CBP Releases Agenda for 58th Session of WCO HSC
CBP issued a notice regarding the dates and draft agenda for the 58th Session of the World Customs Organization’s Harmonized System Committee (HSC), which will meet in Brussels Sept. 28 - Oct. 7, in the Customs Bulletin (Vol. 50, No. 35) released Aug. 31 (here).
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(Among other things, the HSC (1) issues classification decisions on the interpretation of the Harmonized System (HS) in the form of published tariff classification opinions or amendments to the Explanatory Notes, and (2) considers amendments to the legal text of the HS.)
The draft list of agenda items includes (partial list):
Report by the Secretariat:
- Position regarding Contracting Parties to the HS Convention and related matters and progress report on the implementation of HS 2017
- Report on the last meetings of the Policy Commission (75th Session)
- Approval of decisions taken by the Harmonized System Committee at its 57th Session
- Progress report on the use of working languages for HS-related matters
General Questions:
- Implementation of HS 2017 – status and challenges
- Draft corrigendum amendments to the Harmonized System
- Draft amendments to the Explanatory Notes and correction of editorial errors