The fourth session of the Steering Committee on Trade Capacity and Standards will feature a High-Level segment on removing regulatory and procedural barriers to trade in the ECE region, with a special focus on the Georgia 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.
Steering Committee on Trade Capacity and Standards - Fourth Session
03 - 04 May 2018
Room XXIV, Palais des Nations Geneva Switzerland
Presentations
Supporting the removal of regulatory and procedural barriers to trade
- UNECE
- Georgia, Revenue Service
- Georgia, Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development
- Georgia, Georgian National Agency for Standards and Metrology
- Georgia, Enterprise Georgia
- International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
- International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML)
- Statement of Armenia
- Statement of Serbia
Country follow-up to ECE studies on regulatory and procedural barriers to trade
- Statement of Albania
- Belarus, Ministry of Communication and Informatization
- Kazakhstan
- Kazakhstan - NTM
- Kyrgyzstan
- Republic of Moldova, Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure
- Republic of Moldova, Customs Service
- Tajikistan
Updates from subsidiary bodies
Capacity-building and technical assistance activities
Cooperation with other organizations and ECE bodies
Session documents
| Symbol | Document Title | ENG | FRE | RUS |
| Item 1: Adoption of the Agenda | ||||
| ECE/CTCS/2018/1 | Annotated provisional agenda | |||
| A. General Segment | ||||
| Item 2: Matters arising | ||||
| Item 3: Improving the Steering Committee on Trade Capacity and Standards delivery on the 2030 Agenda | ||||
| ECE/CTCS/2018/3 | Improving the Economic Commission for Europe Steering Committee on Trade Capacity and Standards delivery on the 2030 Agenda: Concept Note | |||
| ECE/CTCS/2018/4 | Terms of reference of the SCTCS | |||
| (B) High-level segment: Removing regulatory and procedural barriers to trade in the Economic Commission for Europe region | ||||
| Item 4: Supporting the removal of regulatory and procedural barriers to trade | ||||
| (a) Georgia: Findings and recommendations | ||||
| ECE/CTCS/2018/5 | Study on regulatory and procedural barriers to trade in Georgia: Recommendations | |||
| (b) Ongoing work | ||||
| Item 5: Country follow-up to Economic Commission for Europe studies on regulatory and procedural barriers to trade | ||||
| ECE/CTCS/2018/6 | Follow-up on Economic Commission for Europe countries studies: Republic of Moldova | |||
| ECE/CTCS/2018/7 | Follow-up on Economic Commission for Europe countries studies: Kazakhstan | |||
| ECE/CTCS/2018/8 | Follow-up on Economic Commission for Europe countries studies: Kyrgyzstan | |||
| ECE/CTCS/2018/9 | Regulatory and procedural barriers to trade: Evidence from Economic Commission for Europe national studies | |||
| (c) Continuation of the general segment | ||||
| Item 6: Programme of work | ||||
| (a) Updates from subsidiary bodies | ||||
| ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2017/2 | Report of the Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies on its twenty-seventh session | |||
| ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2017/2 | Report of the Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards on its seventy-third session | |||
| (b) Capacity-building and technical assistance activities | ||||
| ECE/CTCS/2018/10 | Report on capacity-building and technical assistance activities | |||
| (c) Cooperaton with other international organizations and ECE bodies | ||||
| ECE/TRADE/C/CEFACT/2018/2 | Report of the Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business on its twenty-fourth Plenary session | |||
| ECE/CECI/2018/2 | Report of the Committee on Innovation, Competitiveness and Public-Private Partnerships on its eleventh session | |||
| ECE/CTCS/2018/11 | Cooperation with other ECE bodies and other organizations | |||
| (d) Stakeholder needs and priorities | ||||
| (e) Trade subprogramme biennial evaluation report for 2016-2017 | ||||
| ECE/CTCS/2018/12 | Trade subprogramme biennial evaluation report for 2016-2017 | |||
| (f) Trade subprogramme’s strategic framework for 2020-2021 | ||||
| ECE/CTCS/2018/13 | Trade Subprogramme’s Strategic Framework for 2020-2021 | |||
| ECE/CTCS/2018/14 | Trade Subprogramme’s Strategic Framework for 2020-2021: Note by the secretariat | |||
| Item 7. Other business | ||||
| Item 8: Adoption of report | ||||
| ECE/CTCS/2018/2 | Report of the Session | |||