Objectives of Export Certification Working Group
Terms of Reference:
(a) establish a system to prioritize issues concerning export
certification requirements in key markets that pose barriers to U.S.
agricultural exports;
(b) develop strategies to address unreasonable export certification
requirements
(c) develop and maintain a system/database to track existing export
certification requirements and identify new ones, particularly new ones that
are likely to be problematic
(d) develop and maintain information regarding U.S. entities that
currently issue export certificates and the types of certificates they issue
(e) facilitate communication between interested parties (FAS
headquarters and overseas offices (posts), relevant federal and state agencies, and industry)
regarding export certification issues
(f) work with international standard setting bodies (Codex,
International Plant
Protection Convention (IPPC) and
World Organization for Animal
Health (OIE)) to promote reasonable guidelines for export certification requirements.
(g) promote harmonization of export certification requirements between
key trading partners
(h) promote harmonization of export certification procedures used by
U.S. federal and state agencies
(i) promote development of more efficient means of providing export
certifications to trading partners (i.e., electronic certification)
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