Duty Free World Council
Acronym: DFWC
General Information
Identification Code: 172997525551-20
Website: http://dfworldcouncil.com/
Entity Form: Association
Registration Category: Trade and business associations
Registration Date: 1/23/2017
Last Update: 2/15/2024
Mission & Interests
Goals: Duty Free World Council is the global voice for the duty free and travel retail Industry.
The industry’s regional associations from around the globe have come together to form the Duty Free
World Council (DFWC) in order to highlight the importance of the duty free and travel retail industry in
generating significant levels of employment and in providing vital revenues for the aviation, travel and
tourism and maritime sectors. Council objectives include increasing awareness and knowledge of the
industry, providing support to the industry’s regional associations and developing standards throughout
the industry through educational activities.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
- Consumers
- Customs
- Taxation
- Trade
- Transport
Levels of Interest:
- global
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: European Commission's transport policy, in particular in the maritime and aviation space. We are
following the European Commission's Aviation Strategy and anticipate to be active on the announced
Maritime Strategy package as well.
We are also involved in aviation and maritime security issues.
In addition we follow legislation of relevance to our members linked to the products sold in duty free and
travel retail as well as other relevant legislation linked to the duty free market.
Communication Activities: DFWC Study 'Economic impact of duty free and travel retail in Europe 2015'
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: 23 - 25 rue de Berri
Post Code: 75008
City: Paris
Country: FRANCE
Phone:
Indic Phone: 33
Phone Number: 140740721
EU Office
Address: 23 - 25 rue de Berri
Post Code: 75008
City: Paris
Country: FRANCE
Phone:
Indic Phone: 33
Phone Number: 140740721
Financial Data
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Total Budget: 0
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Complementary Information: We are a global association.
Our President's role is not remunerated
Our Executive Secretaries Role is remunerated. I believe this amount to be the correct allocation of any time spend on E.U. related matters. TO date we do not engage with EU bodies.
Membership Information
Members25 Percent: 2
Members: 2
Members F T E: 0.5
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: Information about our member organisations can be found at this address:
http://dfworldcouncil.com/aboutus/
Organisation Members: The DFWC is not a member of any other associations. Our members and primary network are regional duty free and travel retail trade associations: Asia Pacific Travel Retail Association (APTRA), Asociación Sudamericana de Tiendas Libres (ASUTIL), European Travel Retail Confederation (ETRC), Frontier Duty Free Association (FDFA), International Airport Association of Duty Free Shops (IAADFS), Middle East & Africa Duty Free Association (MEADFA). Our only other member is the Tax Free World Association (TFWA)
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Posted: 8/21/2025