The WCO announced on 07 January that the Union of the Comoros had deposited with the Secretary General of the WCO its instrument of accession to the International Convention on the Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System (Harmonised System or HS). Comoros is the 146th Contracting Party to the HS Convention. It has been a Member of the WCO since 01 July 1993. The HS Convention will enter into force in Comoros on 01 January 2015, unless it decides to specify an earlier date.