1. The Dominican Customs
is committed to Green
Ing. Juan L. Castillo P.
Gerencia de Planificación y Estudios Económicos
Sub-Dirección Técnica
Dirección General de Aduanas de la República Dominicana

2. Examples of natural disasters and
environmental that have happened
between 2009 and 2010

4. What does the Dominican
Customs to be considered a
Green Customs

5. The Dominican Customs is determined to become a Green Customs and
this will happen only to the extent that they fulfill the commitments
required by the Environmental Conventions. This initiative is being
coordinated by the World Customs Organization (WCO), the UNEP
(United Nations Environment Programme), and has the participation of
various secretariats of environmental agreements such as: The Montreal
Protocol, The Stockholm Convention, Rotterdam, Basel, CITES and the
Convention on Biological Diversity.
The regulations set by the General Secretariats of Environmental
Conventions (MEAs) are mandatory and the Directorate General of
Customs of the Dominican Republic as a party signatory to them, is
obliged to abide by these initiatives.
Dominican Customs is defining a set of policies, designed to comply with
these MEAs. This makes it more likely the establishment, development
and achievement of goals and objectives, which translates into
competitive advantage by maximizing the use of comparative
advantages.

6. The establishment of controls is of vital importance and gives the
institution a new scheme of work, because the Environmental Protection
and Human Health is today a global need and not just local. In addition,
the DGA as an entry and exit of all foreign trade is and will be largely
responsible for everything that might happen in the Dominican Republic
for a good or poor management of foreign trade.
The environmental policy of the Directorate General of Customs of the
Dominican Republic has been characterized by strongly addressing the
global challenges that exist in this area back into the international
context and develop active participation in the global agenda for
sustainable development. The DGA has placed special emphasis on
constructive join the network of international environmental
agreements, in order to be considered a Green Customs and achieve
sustainable development.

7. Dominican Customs Missions:
1. To collect duties and taxes (Mission Office)
2. Support for foreign trade (Economic Mission)
3. Protect the homeland, by combating pests that weaken our
society (drugs, restricted and banned chemicals, living modified
organisms, industrial piracy, environment, etc.) (Social Mission).
Customs officials are the first line of defense of the country
against the illegal trade. They are the first link in compliance with
the "chain of execution", and without adequate capacity to prevent
or detect the illegal trade, the rest of the chain will be much less
effective.
Training is a key component in the execution of the work of our
staff

8. Our corporate mission states:
Facilitate and control foreign trade of the Dominican Republic with the
rest of the world, on grounds of efficiency and transparency of
customs procedures, in line with best international practice of customs
administration, control of tax evasion and illegal trade strengthening
national security and the protection of health and the environment.

10. Since 1999, the Customs Administration has been working with the
Montreal Protocol. Initially, supplying the statistics of imports of the
products contained in the Protocol and monitoring as well as
international trade in these substances. To 2007, starts to give
support to the Rotterdam Convention and the DGA becomes designated
national authority for this Convention.
At beginning of year 2008, joined the Stockholm Convention and
establishing synergy institutional intermediate between the ministries
of agriculture, the environment, public health and the General Customs
Directorate.
For the month of September in the official presentation of the Lic.
Rafael Camilo, as new Director of Customs, clear commitment to the
institution to environmental agreements and the need to convert the
DGA in a Green Customs.

11. 1St Regional Workshop on the Green Customs Initiative, held in Santo
Domingo, under the auspices of the United Nations for the
Environment (UNEP), involving countries in the region is provided in the
month of November 2009.
The month of January 2010, established the prohibition to import
products between subheadings 2903.41 to 2903.45, both inclusive;
they are called (CloroFluorCarbono), products such as gas coolants
CFCs, halons, and other CFCs in the Montreal Protocol to be very
harmful substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.
The second event on the Green Customs initiative, with the
participation of countries such as was held in Dominican Republic in
Prof. Juan Bosch, WCO training Centre in July: The Caribbean Island,
Center American and Dominican Republic (such as host country). This
workshop was aimed at training and awareness of the Customs
Officers, the implementation and responsibility for the implementation
of the different environmental media agreements (AMUMAS).

12. In the month of August, was presented to staff headquarters of the
DGA, ' Customs bet by the Green paper whose purpose is to inform
employees of the General Customs Directorate, which activities being
done by the DGA for the environment and human health.
In the month of October, held the workshop on the use of equipment
detectors gas coolants and delivered from these teams to the Customs
Authorities where there is a higher level of imports of these products.
Statistically determined which were those administrations by the
volumes by their desaduanizados ports.
Also delivered talks about the Rotterdam Convention, Stockholm, Basel
and Saicm; as a way for the flow, which are our first line of Defense,
to know more about these AMUMAS and aware when have to check one
of these products.

13. This workshop aimed to improve the capacity of customs, as well as
other auxiliary personnel staff to supervise and facilitate legitimate
trade of substances or species which are under the environmental
agreements and have some kind of restriction or control for import
and/or export.
The training of such personnel will be constant and progressive;
Therefore training for each of these environmental agreements will
be prepared immediately.
The month of October 2010, only being implemented control by the
DGA to the Montreal Protocol, Rotterdam and Stockholm Convention.
Already in December of that year, the Ministry of environment
included the DGA in the following AMUMAS:
1. Basel Convention
2. CITES
3. Convention on chemical weapons
4. Convention on biological diversity.

14. These actions have achieved through awareness in all relevant
international agreements, as well as the provision of assistance and
tools for the detection of these chemicals and their waste. Green
Customs or customs Green has been designed to complement and
enhance existing in respective agreements customs training efforts.
Is currently working on the creation of an administrative structure to
monitor and control the provisions of environmental agreements. This
check will be conducted through the computer system and will also
face, for verifying the ports of personnel trained to detect harmful
substances into the environment and human health.

15. Actions set out in the Customs:
Enabling specific entry administrations to focus on the control.
Directed staff operating regular trainings.
Managing import statistics between Customs and the Ministry of Environment
and Agriculture.
Exchanging information between customs, environment and agriculture.
Establishing tariff classification criteria.
Defining criteria for risk based on profiles of importers.
A system of licensing in the customs system continue to data environment and
agriculture.
Establishing sanctions for infringements.
Combat smuggling in coordination with the Control agencies, such as the armed
forces.
Participation of the highest authorities.
Other measures to take.

16. Domestic Interested
External Interested Parties
Parties
General Director Ministry of
Ministry of
•Sub-Directors Environment and
Agriculture
•Managers Natural Resources
Adminitrators
•Verifiers Dominican Customs
Ministry of Health Ministry of Foreign
Employees in General Publishes Affairs
Secretary General of the MEAs
DGA
DGA
DGA
OMA PNUMA Centro Regional del Convenio
de Basilea para Centro América
y México

17. We thank both the United Nations Programme on
Environment, as the Green Customs Initiative and the
World Customs Organization for all the support you
have given to the Dominican Customs to help her be
considered a GREEN CUSTOMS.
Thanks you for your atention