The Regional Workshop on Simplification and Acceleration of Customs Procedures will be convened at the ROCB Europe Premises in Baku, Azerbaijan from 20 to 21 June 2018.

ROCB Europe paid a courtesy visit to the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan to congratulate newly appointed Chairman Mr. Sefer Mehdiyev.

2018 AEO International Conference and Assembly, which was carried out between 2-4 May 2018 in Baku, Azerbaijan, was succesfully completed. The event was co-organized by the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the International Association of Authorised Economic Operators Customs and Logistics.

The 13th annual WCO PICARD Conference will take place in Malatya, Turkey, from 9 to 11 October 2018 in partnership with the World Customs Organization and the Ministry of Customs and Trade of the Republic of Turkey. Additional donor support is being provided by the Korea Customs Service.

The 8th Session of the Virtual Customs Orientation Academy (VCOA) of the World Customs Organization (WCO), intended for English-speaking Customs officers, will be held from 3 September to 7 December 2018.

World Customs Organization (WCO) Europe Region Heads of Customs Conference 2018 hosted by the WCO Europe Region Vice-Chairmanship of Federal Customs Service of Russian Federation was held in Sochi, Russian Federation on 12-13 April 2018.

WCO Europe Region Heads of Customs Conference 2018 will be hosted by WCO Europe Region Vice-Chairmanship of Federal Customs Service of Russian Federation and will be held in Sochi, Russian Federation on 12-13 April 2018.

Organized by the Federal Customs Service of Russian Federation, VIII. Scientific-Practical Conference will be held on 23-27 July 2018 in Yekaterinburg.

On behalf of my team and myself, I would like to congratulate Mr. Dashgin Aliyev, on the occasion of being awarded the Order “For Service to the Motherland" of the third degree. Dashgin Aliyev was awarded by the order of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev for his fruitful activity in the country’s civil service.

Meeting of the Project on "Introduction of an Automated Intelligent Video-Control System at the Road Border Crossing Point Novaya Huta – Novi Yarylovychi at the Belarus-Ukraine Frontier" has started at ROCB Europe today.

Organized by the International Network of Customs Universities and hosted by ROCB Europe, the Winter School 2018 brought new information and reinforced the knowledge of students from different universities between 22-26 January 2018.

International Customs Day is celebrated by the Customs community every year on 26 January. It is the date on which the Customs Cooperation Council, the official name of the World Customs Organization (WCO), held its first meeting in 1953.