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publié dans Ressources le 12 décembre 2011

Le comité conjoint CEDEAO-UEMOA s’entend sur une feuille de route pour un tarif extérieur commun (TEC) régional

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JOINT ECOWAS-UEMOA COMMITTEE AGREES ROADMAP FOR REGIONAL COMMON EXTERNAL TARIFF

The 11th Meeting of the Joint ECOWAS-UEMOA Committee for the Management of the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (CET) has agreed a roadmap for the finalization of a draft ECOWAS CET to be submitted to the ECOWAS Council of Ministers for adoption by end of June 2012.

The finalization of the CET, a major step in the establishment of a Customs Union under the ECOWAS integration agenda, is also critical to the conclusion of ongoing Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations between the ECOWAS and the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) Commissions and the European Union.

According to the roadmap agreed after the five-day 11th Joint Committee Meeting which ended in Cotonou, Benin Republic on Friday 9th December 2011, the finalization of the study on Accompanying and Safeguard Measures on the CET, by the two Commissions is scheduled for February 2012.

This will be followed by a meeting of an Ad-hoc Committee on pending issues and then the adoption of agreed proposals to be submitted to the 12th Joint Committee Meeting, also in February 2012.

It is expected that by the end of March 2012, ECOWAS Tariff and Statistical Nomenclature (TSN) based on the 2012 Version of Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS 2012) would have been submitted to the World Customs Organization (WCO).

This will be followed in April 2012 by the transposition of duty rates from the draft CET based on the 2007 version of the HS to the 2012 version, with the draft CET. The proposed Accompanying and Safeguard Measures are also programmed for adjustment and finalization the same month.

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