IMO: IMO's "no red tape" Committee comes of age

The International Maritime Organization's Facilitation Committee, the focus for IMO's work in eliminating unnecessary formalities and ""red tape"" in international shipping, has opened its first session as a formally institutionalized Committee of the Organization. The Committee now has full standing, reflecting the importance of its work and the issues it addresses, following the entry into force, on 7 December 2008, of the 1991 amendments to the IMO Convention to institutionalize the Committee, which puts it on a par with the Maritime Safety, Marine Environment Protection, Legal and Technical Co-operation Committees. Participation in all Committees is open to all Member States of IMO.

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Keywords: FACILITATION COMMITTEE, RED TAPE

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Related Topics: International Maritime Organization

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