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G/TBT/W/259 31 October 2005

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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: English

EC AND EC MEMBER STATE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECTS/

PROGRAMMES IN THE TBT FIELD Communication by the European Communities

The following communication, dated 28 October 2005, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of the European Communities.

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G/TBT/W/259 Page 2 Country/Countries Programme/Project name Contribution

(Euro)

Start date

Completion date

Source of funding (EC Member State/

European Commission) *

GLOBAL

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Support to participation in TBT Committee seminar 50,000 2004 2005 Commission LEAST DEVELOPED

COUNTRIES

Integrated framework for technical assistance to trade development in LDCs

744,000 200X 200X Belgium

MULTICOUNTRY World Trade, Conformity Assessment and Quality Infrastructure Development, International training programmes

235,450 yearly Sweden

MULTICOUNTRY ISO 14 000, Environmental Management, International training programmes

MULTICOUNTRY ISO 26 000, Enhancing Participation of Developing Countries in ISO work

180,000 2005 Sweden

MULTICOUNTRY Support for MSTQ 1,730,000 1998 2005 Germany

MULTICOUNTRY Standardisation - Management and Techniques 205,880 yearly Sweden MULTICOUNTRY Standards and trade development facility 170,200 2004 200X UK

MULTICOUNTRY UNIDO standards Trust Fund 70,000 2005 2005 UK

ACP

ACP Support for the integration of the ACP states into the multilateral trading system of the WTO

10,000,000 + 2,000,000

2001 2005-2006 Commission

ACP Technical Assistance regarding TBT 50,000 2005 2005 Commission

ACP Strengthening Fisheries Product Health Conditions 42,680,000 2002 2007 Commission

ACP Trade.com 50,000,000 2004 2009 Commission

ACP Support for the EPA Negotiations 20,000,000+

4,000,000

2001 2005-2006 Commission

AFRICA

AFRICA Support for MSTQ in African and Arabian Countries 1,770,000 1998 2006 Germany

AFRICA ASRO – Capacity building 330,000 2004 2007 Sweden

AFRICA Trade policy and promotion of trade, MSTQ component 500,000 2003 2006 Germany

AFRICA Quality assurance of condom supply 132,000 2005 2006 Sweden

SADC Support to SADC member states in standardisation, quality assurance and metrology

14,200,000 2006 2011 Commission SADC Support for a Regional MSTQ-System 1,500,000 2004 2009 Germany

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G/TBT/W/259Page 3 Country/Countries Programme/Project name Contribution

(Euro)

Start date

European Commission) * SADC Capacity Building for Effective Implementation of the

SADC Trade Protocol at National Level

1,500,000 2003 2007 Germany SOUTH AFRICA Policy support to the Department of Trade and Industry 2,360,000 2000 200X Commission SOUTH AFRICA Trade and investment development programme 8,900,000 2000 200X Commission

ESA Regional Integration Support Programme 30,000,000 2005 2009 Commission

EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY

Setting-up of a regional MSTQ architecture in the East African Community

1,500,000 2004 2009 Germany WEST AFRICA Promotion of Metrology and Testing in West African

Countries

2,000,000 2001 2007 Germany WEST AFRICA (UEMOA) Programme Régional d’Appui à l’Intégration (PARI) –

Volet Secteur Privé

Programme pour la mise en place d’un système

d’Accréditation, de Normalisation et de Promotion de la Qualité au sein de l’UEMOA

14,800,000 2002 2005 Commission (€ 14 million) &

UNIDO (€ 800,000) MOZAMBIQUE Professional training for quality managers 54,900 2002 200X Portugal Tanzania STABEX – quality improvement of tea and coffee 38,000,000 2001 2006 Commission

TANZANIA Improved Access to Market 5,000,000 2003 2008 Denmark

LATIN AMERICA

LATIN AMERICA Support of Decentralized Structures in the Application of

Quality Criteria in the Environment and Food Sectors

750,000 2002 2008 Germany

LATIN AMERICA Promotion for MSTQ 1,000,000 2002 2005 Germany

LATIN AMERICA Development of sector-specific service offers of a quality infrastructure

900,000 2004 2007 Germany

LATIN AMERICA Al-invest, including promotion of EU standards and norms 46,000,000 2002 2007 Commission CENTRAL AMERICA Assistance programme to design and implement common

policies, includes technical standards and metrology

10,000,000 2004 Commission CENTRAL AMERICA Accreditation and in-plant environmental management in

Central America

2,000,000 2002 2008 Germany

CENTRAL AMERICA Support for MSTQ 150,000 2004 2006 Germany

SOUTH AMERICA TBT and standards support 4,000,000 2003 200X Commission ANDEAN Co-operation on quality infrastructure (Calidad) 2,300,000 2002 2005 Commission

ANDEAN Competition (Competencia) 2,000,000 2002 2005 Commission

ANDEAN TRTA I (Trade Related Technical Assistance) 4,000,000 2005 Commission

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(Euro)

Start date

ANDEAN TRTA II (Trade Related Technical Assistance) 4,000,000 2006 Commission ARGENTINA Normalisation of industrial certification 400,000 2003 200X Commission

BOLIVIA Trade development and investment promotion in Bolivia, including development and promotion of quality,

standardisation, and certification among Bolivian exporters

6,300,000 2004 2008 Commission

BOLIVIA Build-up of the Bolivian System of Standardization, Metrology, Accreditation and Certification

2,000,000 1998 2005 Germany CHILE Implementation Fund of the association agreement between

EU and Chile

5.000.000 2003 2007 Commission COSTA RICA Establishment of a metrology network 80,000 2004 2005 Germany EL SALVADOR Assistance programme to the micro- and small enterprises,

includes standardisation issues

10,000,000 2005 Commission GUATEMALA Assistance programme to the micro- and small enterprises,

includes standardisation issues

6,000,000 2004 2006 Commission MERCOSUR Assistance for the Harmonisation of Standards, Technical

Regulations and Conformity Assessment Procedures in MERCOSUR

4,000,000 2004 2007 Commission

MEXICO Facilitation of the EU/Mexico Free Trade Agreement 8,000,000 2004 2007 Commission NICARAGUA Strengthening small enterprise compliance with

international regulations and standards

245,000 2004 2007 UK

PARAGUAY Setting-up of a quality system for the certification of foodstuffs

100,000 2003 2006 Germany

PERU Economic development/strengthening the trade capacity and TRTA

800,000 2004 200X Commission

ASIA

ASEAN Economic Co-operation Programme on Standards, Quality and Conformity assessment

9,000,000 2003 2005 Commission ASIA Support of MSTQ in South-East Asian Countries and

Furthering Their Regional Cooperation

1,500,000 2001 2007 Germany ASIA SOUTH (SAARC) Standards harmonisation 1,000,000 2006 2008 Commission ASIA TRTA Trust Fund TRTA Fund implemented by ITC 5.000.000 2004 2007 Commission ASIA Framework Contract

Lot 6

This Framework Contract is used to recruit TA in the filed of trade

3.000.000 2004 2005 Commission

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(Euro)

Start date

European Commission) * BANGLADESH Trade Related Technical Assistance (TRTA) 7,800,000 2003 2008 Commission BANGLADESH Support to Quality Control, Certification and Standards 10,000,000 2004 2007 Commission CAMBODIA Standards, Quality and Conformity Assessment 500,000 2004 2006 Commission CAMBODIA Assistance to fulfil WTO commitments etc. 2,080,000 2003 2005 Commission CHINA WTO II related co-operation programme 15,000,000 2002 2007 Commission INDIA EC – India Trade and Investment Development Programme 5,700,000 2003 2007 Commission INDONESIA Economic Co-operation and TRTA 8,500,000 2003 2007 Commission LAOS Assistance to fulfil WTO commitments etc. 1,080,000 2003 2007 Commission LAOS Standards, Quality and Conformity Assessment 500,000 2004 2006 Commission

NEPAL WTO related assistance 1,500,000 200x 200x Commission

PAKISTAN Trade related technical assistance projects 5,000,000 2003 2006 Commission PHILIPPINES Trade related technical assistance programme (TRTA) –

including TBT and SPS components

3,500,000 2005 2008 Commission PHILIPPINES (funded from

Asia Trust Fund – total amount of which is indicated above)

Asia Trust Fund - Capacity building of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (SPS).

180,000 2005 2006 Commission

SRI LANKA Strengthening the Quality Infrastructure/SLSI/Phase II 440,000 2001 200X Sweden SRI LANKA SriLac-Swedac, Accreditation body 385,000 2001 200X Sweden

THAILAND Industrial Metrology 2,279,000 1999 2006 Germany

THAILAND Promotion of the Thai Calibration Service 2,360,000 1999 2006 Germany VIETNAM Part II of Multilateral trade policy assistance programme

(MUTRAP II), assistance to fulfil the WTO accession commitments on SPS/TBT transparency (Enquiring Points and Notifications Authorities)

5,100,000 2005 2008 Commission

VIETNAM Standards and Quality Control (ETV 2) including measuring, standardisation, testing and quality

2,435,180 2005 2008 Commission- VIETNAM Material testing and specialised services 1,000,000 2005 2007 Germany

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(Euro)

Start date

MEDITERRANEAN AND MIDDLE EAST STATES

ALGERIA Standardization, certification and quality 135,000 2004 2005 France EGYPT Support to the Quality Infrastructure 4,500,000 2003 2005 Commission EGYPT Implementation of the Association Agreement 20,000,000 2002 2007 Commission JORDAN Increasing capacity for free trade (free trade, legislative

framework, institution strengthening). Relevant ongoing and planned actions under SAAPI:

- Twinning project for strengthening the Jordan Institution for Standards and Metrology.

- TA support to the Royal Scientific Society on Accreditation, Conformity Assessment and Certification

- Twinning project supporting the Jordanian Food and Drugs Administration on Food Safety legislation and procedures in line with WTO SPS requirements.

- Twinning project supporting the Ministry of Agriculture on veterinary and phytosanitary controls procedures in line with WTO SPS requirements.

20,000,000 2002 2007 Commission

JORDAN SAAP II

Continuation of capacity building actions related to trade liberalisation, following on from SAAP I.

15,000,000 2005 2008 Commission

JORDAN/MED regional Support for implementation of the Arab Mediterranean (Agadir) Free Trade Agreement (Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco)

4,000,000 2004 2007 Commission

LEBANON Increase capacity for free trade (free trade, legislative framework, institution strengthening)

12,000,000 2003 2006 Commission

LEBANON Quality programme 15,000,000 2003 2009 Commission

MED Euro-Med Quality Programme 7,500,000 2004 2007 Commission

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(Euro)

Start date

European Commission) * MED Technical assistance in Standards and Metrology to

AIDMO (Arab Industrial Development and Mining Organisation)

1,700,000 2000 200X Commission

MED International training in world trade, conformity assessment, and quality infrastructure development

MOROCCO Technical assistance to technology centres and metrology laboratories

2,000,000 2003 2005 Commission

SYRIA Quality Programme 12,000,000 2006 2010 Commission

TUNISIA LIFE/ECOLABEL 400,000 2004 2006 Commission

TUNISIA LIFE/ISO-EMAS 300,000 2002 2006 Commission

TUNISIA Industrial Modernization Programme (only quality devoted amount)

8,500,000 2003 2008 Commission TUNISIA Implementation of the Association Agreement (free trade,

legislative framework, institution strengthening)

20,000,000 2003 2007 Commission

YEMEN WTO Accession support/Yemen 7,000,000 2003 2008 Commission

COMMONWEALTH OF

INDEPENDENT STATES

ARMENIA Armenia-Europe Policy and Legal Advice Center

(Partnership and Cooperation Agreement implementation/WTO accession) phase III

1,300,000 2002 2005 Commission

AZERBAIJAN Implementation of Partnership and Cooperation Agreement 2,000,000 2002 2006 Commission AZERBAIJAN Implementation of Partnership and Cooperation Agreement 1,500,000 2006 2008 Commission GEORGIA Georgian-Europe Policy and Legal Advice Centre

(Partnership and Cooperation Agreement Implementation) phase IV

1,300,000 2003 2005 Commission

GEORGIA Georgian-Europe Police and Legal Advice centre, phase V 1,500,000 2005 2007 Commission GEORGIA Support for the implementation of PCA 620,000 2004 2005 Commission KAZAKHSTAN Support for the implementation of PCA 1,250,000 2004 2007 Commission KAZAKHSTAN Expertise for the draft law on Technical Regulation 200,000 2004 2005 Commission

KAZAKHSTAN Support to WTO accession 1,000,000 2005 2007 Commission

KAZAKHSTAN Harmonisation of the Kazakh system of standards and conformity assessment

200.000 2003 2005 Germany

MOLDOVA Harmonisation of Moldova’s system of standardisation 1,400,000 2003 2005 Commission

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(Euro)

Start date

European Commission) * MOLDOVA Support to PCA, WTO Implementation and Implementation

of the ENP AP within the framework of the PCA

4,000,000 2005 2007 Commission MOLDOVA Export and Investment Promotion 3,000,000 2006 2008 Commission

MULTICOUNTRY Support for WTO accession to countries in Central Asia 1,000,000 2003 2006 Commission

RUSSIA WTO membership 2,000,000 2003 07/2005 Commission

RUSSIA Harmonisation of environmental standards 2,000,000 2002 2005 Commission

RUSSIA WTO accession 3,000,000 2005 2007 Commission

RUSSIA Regulation, accreditation, standardisation, participation in international standardisation

3,500,000 2003 2005 Commission RUSSIA Harmonisation of environmental standards 2,000,000 2002 2005 Commission

RUSSIA Approximation of technical rules and standards 4,000,000 2003 2005 Commission

RUSSIA WTO accession assistance II 3,000,000 2003 200X Commission

RUSSIA Development of environmental and quality management systems in the Carelian industry

327,000 2002 2005 Finland

RUSSIA Development of cleaner production programmes 350,000 2004 2007 Finland RUSSIA Customs cooperation; training and technical assistance 630,000 1993 2005 Finland TAJIKSTAN Support to implementation of Trade and Co-operation

Agreement

1,000,000 2002 2006 Commission TAJIKSTAN Support for the implementation of PCA 1,000,000 2004 2007 Commission

UKRAINE Establishing an agricultural standards certification system and control in line with WTO requirements

2,000,000 2002 2006 Commission UKRAINE Application of a Foreign Trade Regime – Standards,

Technical Regulations and Conformity Assessmentt

1,400,000 2003 2004 Commission UKRAINE Combating counterfeit plant protection products 196,000 2004 2005 Commission UKRAINE Technical Assistance to Ukraine on norms and standards 9,000,000 2006 2008 Commission

UKRAINE Support to Taxation reform 2,000,000 2005 2007 Commission

UZBEKISTAN Implement. of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, continuation

1,000,000 2003 2006 Commission UZBEKISTAN Institutional development for UZ standard 1,250,000 2004 2007 Commission

SOUTH EAST EUROPE

ALBANIA Trade regulation and promotion, WTO implementation 2,000,000 2002 2005 Commission ALBANIA Support to standards, certification and accreditation 1,950,000 2003 2006 Commission

ALBANIA Metrology and calibration 1,300,000 2004 2007 Commission

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(Euro)

Start date

European Commission) * ALBANIA Market Surveillance Systems Support 1,000,000 2004 2006 Commission

ALBANIA Project on Technical Harmonization 55,000 2005 2006 Czech Republic

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

EU Capacity Building Initiative for Trade Development and FDI Attraction to BiH

1,739,600 2004 2006 Commission BOSNIA AND

HERZEGOVINA

Technical Assistance for the Implementation of technical regulations in BiH

HERZEGOVINA

Technical Assistance to Support Export Promotion 850,000 2006 2008 Commission BOSNIA AND

HERZEGOVINA

Intellectual Property Rights 2,000,000 2006 2008 Commission BOSNIA AND

HERZEGOVINA

Technical Assistance to the Establishment of a Single Economic Space in BiH II

HERZEGOVINA

TA to support Trade Liberalisation 166,600 2002 2003 Commission CROATIA EU Industrial Standards – Technical Assistance to the State

Office for Standarisation and Metrology

760,000 2003 2005 Commission

CROATIA Development of National Metrology, Standardisation, Conformity Assessment and Accreditation System

2,000,000 2005 2007 Commission CROATIA Market surveillance strategy in the field of technical

products

2,129,975 2005 2008 Commission CROATIA Development of accreditation systems and support to

national testing and calibration laboratories, technical assistance

800,000 2005 2007 Commission

CROATIA Development of accreditation systems and support to national testing and calibration laboratories. Supply for Testing and Calibration Laboratories

500,000 2006 2007 Commission

F.Y.R MACEDONIA European industrial standards 1,000,000 2003 2005 Commission

F.Y.R. MACEDONIA Standardisation, metrology, accreditation and quality validation

2,750.000 2004 2005 Commission F.Y.R MACEDONIA Training Government Officials in Liberalised Trade 500,000 2004 2005 Commission

F.Y.R. MACEDONIA Efficient enforcement of EU harmonised legislation 1,000,000 2006 2007 Commission GEORGIA Approaching international markets, the globalisation of the

markets and the effects upon the Small-Medium Sized Enterprises

100,000 2004 2005 Greece

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(Euro)

Start date

European Commission) * SERBIA Upgrading Equipment for of national and regional food

safety laboratories

6,000,000 2003 2006 Commission SERBIA EU compatible Animal Identification System 2,000,000 2003 2006 Commission

SERBIA Reform of Veterinary, Phytosanitary and Sanitary Inspection Services

5,000,000 2004 2006 Commission

SERBIA Export Development Programme 2,500,000 2003 2005 Commission

SERBIA Capacity Building for the Ministry of Agriculture 1,800,000 2005 2007 Commission SERBIA Strengthening Food Safety and Quality 8,000,000 2006 2008 Commission SERBIA AND

MONTENEGRO

Strengthening quality management, capabilities and infrastructures

3,500,000 2003 2006 Commission SERBIA AND

MONTENEGRO

Policy and Legal Advice Centre 2,800,000 2004 2006 Commission SERBIA-MONTENEGRO and

BULGARIA

Training of experts, quality, standardisation and certification

356,000 2003 2006 France

Regional CARDS (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, F.Y.R.O.M., Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro)

Quality infrastructure 1,700,000 2004 2006 Commission

NEW MEMBER STATES AND CANDIDATE COUNTRIES

BULGARIA Strengthening the capacity for legislation enforcement on liquid fuels and medical devices

3,225,000 2005 2006 Commission BULGARIA Strengthening the administrative capacity of Technical

Control Inspectorate: implementation of a market control system for type approved wheeled tractors

150 000 2004 2005 Commission

BULGARIA Strengthening the inspection capacity and alignment with EU practice in the field of control of prepackages and measuring container bottles

150 000 2005 2006 Commission

BULGARIA Further development of the National Conformity Assessment system and Metrology infrastructure

5,470,000 2006 2008 Commission BULGARIA Support of metrology in Bulgaria II 500,000 2003 2005 Germany

BULGARIA AND ROMANIA Networking programme – Quality infrastructure 1,045,000 2005 2007 Commission

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(Euro)

Start date

European Commission) * ROMANIA Development of quality infrastructure 4,400,000 2000 2004 Commission ROMANIA Strengthening market surveillance and consumer protection 2,000,000 2003 2005 Commission ROMANIA Strengthening the regulatory authority for Information

Technology and Communications

2,800,000 2002 2005 Commission

ROMANIA Promotion of Metrology 500,000 2002 2005 Germany

ROMANIA Support of ICMET 300,000 2004 2006 Germany

ROMANIA Support of the National Institute for Safety in Mining and Explosion Protection INSEMEX

410,000 2000 2006 Germany

TURKEY Support to the quality infrastructure in Turkey 13,000,000 2002 2007 Commission TURKEY Upgrading physical infrastructure regarding market

surveillance and Conformity Assessment – Automotive sector

2,250,000 2002 2005 Commission

TURKEY Ugrading physical infrastructure in the Telecommunication sector concerning market surveillance

3,580,000 2003 2006 Commission TURKEY Support to Conformity Assessment bodies and the Ministry

of Industry and Trade in implementation of some New Approach directives

4,970,000 2003 2006 Commission

TURKEY Support to market surveillance laboratories for implementation of certain EC Directives

2,871,420 2004 2007 Commission TURKEY Strengthening capacity of Turkish ministries for market

surveillance in selected areas

6,000,000 2004 2007 Commission TURKEY Strengthening the Ministries of Health, Environment,

Agriculture to harmonise and implement legislation in the field of Good Laboratory Practice for non clinical health and environmental protection

1,500,000 2004 2007 Commission

TURKEY Support for the Establishment of a National Accreditation System

1,000,000 2000 2005 Germany

* The Commission funded projects are usually implemented by organisations outside the Commission The figures/information provided in the projects may also cover sectors other than TBT.

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