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“While CEFTA 2006 is an excellent agreement, the region must also continue its fight to abolish non-tariff barriers, attract investment and eliminate corruption. Otherwise this excellent agreement will only be a lost opportunity.” Special Co-ordinator Erhard Busek, speaking at the signing of CEFTA 2006 on 19 December 2006 in Bucharest  

The Trade Working Group has always recognised that tariff reductions must be accompanied by the identification, reduction and elimination of non-tariff barriers to trade if substantial increases in trade and investment were to be secured.

Since 2001, the Group has conducted a number of studies on the range of NTBs in the region and has agreed on a common approach to identifying and monitoring their elimination.

• FTA Harmonisation

  • Discussion paper
  • FTA Conformity Tables , October 2004
  • GEM Review of FTAs - Final Report
    

Non Tarif Barriers

• 1st Meeting of SEE NTB Focal Points: Bucharest 31st October-1st November 2006
  • Summary of Meeting
  • Assessment of the revised reports submitted by SEE countries on latest developmenst concerning NTB's
    
    
• SEE NTB Focal Points   [List] under the auspices of SP Trade Working Group                  
  • TTFSE list of contacts in SEE
  • SPS list of contacts

• Agreed Approach for the Reduction And Elimination of NTBs under the Auspices of the SP WG on Trade -4 May 2005 ,Chisinau [Link]
• Report  - Helping to tackle Non Tarif Barriers in SEE
• Report - Helping to tackle Non Tarif Barriers in Bulgaria, Moldova, and Romania, WTI, Berne
• Report - Helping to tackle Non Tarif Barriers in the Western Balkans, EC-CARDS Programme
• SEE National Aid Coordinators under the auspices of SP Trade Working Group     [list]