DOHA: Qatar’s General Authority of Customs (GAC) took part in the 48th regional meeting of Directors General of Customs of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. GAC also participated in the 132nd session of the Customs Cooperation Council. The meeting was held in Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday.

The Chairman of General Authority of Customs, Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Jamal, headed Qatar’s delegation to the meetings, said a release.

The 48th regional meeting of Directors General of Customs on North of Africa, Near and Middle East (MENA) region discussed many issues related to Customs work, mainly the results of the 79th session of the General Policy Committee of the World Customs Organization (WCO), the application of the Arab Union of Customs Executives to join the WCO in addition to the results of the second meeting of the working group on the use of additional languages and the report of the regional activities of the capacity building program.

The 132nd session of the Customs Cooperation Council dealt with the reports of technical committees on rules of origin, Customs valuation, the Harmonized System Committee and tax Customs cooperation, in addition to discussing a study on the use of additional languages in the WCO.