Complaint
- Complaint number
- NTB-000-375
- NTB Type
- 2.3. Issues related to the rules of origin
- Complaint
- There is lack of clarity and information on the authorities issuing and processing SADC certificates of origin in Member states.
- Status note
- SADC secretariat reported that : as stated in rule 9 of the Annex I of the SADC Protocol on Trade, “Member States shall deposit with the Secretariat the names of Departments and Agencies authorized to issue the certificates required […], specimen signatures of officials authorized to sign the certificates and the impressions of the official stamps to be used for that purpose, and those shall be circulated to Member States by the Secretariat.” SADC Secretariat circulates all the documentary evidence to Member States immediately upon reception. Additionally, the SADC Customs Unit is working in a user-friendly customs related link in the SADC Secretariat’s website to accommodate not only issues related to documentary evidence for the process of SADC RoO, but also all the binding documentation that enhances trade in the Region.
- Progress update note
- Policy or regulatory NTB
- No
- Location
- SADC
- Reporting Country or Region
- Zimbabwe
- Country specific trade issue
- No
- Date of incident
- 2010-02-10
- Status
- Resolved
- Date of resolution
- 2011-11-10
- Product Description
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All products
- Total value
- 0
- Date reported
- 2010-02-10 00:00
- Modified
- 2011-11-10 11:11
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