Trade and Investment Division
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)


 
Electronic Single Window Legal Issues:
A Capacity-Building Guide
(ST/ESCAP/2636)



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Foreword
Acknowledgements
Preface
Acronyms and Abbreviations
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Introduction
A. The Single Window for Trade Facilitation
B. The Intersection of Law and Technology in the SW Environment
C. The Single Window as an E-Government Tool: Legal Challenges
D. Organizational Considerations for Identifying Legal Gaps
E. Moving forward: Conducting a Legal Gap Analysis

Essential Legal Elements for the Implementation of a National Single Window
A. Single Window Legal Framework Issues
B. Authenticity and Integrity: Electronic Signatures
C. A Broader Single Window and Electronic Signature Perspective
D. Data Quality, Protection, Retention Issues and Access to Data
E. Other Legal Issues

Mini-Case Studies
A. Mini-Case Study I: The Legal Framework of the Republic of
      Korea National Single Window
B. Mini-Case Study II: The Legal Framework of the Singapore
      National Single Window
C. Mini-Case Study III: Legal Gap Analysis Towards a National
      Single Window in Lao
D. Mini-Case Study IV: Developing the Viet Nam National Single
      Window

Glossary

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Last updated: 25 September 2012