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ICC Genesis: a new approach to origin certification?

Bert Van Leeuwen
Adviser, Customs Advisers BV, Netherlands
Published 20 Aug 2024
ICC Genesis: a new approach to origin certification?
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The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has recently, after several pilots (amongst others in the Netherlands), launched an online tool for the verification of preferential origin statements. The tool is named Genesis, after the ancient Greek word for origin, which is also the name of the first book of the Holy Bible and one of the world’s most popular progressive rock bands. So the obvious questions are: how progressive is this tool and does it rock?

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