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Tariffication and Transparency of Non-tariff Measures in CEFTA – possibilities from support from academia

Zlatko Veterovski, Customs Administration of the Republic of North Macedonia

• Importance of non-tariff measures
• Studies about non-tariff measures
• Tariffication – the role of Customs Tariff

and HS tariff codes

• Transparency
• WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
• World Bank Single Window Project
• Support from Academia

Importance of non-tariff measures

• International and national obligation for the

protection of the society

• The WAY how these measures are

implemented

• Introduction and elimination of these

measures - NOTIFICATIONS

Studies about non-tariff measures

• Several studies
• Non-tariff measures are much higher than

the tariff measures – especially in CEFTA

• Estimated cost

Tariffication – the role of Customs Tariff and HS tariff codes

• Why tariffication is important
• The famous case of school pens, baby

beds

• Promotion of Customs tariff and legal
• bligations
• Legal obligations

Transparency

• Why transparency is important
• How to improve transparency
• How to increase the integrity

WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement

• Establishment of the Single Window
• World Bank Trade Facilitation Loan
• Single Window for CEFTA (North

Macedonia, Albania, Serbia)

• Blueprint for Single Window

Support from Academia

• Not-enough academic books about non-

tariff measures

• European and world experiences
• Licenses, permits and quota
• Mutual Recognition
• Cassis de Dijon case
• World Bank Blueprint on Single Window
• CEFTA Blueprint on Non-tariff measures

zlatko.veterovski@customs.gov.mk