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Steering Committee on Trade Capacity and Standards - Third Session

12 - 13 April 2017
Palais des Nations Geneva Switzerland

Introduction

The third session of the Steering Committee's session will feature a High-Level segment on removing regulatory and procedural barriers to trade in the ECE region, with a special focus on the Republic of Moldova drawing on the results of ECE assessment study.  In addition, delegates from countries where similar ECE studies have been completed will inform the Steering Committee about ongoing and planned follow-up activities, particularly those related to implementing the recommendations emerging from the studies. Member States will also be briefed about work underway to support the achievement of sustainable development goals in the region. 

Documents

Symbol Document Title ENG FRE RUS
Item 1: Adoption of the Agenda
ECE/CTCS/2017/1 Annotated provisional agenda PDF PDF PDF
Item 2: Election of Officers
A. General Segment
Item 3: Matters arising
B. High-level segment: Removing regulatory and procedural barriers to trade in the ECE region
Item 4: Supporting the removal of regulatory and procedural barriers to trade
(a) The Republic of Moldova: Findings and Recommendations
ECE/CTCS/2017/3 Recommendations Regulatory and Procedural Barriers to Trade in the Republic of Moldova: Recommendations PDF - -
(b) Ongoing work
Item 5: Country follow-up to ECE studies on regulatory and procedural barriers to trade
ECE/CTCS/2017/4 Follow-up on UNECE countries studies: Belarus PDF   PDF
ECE/CTCS/2017/5 Follow-up on UNECE countries studies: Kazakhstan PDF - PDF
ECE/CTCS/2017/6 Follow-up on UNECE countries studies: Kyrgyzstan      
C. Continuation of the General Segment
Item 6: Programme of work
(a) Updates from subsidiary bodies
ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2016/2 Report of the Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies on its twenty-sixth session PDF    
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2016/2 Report of the Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards on its seventy-second session PDF PDF PDF
(b) Capacity-building and technical assistance activities
ECE/CTCS/2017/7 Report on capacity-building and technical assistance activities  PDF PDF PDF
(c)  Cooperaton with other  international organizations and ECE bodies
ECE/TRADE/C/CEFACT/2017/2 Report of the Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business on its twenty-third Plenary session      
ECE/CECI/2017/2 Report of the Committee on Innovation, Competitiveness and Public-Private Partnerships on its eleventh session      
ECE/CTCS/2017/8 Cooperation with other ECE bodies and other organizations PDF PDF PDF
(d) Stakeholder needs and priorities
(e)  Status of implementation of the 2016-2017 programme of work
ECE/CTCS/2017/9 Status of implementation of the 2016-2017 programme of work PDF PDF PDF
(f)   Programme of work 2018-2019
ECE/CTCS/2017/10 Programme of work: Trade Subprogramme  PDF PDF PDF
Item 7.  Other business
Item 8: Adoption of report
ECE/CTCS/2017/2 Report of the Session PDF   PDF  PDF

Presentations

Supporting the removal of regulatory and procedural barriers to trade 

Country follow-up to ECE studies on regulatory and procedural barriers to trade

Programme of work: Updates from subsidiary bodies