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Transport Logistics

SHARED SOLUTIONS

TO COMMON CHALLENGES

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ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION

 AND DEVELOPMENT

 Pursuant to Article 1 of the Convention signed in Paris on 14th December 1960, and which came into

force on 30th September 1961, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

shall promote policies designed:

– to achieve the highest sustainable economic growth and employment and a rising standard of

living in Member countries, while maintaining financial stability, and thus to contribute to the

development of the world economy;

– to contribute to sound economic expansion in Member as well as non-member countries in the

process of economic development; and

– to contribute to the expansion of world trade on a multilateral, non-discriminatory basis in

accordance with international obligations.

 The original Member countries of the OECD are Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France,

Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain,

Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States. The following countries

became Members subsequently through accession at the dates indicated hereafter: Japan

(28th April 1964), Finland (28th January 1969), Australia (7th June 1971), New Zealand (29th May 1973),

Mexico (18th May 1994), the Czech Republic (21st December 1995), Hungary (7th May 1996), Poland

(22nd November 1996), Korea (12th December 1996) and the Slovak Republic (14th December 2000). The

Commission of the European Communities takes part in the work of the OECD (Article 13 of the OECD

Convention).

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