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The World Customs Organization (WCO) has announced that the 19th meeting of the SAFE Working Group (SWG), recently held at the its headquarters in Brussels, finalized the 2018 SAFE Framework of Standards.
Some of the notable features of the updated SAFE Framework include the requirement of advance electronic data on postal items; addition of text on data quality; provision for certain minimum tangible benefits to AEOs; harmonization of data filing requirements and Single Window concept, as well as strengthening of cooperation with other government agencies entrusted with regulatory authorities over certain goods (e.g. weapons, hazardous materials) and passenger control, and revision of the definition of the term 'Validation'.
