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Sadc trade guide GUIDE TO THE SADC PROTOCOL ON TRADE SEYCHELLES Guide to the SADC Protocol on Trade June CProduced by the Southern African Global Competitiveness Hub With Funding from USAID Southern Africa For SADC CGUIDE TO THE SADC PROTOCOL ON TRADE Aut

GUIDE TO THE SADC PROTOCOL ON TRADE SEYCHELLES Guide to the SADC Protocol on Trade June CProduced by the Southern African Global Competitiveness Hub With Funding from USAID Southern Africa For SADC CGUIDE TO THE SADC PROTOCOL ON TRADE Authors Bridget Chilala Director Trade Capacity Building assisted by Matt McCllelland Intern Submitted by AECOM Submitted to U S Agency for International Development Southern Africa January USAID Contract No - M- - - - GS F- P Acknowledgements Maxine Kennett Director Trade Facilitation Capacity Building Pauline Elago Deputy Director Trade Facilitation and Capacity Building Lance Graef Consultant SADC Trade Industry Finance and Investment TIFI DISCLAIMER ? The authors ? views expressed in this publication do not necessarily re ect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government ? This guide does not represent a legal document CLIST OF ACRONYMS BLNS CMT DRC FTA HS ITC LDC MFN MMTZ NTB RoO SACU SAD SADC SADC CD SPS TBT TCS TNF TRIPS WCO WIPO WTO Botswana Lesotho Namibia and Swaziland Committee of Ministers Responsible for Trade Matters Democratic Republic of Congo Free Trade Area Harmonised System International Trade Centre Least Developed Country Most Favoured Nation Treatment Malawi Mozambique Tanzania and Zambia Non-Tari ? Barrier Rules of Origin Southern African Customs Union SACU members are Botswana Lesotho Namibia Swaziland and South Africa Single Administrative Document Southern African Development Community Southern African Development Community Customs Document Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Technical Barriers to Trade Technical Committee on Sugar Trade Negotiating Forum Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights World Customs Organisation World Intellectual Property Organisation World Trade Organisation Guide to the SADC Protocol on Trade June CTABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION DEFINITIONS AND OBJECTIVES TRADE IN GOODS Elimination of Import Duties Customs Duties Tari ?s Harmonised System Elimination of Non-Tari ? Barriers General Exceptions and Security Exceptions National Treatment Special Agreements Sugar Agreement MMTZ Preferences CUSTOMS PROCEDURE Rules of Origin Customs Valuation Transit Tra ?c Transit Documents TRADE LAWS Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures SPS Technical Barriers to Trade TBT Anti-Dumping Measures Prohibition of Subsidies Safeguards Infant Industries OTHER TRADE RELATED ISSUES Intellectual Property TRADE RELATIONS AMONG MEMBER STATES AND WITH THIRD COUNTRIES Bilateral Agreements Most Favored Nation MFN Treatment DISPUTE SETTLEMENT AND INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS Dispute Settlement Institutional Structures The SADC Protocol on Trade and the World Trade Organisation WTO APPENDIX I SADC Certi ?cate of Origin APPENDIX II Declaration by Producer APPENDIX III SADC Enquiry Points for SPS Information APPENDIX IV SADC Enquiry Points for Technical Regulations and Standards APPENDIX V SADC Trade Contact Points Guide to the SADC Protocol on Trade June C Guide to the SADC Protocol on Trade June CINTRODUCTION The Southern African Development Community SADC was created in by the Treaty of Windhoek replacing the Southern African Development Co- ordination Conference The current Members States of SADC are Angola Botswana the Democratic Republic of Congo DRC Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Zambia and Zimbabwe SADC ? s goals are