HE the Chairman of the Common Authority of Customs (GAC) Ahmed bin Abdullah al-Jamal affirmed the readiness to obtain the large variety of arrivals and items anticipated throughout the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022; pointing to years of preparation and the suitable measures undertaken to contribute to the success of this occasion.
Talking to Qatar Information Company (QNA), al-Jamal defined that the standing committees chargeable for ports within the nation developed joint plans adopting the most effective mechanisms and strategies to handle this occasion in accordance with the most effective worldwide practices.
The committees additionally realized concerning the experiences of earlier host international locations in co-operation with accomplice authorities companies working within the nation’s ports, throughout the framework of joint coordination with the Supreme Committee for Supply and Legacy. Relating to the planning facet, the GAC chairman defined that eventualities have been proactively developed throughout the context of the authority’s duty of monitoring the occasions happening within the nation.

Customs administrations made totally different assumptions about what could occur sooner or later and evaluated the influence on their every day work, benefiting from the totally different experiences gained by the preparations for previous main sporting occasions, most notably the FIFA Arab Cup 2021, 2021 Qatar Grand Prix — Formulation 1, Lusail Tremendous Cup, and others.
In view of the anticipated surge in short-term imports of products associated to sports activities tools, logistical provides, technical tools of sports activities groups, organisers and specialised process forces for all tasks of the State, al-Jamal famous that the Common Authority of Customs took the suitable measures to simplify the procedures for short-term entry, and co-ordinated with the competent authorities to advertise the appliance of mental property rights, whether or not to guard logos associated to the World Cup or different items and merchandise.
The Authority additionally up to date the data of customs officers concerning the guidelines of mental property rights of various logos to make sure their safety and set guidelines for addressing any downside on this regard. He added that the Authority has additionally intensified its safety measures in view of the rise within the quantity of imports and journey within the pre-World Cup interval.
For that finish, the Authority anticipated potential dangers which will pose a big danger and a menace to safety, public well being, and security, together with narcotic substances, counterfeit items, chemical and radioactive hazardous substances, and crimes or operations of terrorism and cash laundering, with a purpose to guarantee management of all suspicious monetary operations via customs procedures and the competent authorities companies working on the ports. Al-Jamal pointed to the Authority’s keenness to take all crucial technical measures.
Subsequently, it has launched an digital platform for coping with essential sporting occasions, together with the World Cup. The Sports activities Occasions Administration System serves as a particular window that features the precise necessities for simple registering for entities collaborating within the World Cup and facilitates customs procedures for imports and shipments coming to the State of Qatar for these entities. The Authority additionally launched the brand new platform for Al Nadeeb system for customs clearance to maintain tempo with the best worldwide requirements in customs providers.
As well as, because of the improve within the variety of vacationers coming to the nation, the Authority launched an digital self-service system to declare movable funds (whether or not money or in circulation, or jewellery, metals, and treasured stones) which might be equal to or exceeding the worth of fifty,000 riyals. The service is offered via cell phones or via the Authority’s web site, along with the ready-to-fill declaration kinds at customs ports in case passengers want to fill within the kinds manually.
Then again, al-Jamal added that the Common Authority of Customs fashioned skilled working groups to offer help associated to the Authority’s readiness and preparations for essential worldwide occasions, with the goal of facilitating and simplifying customs procedures, supporting the nation’s air, land and sea ports in instances of emergency or distinctive occasions (sports activities, financial and others), and offering complete help to customs ports 24 hours a day, seven days per week.
He identified that the Common Authority of Customs took half within the complete growth course of carried out by Abu Samra Administration Committee in co-operation with the Public Works Authority (Ashghal), by growing customs amenities for passengers and the motion of business items, and inspection gadgets and rising the variety of inspectors with a purpose to contributes to absorbing bigger numbers of autos and items and facilitating the procedures for guests of the nation.
Al-Jamal added that the Common Authority of Customs, represented by the Operations, Danger Evaluation and IT Division, accomplished the digital hyperlink between the Authority and the Insurance coverage Workplace at Abu Samra to speed up the method of insurance coverage for autos coming via the port. The digital hyperlink gives many amenities, most notably the completion of the insurance coverage course of inside one minute for every car after it wanted greater than 10 minutes earlier than, which speed up the method of coming into autos immediately or congestion on the gates.
On the coaching facet, the Chairman of the Common Authority of Customs referred to a sequence of workshops and coaching programs mentioned co-ordination mechanisms amongst authorities companies associated to the work of customs. Held beneath the title ‘Worldwide Occasions — World Cup 2022’, the workshops had been ready by the Customs and Regional Coaching Heart in co-operation with Charles Sturt College for customs and tax research in Australia, with the participation of specialized cadres of the Authority and different entities within the nation, together with the Common Tax Authority, the Ministry of Inside, the Ministry of Public Well being and the Supreme Committee for Supply and Legacy.
He defined that the workshops handled state of affairs planning and the present actuality of labor throughout the context of monitoring all passengers and items coming into the nation; the administration of short-term imports associated to sports activities and technical tools and provides for groups, organisers and the media; privileges that may be supplied to FIFA and its affiliated entities; financial amenities granted throughout the commerce and provide facilitation chain; VIPs protocol; well being, security and environmental safety mechanisms; and different associated issues.
On this regard, al-Jamal identified that the Authority held a sequence of inside coaching programs for members of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Safety Operations, with a purpose to examine the anticipated eventualities of excessive dangers normally, and mechanism for addressing and controlling these dangers, along with set up a straightforward and comfy work system for customs officers and different events.