Second meeting of UN/LOCODE Feasibility Study Team at 11:00 on 22 September 2016

Actions:

A 16.3  UNECE - IATA will meet on 6 October 2016 to discuss about future cooperation (any suggestions and comments before 5 October 2016)

A 16.4  Secretariat will prepare and send invitation to all UN/LOCODE Focal Points to join the Feasibility Study Team

A 16.5  Online discussion Forum will be created on Confluence for general discussion.

A 16.6  Maritime contact list will be shared by IMO, which will be used to extend the UN/LOCODE Focal Points Network.

A 16.7  Based on the feedback from the above list of participants, the Secretariat will break down the flow chart and user cases.

A 16.8  Check the availability for the next teleconference at the end of October 2016.

Decisions:

D16.3     The current free of charge services (registration, submission, search, download) will be continued in the new system.

D 16.4    No limitation on the number of registration to the new system.

D 16.5    National Focal Points could set up and maintain a policy for screening DMRs.

D 16.6    After the validation by the National Focal Points, the Secretariat review DMRs.

D 16.7    IMO decided not to pre-validate the DMRs for locations with function “1” (Ports)

D 16.8    IATA will pre-validate the DMRs for locations with function “4” (Airports)

D 16.9    UPU will pre-validate the DMRs for locations with function “5” (Postal Exchange Offices)

D 16.10 Secretariat will move forward with the second phase of the pilot project with ESRI.

D 16.11 Standardized validation procedures need to be followed.