March 16, 2010The National Commission to discuss the decisions of Iraq's accession to the World Trade Organization
بغداد الصباح Baghdad morning
The Committee discussed on Iraq's accession to the WTO decisions and Iraqi legislation in force with the relationship, and government support for the sectors involved in trade.
A statement from the Ministry of Commerce, received the "morning" a copy of which:
The Group Executive Committee derived from the National Commission on Iraq's accession to the WTO, led by the Adviser to the Minister of Trade Abd al-Hadi Humairi discussed the recommendations and issues to be discussed at the next negotiating meeting with the World.
He explained that the Committee had discussed in this regard, initial presentation of the items based on the draft law on customs tariff in accordance with the Harmonized System and Iraqi laws and regulations currently in force or under the legislation and the harmonization of these laws to the WTO agreements, noting that the most important legislation that was discussed is the Tariff Act and the Consumer Protection Act and the Law the protection of Iraqi products and competition law and antitrust and other relevant laws that have been developed according to the latest legislative developments.
It was also, according to the statement, discuss the tables on government support for the agricultural sector, where they adopted the information installed on the basis of the difference in purchase price of the State of crops Chairperson) wheat, barley, rice (and locally produced for the purposes of the ration card and the import price of these crops in addition to the price difference for the import of seeds and fertilizers the price you sell to the State such materials to farmers and cost control by the State free to farmers as well as to discuss the first national schedules of commitments on services sectors of the number) 12 (a sector that has been achieved (6) of main sectors, b) the travel and tourism, finance and banking, insurance, communications and research and development and computer services, transportation and health (where that work is underway to provide sectoral studies by the ministries concerned with this file. at the same meeting the Committee reviewed the recommendations (28) of the National Committee to join what has been implemented those recommendations.
This Committee has recommended the offer to send The first of the goods based on the draft tariff according to the Harmonized System to the secretariat of the WTO Committee for the purpose of negotiation in the next negotiating meeting after receiving the consent of the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers to send the form to send in addition to government support for agriculture) ACC4 (as well as the scheme of the legislation the government of Iraq.
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