Steering Committee on Trade Capacity and Standards - Third Session
12 - 13 April 2017
Palais des Nations Geneva Switzerland
Introduction
The third session of the Steering Committee's session will feature a High-Level segment on removing regulatory and procedural barriers to trade in the ECE region, with a special focus on the Republic of Moldova 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/2017/1 | Annotated provisional agenda | |||
| Item 2: Election of Officers | ||||
| A. General Segment | ||||
| Item 3: Matters arising | ||||
| B. High-level segment: Removing regulatory and procedural barriers to trade in the ECE region | ||||
| Item 4: Supporting the removal of regulatory and procedural barriers to trade | ||||
| (a) The Republic of Moldova: Findings and Recommendations | ||||
| ECE/CTCS/2017/3 | Recommendations Regulatory and Procedural Barriers to Trade in the Republic of Moldova: Recommendations | - | - | |
| (b) Ongoing work | ||||
| Item 5: Country follow-up to ECE studies on regulatory and procedural barriers to trade | ||||
| ECE/CTCS/2017/4 | Follow-up on UNECE countries studies: Belarus | |||
| ECE/CTCS/2017/5 | Follow-up on UNECE countries studies: Kazakhstan | - | ||
| ECE/CTCS/2017/6 | Follow-up on UNECE countries studies: Kyrgyzstan | |||
| C. Continuation of the General Segment | ||||
| Item 6: Programme of work | ||||
| (a) Updates from subsidiary bodies | ||||
| ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2016/2 | Report of the Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies on its twenty-sixth session | |||
| ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2016/2 | Report of the Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards on its seventy-second session | |||
| (b) Capacity-building and technical assistance activities | ||||
| ECE/CTCS/2017/7 | Report on capacity-building and technical assistance activities | |||
| (c) Cooperaton with other international organizations and ECE bodies | ||||
| ECE/TRADE/C/CEFACT/2017/2 | Report of the Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business on its twenty-third Plenary session | |||
| ECE/CECI/2017/2 | Report of the Committee on Innovation, Competitiveness and Public-Private Partnerships on its eleventh session | |||
| ECE/CTCS/2017/8 | Cooperation with other ECE bodies and other organizations | |||
| (d) Stakeholder needs and priorities | ||||
| (e) Status of implementation of the 2016-2017 programme of work | ||||
| ECE/CTCS/2017/9 | Status of implementation of the 2016-2017 programme of work | |||
| (f) Programme of work 2018-2019 | ||||
| ECE/CTCS/2017/10 | Programme of work: Trade Subprogramme | |||
| Item 7. Other business | ||||
| Item 8: Adoption of report | ||||
| ECE/CTCS/2017/2 | Report of the Session | |||
Presentations
Supporting the removal of regulatory and procedural barriers to trade
Country follow-up to ECE studies on regulatory and procedural barriers to trade
- Statement of Albania
- Statement of Belarus
- Statement of Kazakhstan
- Statement of Kyrgyzstan
- Statement of Tajikistan