Non-Tariff Barriers

Complaint

Complaint number

NTB-000-436  

NTB Type

2.14. Other  

Complaint

There is lack of harmonized procedures manual for the EAC partner states.  

Status note

At the 16th NTBs forum held in Kigali in December 2014, EAC Secretariat reported that the EAC harmonized procedures manual was adopted by the Council in 2012. This NTB is therefore resolved  

Progress update note

1. On 16th July 2013, Kenya Focal point advised that the revenue authorities and the private sector should inform if the procedure manuals being used are harmonized in respect to the EAC procedure manuals

2. At the 6th EAC regional forum on NTBs held from 12-13 March 2012, EAC secretariat reported that the EAC directorate of Customs is in the process of finalising the EAC procedures manual and that the document will be forwarded to the SCTIFI by April 2012. The meeting directed that the private sector be involved during the adoption process of the procedures manual.

3. The EAC Dedicated Ministerial Meeting on Non-Tariff Barriers in the East African Community held on 14 March 2012,decided that port procedures manuals should be harmonized by June 2012.

3. The private sector practitioners are urged to comments on the level of harmonized procedures manuals to date before the next ministerial meeting for the partner states to seek responses from the trade facilitation agencies on the complains from the business community prior to the next meeting.  

Policy or regulatory NTB

No 

Location

EAC  

Reporting Country or Region

Kenya  

Country specific trade issue

No  

Date of incident

2009-04-16  

Status

Resolved  

Date of resolution

2014-12-11  

Product Description

All products

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Total value

0  

Date reported

2011-09-07 16:59  

Modified

2015-01-12 14:04