WORLD TRADE G/LIC/N/1/NER/1
12January 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-0078)
Original: French Committee onImport Licensing
AGREEMENT ONIMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES
Notification under Articles 1.4(a) and8.2(b)
NIGER
Thefollowing communication, dated 10December 1997, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofNiger.
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Inaccordance withArticles 1.4(a) and8.2(b) oftheAgreement, theRepublic ofNiger notifies
theCommittee onImport Licensing thatNiger abolished itsimport licensing system in1990. That
decision wastheresult oftheforeign trade liberalization policy implemented under thestructural
adjustment programme.
Nevertheless, itshould bepointed outthatimports ofhydrocarbon fuelsalone remain subject
tolicensing.
Theattached texts1govern import-export operations inNiger:
- Decree No.90-146/PRN/MPE of10July1990 liberalizing theimport andexport of
goods;
- OrderNo.028/MPE/DCEof16August1990asamendedbyOrderNo.023/MPE/DCE
of23May1991, establishing aSingle Window andlaying down theconditions for
itsoperation;
- Circular No.001/MC/I/DCE of11November 1996 ontheoperation oftheSingle
Window; and
- Order No.026/MPE/DCE of12July1990, asamended byOrder No.004/MPE/DCE
of16January 1991, establishing regulations governing imports andexports toandfrom
Niger.
1CopiesofthelawsandregulationsreferredtointhisnotificationareavailableforconsultationintheSecretariat
(Market Access Division) (French only).