 January 2012
amending implementing Decision 2011/782/CFSP concerning restrictive measure
against Syria. New ISO mechanical seal standard to be
effective March 1, 2012 Effective March 1, 2012, the current
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) mechanical seal standard
(ISO / PAS 17712) will be replaced with a new ISO standard - ISO 17712:2010.
The new standard has the following compliance requirements: 1) Testing to
determine a seal's classification for physical strength (as barriers of
entry) 2) Process auditing
of the manufacturer's security-related business practices 3) Testing (and
PASS grade) of a seal's ability to indicate evidence of tampering 4) A new 18mm
minimum width diameter for bolt seals The new seal standard requires
documentation of compliance by properly accredited test laboratories or
business process auditors, which must have ISO 17712 included in their scope
of competence. We encourage our members to utilize their
existing seals already in stock and to carefully plan future seal purchases
to ensure that seals affixed to containers as of March 1, 2012 are compliant
with ISO IS 17712:2010. For more information, please visit the World
Customs Organization (WCO) website at www.wcoomd.org or
contact the PIP program at PIP-PEP@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca Opening of new UNCITRAL Regional Centre
in South Korea On January 10, 2012, the United Nations
Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) opened their first regional
office in the Asian Pacific Region choosing the Republic of Korea as their
destination. The new Regional Centre, located in
Incheon, is the first one of its kind for UNCITRAL and will disseminate
information on international trade norms and standards and deal with requests
for technical assistance in the Asia-Pacific Region, which have been
increasing steeply in recent years. For more information on the newly
established regional center, please visit: http://www.unis.unvienna.org/unis/pressrels/2012/unisl159.html Nominations for the Young International
Freight Forwarder of the Year Award 2012 The nominations for the 2012 Young International
Freight Forwarder of the Year Award were confirmed by the Award Administrator
and the TT Club and are broken down by country as follows:
There were 17 nominations throughout the
four regions. FIATA would like to congratulate all the nominees and will be
presenting the award at this year's Headquarter Session in March. Tanzania Freight Forwarders Association
(TAFFA) opens training institute TAFFA is making final preparations to
open its own training institute. The institute, which would initially offer
one-year certificate level training, will commence mid-next month and
requires its incoming students to have passed their Ordinary Level of
Secondary Education Certificates in order to be accepted into the program. The institute, which is located in Dar es
Salaam, is expecting 70 students in its first intake and enrollment levels to
increase in future years. FIATA is also in discussion with TAFFA regarding
the possibilities of implementing a Trainer-the-Trainer course. For more
information on TAFFA's new training institute please visit: http://thecitizen.co.tz/business/13-local-business/19578-clearing-and-forwarding-field-wants-trained-staff.html Lack of email responses from FIATA due to
Spam Filters FIATA's e-mail addresses are quite
popular in the spamming community and we need to defend ourselves in order to
continue our work. For this reason, FIATA has implemented a spam filter
system. We are continuously fine-tuning its features, but it is far from
perfect. If your email/message to us does not receive attention within a
reasonable time period, please do not hesitate to call us and repeat your
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