Legal Instruments
To fully play its key role in reducing trade costs and facilitating trade across countries at all levels of development, trade digitalization needs legal recognition of trade-related data and documents. Reason why development and harmonization of legal frameworks made available to countries to accelerate the implementation of facilitation measures for trade and development are crucial.
50 legal instrument(s) found.
Framework Agreement on Facilitation of Cross-border Paperless Trade in Asia and…
19 May 2016
The Framework Agreement on Facilitation of Cross-border Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific is a UN treaty designed to accelerate digital trade…
Treaties/Conventions
Recommendation and Guidelines on establishing a Single Window (Recommendation…
01 July 2005
UN/CEFACT Recommendation No. 33, published by the Economic and Social Council in 2005, establishes key principles for implementing Single Window…
Recommendations/guidelines
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on…
12 June 1996
The UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce (MLEC) aims to enable and facilitate commerce conducted using electronic means by providing national…
Model Laws/Legal standards
Recommendation No. 14 Authentication of Trade Documents (UNECE and UN/CEFACT)
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The UN/CEFACT Recommendation No. 14 on Authentication of Trade Documents aims to promote electronic data transfer in international trade through two…
Recommendations/guidelines
World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA)
06 December 2013
The WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) establishes a comprehensive framework to expedite the movement, release, and clearance of goods, including…
Treaties/Conventions
Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF)
09 May 1980
The Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF 1999, amended from COTIF 1980 by the Vilnius Protocol) is OTIF's foundational text,…
Treaties/Conventions
Agreement to Establish and Implement the ASEAN Single Window
12 September 2005
The Agreement to Establish and Implement the ASEAN Single Window provides a legal framework with three main objectives: establish and implement the…
Treaties/Conventions
International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs…
01 January 1999
The Revised Kyoto Convention elaborates several key governing principles, promoting trade facilitation and effective controls through legal…
Treaties/Conventions
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Cross-border Privacy Enforcement…
01 November 2009
The APEC Cross-border Privacy Enforcement Arrangement (CPEA) creates a framework for regional cooperation in privacy law enforcement. The arrangement…
Protocols/MoU
Additional Protocol to the Convention on the Contract for the International…
20 February 2008
The Additional Protocol to the CMR Convention concerning the Electronic Consignment Note (e-CMR) establishes the legal framework for using electronic…
Protocols/MoU
Single Window Interoperability Recommendation No. 36 (UNECE and UN/CEFACT)
28 December 2017
UN/CEFACT Recommendation No. 36 on Single Window Interoperability addresses the exchange of information between two or more electronic Single Windows…
Recommendations/guidelines
Technical Note: Terminology for Single Window and other ePlatforms (UNECE and…
01 January 2004
The UN/CEFACT Technical Note, building upon Recommendation n°33 (ECE/TRADE/352), provides key elements for an official definition of Single Window…
Recommendations/guidelines