Integrity: Activating the electronic system to prevent corruption and deter spoilers

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Customs begins unifying customs procedures at Umm Qasr port

• Time: 07/05/2022 15:44:08
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{Local: Al Furat News} The General Authority of Customs announced, on Tuesday, the start of unifying the customs procedures in the port of Umm Qasr and making it one customs center under the name of the Great Welcome Square.

The authority said in a statement, "A meeting was held today at the authority's headquarters, chaired by Director General Shaker Mahmoud Al-Zubaidi, with the directors of the departments of the general headquarters and the directors of the customs areas, during which he directed the formation of a specialized committee to implement Cabinet Resolution No. (90) for the year 2020, and the approval of the Minister of Finance was issued."

The statement added, "Al-Zubaidi stressed the importance of this decision, as he indicated that it would eliminate bureaucracy at work after unifying four customs centers and making them one customs center called (the Great Welcome Square) and it will have positive repercussions on the infrastructure and standardization of electronic procedures with the Ministry of Transport / Iraqi Ports Company.

The authority indicated that "he stressed on following the correct administrative contexts and applying them in the best way, while urging the directors of the customs areas to advance their departments to reach the desired goal towards achieving sustainability and development in all aspects of the customs work."

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'Quantum leap'

Customs reveals the value of last June's revenues

2022.07.06 - 18:19

 

Baghdad - people  

Today, Wednesday, the General Authority of Customs announced the revenues it achieved during the month of June.  

 

  

The authority said in a statement received by "Nass" (July 6, 2022), that "the continuous follow-up of the Director General of Human Rights and his directives to the regions and customs centers to collect customs duties, resulted in achieving revenues of more than 99 billion dinars during the month of June 2022 in a precedent that was not recorded in previous years for the same month.  

  

And she added, "This achievement was achieved despite zeroing customs duties for foodstuffs and construction materials and exempting them from fees according to the decision of the Council of Ministers, but we were able to achieve this achievement thanks to the conscious management of the Director General, despite the short period in which he received the authority's management."  

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Customs makes a quantum leap in June revenue

• Time: 07/06/2022 18:12:19
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{Local: Al Furat News} The General Authority of Customs announced today, Wednesday, a qualitative leap in the revenues achieved during the month of June.

 

And it stated in a statement, which {Euphrates News} received a copy of, that: "The continuous follow-up of the Director-General, Shaker Mahmoud Al-Zubaidi, and his directives to the areas and customs centers to obtain customs duties, resulted in achieving revenues of more than (99) billion dinars during the month of June 2022 in the past. Recorded in previous years for the same month.

And she added, "This achievement was achieved despite zeroing customs duties for foodstuffs and construction materials and exempting them from fees according to the decision of the Council of Ministers, but we were able to achieve this achievement thanks to the conscious management of the Director General, despite the short period in which he received the authority's management."

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Ports are looking for an electronic manifest application

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The General Company for Ports of Iraq held a workshop in the northern port of Umm Qasr to discuss the application of the electronic manifest program and the unification of data on the goods on the electronic platform for all parts of the port and the supporting authorities.

According to the Director General of Ports, Dr. Eng. Farhan Al-Fartousi, specialists in the northern port of Umm Qasr discussed, during a workshop, which was held in the port’s meeting room, the process of linking the manifest with the electronic platform, and unifying the information and data on the goods electronically in the port departments, with the supporting authorities, including Error in this work is not accepted.

The official of the operations unit in the northern port of Umm Qasr, Adel Nouri, who ran the workshop, explained that "the workshop was held in the presence of ship agents and the Umm Qasr Lighthouse Company, with the aim of joint coordination to raise the consolidated data in an accurate manner."

He added, "The problems and obstacles were discussed and solutions were proposed to reach the application of the program that uses the manifest on the electronic platform completely, and to work according to electronic management and standardization of data with the supporting bodies working in

 Al-Moanae".

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Integrity calls for amending the customs law to keep pace with economic developments

2022.08.17 - 12:18

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Baghdad - people  

The Federal Integrity Commission called, on Wednesday, to amend the amended Customs Law No. (23 of 1984), in line with recent economic developments, and for the concerned authorities to reconsider bilateral agreements that grant customs facilities and exemptions from fees; To maximize financial revenue.  

  

  

  

The Authority’s Prevention Department recommended, in a report prepared by it on the visits made by its team, which consisted of conducting field visits to the Ministry of Finance - the General Customs Authority, to review the file of customs exemptions granted to various sectoral authorities by developing an accurate economic and financial mechanism and vision, and specifying the goods covered by the exemption. The project and the time periods specified for it, indicating that the size of the exemptions mainly affect the planned revenue.  

  

The report urged, according to a statement by the Integrity Commission, that Nass received a copy of it, (August 17, 2022), to “put an end to stopping and reducing the differences in fees owed by importers, traders and clearance companies by determining the amounts owed by each company and importer, and assigning the responsibility of collecting them to the district manager or The customs center, in addition to the approach of the General Authority for Taxes, with a view to amending the taxes that must be collected in light of fee differences in order to achieve a general revenue for the state treasury, as well as stopping the activity of those responsible for financial fee differences until those dues are paid.  

  

The report suggested that the General Authority of Customs send units from the Customs Tariff Audit Department to border crossings, for the purpose of limiting financial differences to importers before paying customs duties, as well as supporting and strengthening investigation and control activity in all ports, and intensifying campaigns in local markets to control prohibited materials, in coordination With the Supreme Judicial Council, in addition to setting strict controls to limit the phenomenon of exporting basic foodstuffs outside Iraq, to limit the rise in prices, and to work to increase the strategic storage of them, and to stop exporting them at the present time.  

  

He added, "After reviewing the statistics of exported foodstuffs, it was noticed that quantities of (rice and edible oil) were exported during the first four months of this year."  

  

The report touched on "the problems and obstacles represented by the lack of prior coordination with the customs departments in the border posts in controlling cases of violating consignments at the border post, and sending them to the General Authority of Customs, based on the provisions of Article (241) of the Customs Law No. (23 of 1984), and the failure of the authority to The General Directorate of Iraqi Ports notified it of the presence of overcrowded containers in the warehouses of the Ministry of Transport for long periods, noting that the legal period allowed for the containers to remain is (30) days only.  

  

The report stated that "the revenues of the General Customs Authority for the years (2019 - 2021) amounted to approximately (3,080,000,000,000,000) trillion dinars, despite the Kurdistan Region's failure to comply with Resolution No. (13 of 2019) regarding the unification of customs and tariff procedures adopted between the center and the region," noting that "" The speedy resolution of the cases will contribute to supporting the state treasury from the funds obtained from it.  

  

He continued, "he noted the weak activity of the investigation and control department of the Central Region Customs Directorate, and the weak follow-up by the border center managers of the priorities sent by them to the customs tariff audit department, indicating that the priorities were sent before the completion of the paragraphs of the customs declaration to the payment of some of the financial dues by companies, The production tax department of the directorate.  

  

Ableian pointed out that "regarding the procedures of the General Authority of Customs in facilitating the transactions of citizens, the search service for cars entering Iraq has been developed through the website; Each border post from the customs affairs department until the completion of the transaction, and the procedures also included directing the managers of the customs areas to expedite the assessment and sale of the abandoned and confiscated funds, in accordance with the provisions of the customs law and combating the smuggling of oil and its derivatives; Reducing the momentum in the Al-Gamraqi campus and the confinement yards.  

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Integrity calls for a review of customs exemptions and reveals a new development for imported cars

• Time: 08/17/2022 12:12:45
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{Local: Al Furat News} The Federal Integrity Commission called, on Wednesday, to amend the amended Customs Law No. 23 of 1984, in line with recent economic developments, and for the concerned authorities to reconsider bilateral agreements that grant customs facilities and exemptions from fees; To maximize financial revenue.

The Authority’s Prevention Department recommended, in a report prepared by it on the visits made by its team, which consisted of conducting field visits to the Ministry of Finance - the General Customs Authority, to review the file of customs exemptions granted to various sectoral authorities by developing an accurate economic and financial mechanism and vision, and specifying the goods covered by the exemption. The project and the time periods specified for it, indicating that the size of the exemptions mainly affect the planned revenue.

The report, a copy of which was sent to the Office of the Prime Minister, the General Secretariat and the Minister of Finance, urged putting an end to stopping and reducing the differences in fees owed by importers, traders and clearing companies by specifying the amounts owed by each company and importer, and entrusting the responsibility of collecting them to the director of the region or the customs center in addition to the customs authority. general taxation; With a view to adjusting the taxes that must be collected in light of fee differences in order to achieve a general revenue for the state treasury, as well as stopping the activity of those responsible for financial fee differences until those dues are paid.

Integrity added that "the report suggested that the General Authority of Customs send units from the Customs Tariff Audit Department to border crossings, for the purpose of limiting financial differences to importers before paying customs duties, as well as supporting and strengthening investigation and control activity in all ports, and intensifying campaigns in local markets to control materials The prohibited, in coordination with the Supreme Judicial Council, in addition to setting strict controls; to limit the phenomenon of exporting basic foodstuffs outside Iraq; Exported foodstuffs It was noticed that quantities of (rice and edible oil) were exported during the first four months of this year.

The report touched on the problems and obstacles represented by the lack of prior coordination with the customs departments at the border posts in controlling cases of violating consignments at the border post, and sending them to the General Authority of Customs; According to the provisions of Article (241) of the Customs Law No. (23 of 1984), and the failure of the General Authority of Iraqi Ports to notify it of the presence of overcrowded containers in the warehouses of the Ministry of Transport for long periods, noting that the legal period allowed for the containers to remain is (30) days only. .

The report stated that the revenues of the General Authority of Customs for the years (2019 - 2021) amounted to approximately (3,080,000,000,000,000) trillion dinars, despite the Kurdistan Region's failure to comply with Resolution No. (13 of 2019) regarding the unification of customs and tariff procedures approved between the center and the region, indicating that the speed of resolution of the completion of The lawsuits will contribute to supporting the state treasury from the money obtained from it.

He noted the weak activity of the investigation and control department of the Central Region Customs Directorate, and the weak follow-up by the managers of the border center for the priorities sent by them to the customs tariff audit department, indicating that the priorities were sent before the completion of the paragraphs of the customs declaration to the companies in which some of the debts were paid, and some of the companies in the department paid them late. Production belonging to the directorate.

With regard to the procedures of the General Customs Authority in facilitating the transactions of citizens, the service of searching for vehicle entries entering Iraq has been developed through the website; To get acquainted with the stages of completing the transaction without the need to review the department, in addition to preparing a special program for the electronic declaration that is tasked with linking the sections of each border center from the customs affairs department until the completion of the transaction. Provisions of the customs law and the fight against smuggling of oil and its derivatives; In order to prevent cases of extinction of these materials and not to decrease their values, as well as to help reduce the momentum in the Al-Gamraqi campus and the confinement yards.

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The Minister of Finance directs an urgent order regarding automation in the customs and tax authorities

• Time: 08/31/2022 17:44:45
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{Local: Al Furat News} Today, Wednesday, the Minister of Finance, Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar Agency, directed an order to expedite the completion of the requirements for the application of automation in the customs and tax authorities to enhance the side of government revenues.

 

And the ministry said, in a brief statement, of which {Al-Furat News} received a copy, that "the Minister of Finance, an agency, directed to expedite the completion of the requirements for the application of automation in the customs and tax authorities to enhance the side of government revenues."

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Integrity: Activating the electronic system to prevent corruption and deter spoilers

 

 

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Al-Kazemi directs, in coordination with the Ports Authority, to follow up on the implementation of the recommendations of the detailed report on border crossings

 

Activating the electronic system to prevent corruption and deter spoilers

 

Strengthening inspection committees at customs centers to ensure the smooth flow of inspection procedures for goods and functional rotation -

 

Concluding a contract to install radiological detection gates in the ports for the provisions of controlling the entry of radioactive materials

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Customs: a tracking system (GPS) for trucks entering the country to know where they go

2022.09.22 - 18:23

 

Baghdad - people  

Today, Thursday, the General Company for Land Transport announced the imminent adoption of a tracking system (GPS) for trucks entering the country to know their destination, as part of several measures to combat tax evasion.   

  

 

  

The company said in a statement received by "NAS" (September 22, 2022), that it "has implemented a field application for the electronic system project and the mechanism of applying the (GPS) system on trucks with the participation of all relevant departments in order to prevent smuggling operations or manipulation of public money resulting from the exploitation of government approvals. for other than the purpose for which it was granted.  

  

The statement added, "All goods related to exempted materials, chemical and dual-use hazardous materials, shipments of medicines, medical supplies, shipments of military weapons and shipments of transnational transport (transit) will be subject to the tracking system, as well as the presence of a control room at the headquarters of the General Company for Land Transport in which the relevant departments are represented to follow up. Application Mechanism.  

  

He stressed that "this system will have a major role in supporting the e-government process by showing the details of the shipment and determining its path, starting from the starting point at the border crossing to the beneficiary."  

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Ports announce the completion of electronic procedures for exempted goods

2022.09.29 - 13:47

 

Baghdad - people  

On Thursday, the Border Ports Authority announced the completion of electronic procedures for exempted goods.  

  

 

  

  

The authority said in a statement that “Nass” received a copy of it (September 29, 2022), that “with the guidance and direct supervision of the head of the Border Ports Authority, Major General Omar Adnan Al-Waeli, the technical staff of the Border Ports Authority completed the completion of the last link of the electronic link of the exempted goods program in the center. Customs for ports (Shalamcheh port, Safwan port, Umm Qasr North port, Umm Qasr Al Awsat port, Umm Qasr South port, Abu Flous port) in cooperation with the General Authority for Customs / Southern Region and the General Directorate of Industrial Development, which is a qualitative transition from work Routine paper-based work to electronic work to facilitate data access and eliminate counterfeiting and tampering with quantities and descriptions of exempt goods.  

  

She added, "It is worth noting that the Border Ports Authority had earlier activated the electronic system for exempted goods in other customs centers as a step of the electronic support and support steps for the departments operating at the border crossings and in implementation of the directives and recommendations of the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers and the Diwani Order Committee 22 of 2020 on activating the work e-governance at border crossing points to reach full e-governance.  

  

  

  

  

  

 

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Integrity seizes waste of public money worth 5 billion in Basra

2022.10.12 - 11:20

 

Baghdad - people  

On Wednesday, the Federal Integrity Commission announced that it had seized cases of waste, damage to public money, embezzlement, and thwarting an attempt to enter materials illegally in a number of Basra governorate departments.  

  

  

A statement issued by  the Commission's Investigation Department, a copy of which was received by Nass, said (October 12, 2022), that "the work team of the Basra Investigation Directorate, which moved to the Environment Department in the province, seized (3) special devices to measure the internal radioactivity of the body. The circuit is left unused and has not been used since its preparation in 2012, with a value of (5,075,400,000) billion dinars .  

  

The department added, "Leaving the equipment in the warehouses of the Environment Department, as a result of not constructing and erecting a building for it, despite sending the department's cadres for training, exposes them to extinction and not benefiting from them, in addition to causing a waste of public money with the aforementioned amount . "  

  

And she continued, "In a third operation, after investigation and follow-up, an amount of (651,891,177) million dinars was seized from the Basra Oil Company, after an employee of the company's financial authority manipulated the documents of mass transportation wages for the years (2020, 2021 and 2022), and other amounts were added to the accounts. Drivers' dues in exchange documents and their embezzlement .  

  

  

In the northern port of Umm Qasr, "The work team of the Basra Investigation Directorate managed to thwart an operation to smuggle tens of tons of used and damaged fiber-class pipes that are prohibited from being brought into Iraq, loaded on (6) trucks at the port, and an attempt to bring them in as new materials . "  

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The border crossings announce the completion of the "exempt goods" program in the customs centers

2022.10.12 - 13:22

 

Baghdad - people  

The Border Ports Authority announced, on Wednesday, the completion of the activation of the "exempt goods" program at all border ports and customs centers.  

  

A statement by the authority, a copy of which was received by “Nass” (12 October 2022), stated that “in the context of the continued development and modernization of the electronic work system in the Border Ports Authority and with the aim ofI mplementation of the directives of the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers and the Diwani Order Committee No. 22 of 2020 regarding the automation of procedures at the border ports and their integration with the relevant systems. Head of the Border Ports Authority, Major General Dr. Omar Adnan Al-Waeli.  

He added, "Coordination and cooperation has taken place with the General Customs Authority, the National Investment Authority and the General Directorate of Industrial Development in order to resolve this file through the use of modern and digital technologies, to achieve the highest level of follow-up and document all procedures to reduce corruption and eliminate smuggling and waste of public money." ".

  

 

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The outlets announce the completion of the activation of the “exempt goods” program to reduce corruption

• Time: 10/12/2022 13:24:05
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{Local: Al Furat News} The Border Ports Authority announced, today, Wednesday, the completion of the activation of the "exempt goods" program at all border crossings and customs posts.

 

And it stated in a statement, which {Euphrates News} received a copy of, that: "The technical cadres of the authority in the Directorate of the One Trade Exchange Window have completed the implementation of the exempted goods program in all customs ports and centers under the supervision and follow-up of the authority's head, Major General Omar Adnan al-Waeli." 

She added, "Coordination and cooperation with the General Authority of Customs, the National Investment Authority and the General Directorate of Industrial Development have taken place in order to resolve this file through the use of modern and digital technologies to achieve the highest level of follow-up and document all procedures to reduce corruption and eliminate smuggling and waste of public money."

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Anti-corruption expert points out the flaws in state revenues

• Time: 10/12/2022 14:07:34
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{Politics: Al Furat News} The anti-corruption expert, Saeed Yassin, pointed out today, Wednesday, the deficiencies in state revenues.

 

Yassin told Al Furat News that: "The state's oil revenues are monitored and clear, but the defect is in monitoring non-oil revenues such as fees, taxes and customs, knowing that they go to the Ministry of Finance, but they are not monitored."
He stressed, "the need to adopt a transparency program in non-oil government revenues, as oil is generated in the extractive industry."
And Yassin stated, "Any financial or administrative corruption is considered a major crime against the people, and it is the main factor in the failure of services, health and others, and it may come from the exploitation of administrative influence or political protection."

From: Raghad Daham