Practice Guidelines

C&ED now issues practice guidelines under Import and Export Ordinance (Cap. 60), Dutiable Commodities Ordinance (Cap. 109), Reserved Commodities Ordinance (Cap. 296), Industrial Training (Clothing Industry) Ordinance (Cap. 318) and Protection of Non-Government Certificates of Origin Ordinance (Cap. 324) for the purposes of specifying:

  1. any class of information that can be transmitted by a VASP using the specified system;
  2. the manner in which applications for VASP approval are to be made;
  3. the matters to which C&ED may have regard in considering whether to grant or refuse to grant approval of an application; and
  4. the standards at which a VASP is expected to provide its services.

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Practice Guidelines

Terms and Conditions

C&ED may, under Import and Export Ordinance (Cap. 60), Dutiable Commodities Ordinance (Cap. 109), Reserved Commodities Ordinance (Cap. 296), Industrial Training (Clothing Industry) Ordinance (Cap. 318) and Protection of Non-Government Certificates of Origin Ordinance (Cap. 324), impose such terms or conditions on the approval of a VASP as appropriate. Such terms or conditions may set out the obligations of the VASP, including requirements on:

  1. service standards;
  2. authorisation handling;
  3. data integrity;
  4. operational responsibilities arising from transmissions made on behalf of traders; and
  5. compliance monitoring.

All approved VASP shall comply with and be bound by the T&Cs set out herein for the provision of value-added services to their clients.

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Terms and Conditions