Nicaragua

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Articles	10.4.1 – 10.4.2 – 10.4.3 – 10.4.4 View measure text
Indicative date of implementation	22 February 2020
Definitive date of implementation	22 June 2022
Extension of time	Request received 12 August 2020 Original definitive date 22 December 2020 New date requested 22 June 2022 Date approved 22 June 2022 Reason - Complementaria a la asistencia técnica notificada, el Centro de Trámites de las Exportaciones (CETREX), requiere de asistencia y creación de capacidad para la implementación de la firma electrónica de comercio exterior, a fin de permitir a las instituciones de gobierno involucradas en los trámites de exportación e importación de Mercancías, la generación de documentos firmados electrónicamente Committee approval: Approved Link to notification G/TFA/N/NIC/1/Add.2 Request received 6 October 2022 Original definitive date 22 June 2022 New date requested 22 December 2023 Date approved Reason - Complementaria a la asistencia técnica notificada, el Centro de Trámites de las Exportaciones (CETREX), requiere de asistencia y creación de capacidad para la implementación de la firma electrónica de comercio exterior, a fin de permitir a las instituciones de gobierno involucradas en los trámites de exportación e importación de Mercancías, la generación de documentos firmados electrónicamente Committee approval: Not approved Link to notification G/TFA/N/NIC/1/Add.3
Assistance required for implementation	Financial support for acquiring equipment and licences and contracting specialized computer design and development services, with a view to the continued improvement of the VUCEN system. Technical assistance to improve the system. Tags: Information and communication technologies (ICT), Infrastructure and equipment
Donor / Agency	Inter-American Development Bank
Progress reported	12 August 2020 — G/TFA/N/NIC/4 In order to comply with Article 10.4 of the TFA ("Single Window"), Nicaragua notified the need for: 1. Financial support for acquiring equipment and licences and contracting specialized computer design and development services, with a view to the continued improvement of the VUCEN system. 2. Technical assistance to improve the system. Additional technical assistance and capacity building: 3. Implementation of the "foreign trade e-signature", with a view to effectively improving trade with partner countries and increasing competitiveness in international trade through a reliable system that will enable government bodies involved in procedures relating to the import and export of goods to generate electronically signed documents. In this regard, it should be noted that points 1 and 2 are currently being implemented under Border Integration Programme 3484/BL-NI. The Single Window component of that programme, entitled "Efficient and effective border control procedures under the Border Integration Programme (BIP)", is funding operational aspects of the VUCEN system, including the functional expansion of VUCEN's IT system and the development of its technological platform. Regarding point 3, the requirement concerning the implementation of the "foreign trade e-signature" still applies. Nine foreign trade-related institutions will work with the VUCEN system to simplify procedures and reduce the time taken to obtain import and export permits.

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