European Foreign Trade Forum (EFA)
The EFA (Europaisches Forum für Aussenwirtschaft, European Forum for Foreign Trade) is a German association that focuses on European customs law, the Community Customs Code and the harmonisation of taxes and controls in the European Union. Every year, it organises a colloquium on topical issues such as enlargement, e-commerce and new computerised customs procedures. As these objectives are very similar to those of Collin de Sussy, a partnership has been developed whereby members of each association attend each other’s conferences and meetings.
E.F,A., Europaisches Forum für Aussenwirtschaft, Herrn Prof. Dr. Wolffgang,
Institut für Steuerrecht Universitatssirasse 14-16, D 48143 MUNSTER, Germany.
International Academy of Customs Law
The International Academy of Customs Law is a non-governmental body constituted as an International Association. It officially brings together legal experts in customs law from the countries of Central and Latin America. It quickly expanded to include European countries such as Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain and France. Negotiations are underway with Asian countries and China. Collin de Sussy has been a member of the Academy since June 2008. One of the Academy’s aims is to promote customs knowledge and interest by organising annual world meetings, building up a corpus of comparative law and creating a centre for comparative legislation and advanced studies.
Academia Internacional de Derecho Adouanero, Montecito n° 38, Col. Napoles, C.P. 0810 Mexico, D.F.
ODASCE
The Office de Développement par l’Automatisation et la Simplification du Commerce Extérieur (ODASCE) (Office for Development through Automation and Simplification of Foreign Trade) is a 1901 association set up in July 1972 by private sector executives with the support of the Direction Générale des Douanes et Droits Indirects (General Directorate for Customs and Indirect Taxation). The aim of this association, which has over 320 members representing more than 500 companies, is to ensure that customs matters are recognised as a strategic asset for business competitiveness. To achieve this, it promotes training, information and simplification.
In terms of training, ODASCE, which is QUALIOPI-certified and ISQ-accredited, offers “à la carte” inter-company training courses with a choice of more than 60 topics, as well as professional certification courses (CPFFP) recognised by the customs authorities.
ODASCE, 24 rue Chauchat 75009 Paris