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CBP Notice on U.S., EU Progress on C-TPAT - AEO Mutual Recognition

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a press release stating that it and the European Union Taxation and Customs Union Directorate have agreed to language for the U.S.-EU Mutual Recognition Decision that will lead to its signing in the…

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Spring of 2012. Once signed, the Mutual Recognition Decision will recognize the respective trade partnership programs of the U.S. and the EU—CBP’s Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism and the EU’s Authorized Economic Operator—with reciprocal benefits. (See ITT's Online Archives 11120107 for summary of EU releases stating that mutual recognition was expected by July 2012.)