GE.08-
UNITED
NATIONS
E
Economic and Social
Council
Distr.
GENERAL
ECE/TRADE/C/CEFACT/2008/7
22 July 2008
Original: ENGLISH
ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE
COMMITTEE ON TRADE
Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business
Fourteenth session
Geneva, 16 – 17 September 2008
Item 5 of the provisional agenda
DEVELOPMENTS BY EXPERT GROUPS: DELIVERABLES AND PRIORITIES
Revision 6 of the Recommendation No. 21 on Codes for Passengers,
Types of Cargo, Packages and Packaging Materials
Summary
The fifth session of UN/CEFACT approved in 1999 the recommendation of the UN/CEFACT
Steering Group to delegate the authority for maintenance of the code lists associated with
UN/CEFACT Recommendations to the Code Working Group. This authorization was transferred
to the Information Content Management Group (ICG) in the reorganization of UN/CEFACT
structure in 2003.
The ICG approved the latest code lists1 in March 2008 and is submitting these to the Plenary for
information.
1
The
code
lists
can
be
downloaded
from
the
ICG’s
website
(http://www.uncefactforum.org/ICG). Previous versions of Recommendation No. 21 include:
Revision 5, CEFACT/ICG/2006/IC003, annexes V and VI; Revision 4, ECE/TRADE/309,
annexes V and VI; Revision 3, TRADE/CEFACT/2001/21, annexes V and VI; Revision 2,
ECE/TRADE/211 and Revision 1, ECE/TRADE/195 and these can also be found on
UN/CEFACT’s web site (http://www.unece.org/cefact/recommendations/rec_index.htm).
ECE/TRADE/C/CEFACT/2008/7
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ANNEXES V and VI to Recommendation No. 21
CODES FOR PASSENGERS, TYPES OF CARGO, PACKAGES
AND PACKAGING MATERIALS
I. INTRODUCTION
1. The United Nations, through its Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business
(UN/CEFACT), supports activities dedicated to improving the ability of business, trade and
administrative organizations, from developed, developing and transitional economies, to
exchange products and relevant ser