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Steering Committee on Trade Capacity and Standards - Fifth Session

28 - 29 May 2019
Room V, Palais des Nations Geneva Switzerland
Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

Introduction

The fifth 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 Armenia 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/2019/1 Annotated provisional agenda PDF PDF PDF
Item 3: Election of Officiers
A. General Segment
Item 3: Matters arising
Item 4: Improving the Steering Committee on Trade Capacity and Standards delivery on the 2030 Agenda
ECE/CTCS/2019/3 Improving the Economic Commission for Europe Steering Committee on Trade Capacity and Standards delivery on the 2030 Agenda: Proposals by the Bureau PDF PDF PDF
B. High-level segment: Removing regulatory and procedural barriers to trade in the Economic Commission for Europe region
Item 5: Supporting the removal of regulatory and procedural barriers to trade
(a) Armenia: Findings and recommendations
ECE/CTCS/2019/4 Study on regulatory and procedural barriers to trade in Armenia: Recommendations PDF PDF PDF
  Regulatory and Procedural Barriers to Trade in Armenia: Needs Assessment PDF    
  Regulatory and Procedural Barriers to Trade in Armenia: Needs Assessment: Business Process Analysis PDF    
(b) Ongoing work
Item 6: Country follow-up to Economic Commission for Europe studies on regulatory and procedural barriers to trade
ECE/CTCS/2019/5 Follow-up on Economic Commission for Europe  countries studies: Republic of Moldova PDF PDF PDF
Item 7: Trade as a means for implementing the 2030 Agenda
ECE/CTCS/2019/6 Trade as  a means for implementing the 2030 Agenda: The experience of Georgia PDF PDF PDF
C. Continuation of the general segment
Item 8: Programme of work
(a) Updates from subsidiary bodies
ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2018/2 Report of the Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies on its twenty-eighth session PDF PDF PDF
ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2018/2 Report of the Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards on its seventy-fourth session PDF PDF PDF
ECE/CTCS/2019/11 Revised Programme of work of the Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards 2019-2020 PDF PDF PDF
ECE/CTCS/2019/12 Terms of Reference of the Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards (2018) PDF PDF PDF
(b) Capacity-building and technical assistance activities
ECE/CTCS/2019/7 Report on capacity-building and technical assistance activities  PDF PDF PDF
(c)  Cooperation 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 PDF PDF PDF
ECE/TRADE/C/CEFACT/2019/3 Matters arising from the twenty-fourth UN/CEFACT Plenary Session PDF PDF PDF
ECE/CTCS/2019/8 Cooperation with other and other organizations ECE bodies PDF PDF PDF
(d) Stakeholder needs and priorities
(e) Trade subprogramme biennial evaluation report for 2018-2019
ECE/CTCS/2019/9 Status of implementation of the 2018-2019 programme of work PDF PDF PDF
(f) Trade subprogramme’s strategic framework for 2020
ECE/CTCS/2019/10 Trade subprogramme’s draft programme of work for 2020 PDF - -
Item 9.  Other business
Item 10: Adoption of report
ECE/CTCS/2019/2 Report of the Session PDF PDF PDF

Presentations

Item 5. Supporting the Removal of regulatory and procedural barriers to trade in the Economic Commission for Europe region 

Item 6. Country follow-up to Economic Commission for Europe studies on regulatory and procedural barriers to trade

Item 7. Trade as a means for implementing the 2030 Agenda

Item 8. Programme of work

List of Participants

Download the List of Participants .pdf