RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/VAL/W/58/Add.4
22 May 2000
(00-2077)
Committee on Customs Valuation Original:  French
COMMUNICATION FROM THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF MAURITANIA
CONCERNING ANNE X III, PARAGRAPH 1, OF  THE AGREEMENT
ON IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE VII OF THE GENERAL
AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE 1994
Addendum
The following communication, dated 18 May 2000, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Mauritania.
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PROGRAMME FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION BY MAURITANIA
OF ARTICLE VII OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON
TARIFFS AND TRADE 1994
A three-year extension of the transition period is requested by Mauritania for the purpose of:
1. Harmonizing the legislation in force with the World Trade Organization agreements:  revising
the legislative and regulatory texts so as to put in place suitable administrative procedures andmechanisms:
- Revising Article 26 of the Customs Code;  and- submitting a bill to Parliament on the subject, and ensuring that its application
decrees are adopted by the Government.
2. Adequate training of the staff of the customs administration and its auxiliaries;3. Informing and sensitizing the members of the business community so as to make them
genuine partners of the customs administration;
4. Generalizing the use of data-processing;5. Collecting reliable and credible information on the various supply markets;6. Setting up a national customs tariff;7. Ensuring that the quality of imports is guaranteed in order to protect the health and safety of
consumers;
8. Effectively controlling the fraud which would stem from the application of the Agreement;G/VAL/W/58/Add.4
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9. Combating the damaging effects of under-invoiced imports on emerging production sectors;
and
10. Protecting the public finances so as not to compromise the budget estimates.
It is for this set of reasons that Mauritania requests a three-year extension of the transitional
period in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 of Annex III of the Agreement on
Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994.G/VAL/W/58/Add.4
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PROGRAMME FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION BY MAURITANIA OF
ARTICLE VII OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS
AND TRADE 1994
Activity 2000 2003
Revision of the
legislation and
regulations in forceAdministrative procedures and
mechanisms
Revision of Article 26 of the
Customs Code
Adoption by Parliament of a law
and its application decrees1 June
1 June31 May
31 May
Training staff - Training of customs officials
and auxiliaries to implement
Article VII of the GATT
- Generalization of Version
2.7 of ASYCUDA software
- Changeover to Version 3 of
ASYCUDA++
- Familiarization of the
auxiliaries with modernequipment and data-
processing1 June
1 June
1 June
1 June31 May
31 May
31 May
31 May
Information
sensitizationSeminars for the economic
partners (traders, entrepreneurs,
etc.)1 June 31 May
Setting up a national
tariff- Anti-fraud campaigns
- Combating under-
invoicing
- Improved supervision of
frontiers, ports and
airports1 June
1 June
1 June31 May
31 May
31 May
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