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III. Using the vocabulary complete the sentences giving extensive information.

  1. Customs has been faced with …

  2. The leaders of the world’s Customs administrations recognize …

  3. There are many challenges the Customs is facing …

  4. Customs will be enabled to …

  5. The benefits of an adaptable, strategically focused Customs administration are …

  6. International trade is a key driver for …

  7. The central challenge that states face is …

  8. Recent developments have created new demands and perspectives on the role of the modern state…

  9. The key responsibilities of states are …

  10. The role of Customs is to control …

  11. The common globally accepted mission of Customs …

  12. The objectives that underpin the mission are …

  13. The building blocks for the New Strategic Direction …

  14. Globally networked Customs means …

  15. Intelligence-driven risk management implies …

  16. Customs in the 21st Century should enter …

IV. Using the vocabulary discuss with your groupmates the recent changes taking place in Customs activity of your country; European countries; Asian countries.

TEXT B. WCO VISION FOR THE 21st CENTURY CUSTOMS

I. Read the following article and give synonyms for the words and phrases in bold.

The World Customs Organisation is establishing a vision for Customs in the 21st Century and at the end of March invited key organisations to a Global Forum in Brussels to help them in this process. Speaking at the Forum, SITPRO's Chief Executive Malcolm McKinnon argued that there was increasing acceptance that the role of Customs encompasses far more than it used to. Increasingly, and rightly, the priority was now on 'trade management' - how to manage the border, and in co-operation or partnership with business.

At the same time, driven by the security debate, Customs is now performing its gatekeeper role in relation to wider threats - terrorism, economic crime, health and social protection, even immigration. Malcolm referred to the avalanche of new security-motivated controls and initiatives, reported in SITPRO's recent study of security measures affecting UK traders and described as 'security spaghetti', which risks working against facilitating trade. Referring to the US's 100% scanning initiative, he said, "If traders are given a badge of trust they need to be trusted."

Malcolm noted that while the WCO had an important role to play in supporting the development of Customs bodies in the 21st Century, it did not have all the expertise required and needed to work in co-operation, not competition, with other organisations if initiatives and systems were to work properly and yield the most benefits. He emphasised the importance of the UNeDocs and WCO Data Models being integrated into a single open standard and urged Council agreement to the Cross-Border Reference Data Model project at its June meeting. This would be vital if traders were to be able to enjoy the benefits of straight-through processing of international trade data.

II. Translate the following words and phrases and give definitions to them.

1) encompass, 2) 'trade management', 3) perform a gatekeeper role, 4) avalanche of new security-motivated controls and initiatives, 5) 100% scanning initiative, 6) be given a badge of trust, 7) yield the most benefits, 8) straight-through processing.

III. Using the vocabulary give the gist of the article.

IV. Do you believe all the objectives set for Customs of the 21st cent. will be achieved? What obstacles and stumbling blocks may be faced?

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