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1 28 September 2018 ( ) Page: 1/8 Committee on Trade Facilitation Original: English NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 22.1 AND 22.2 OF THE AGREEMENT ON TRADE FACILITATION COMMUNICATION FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION following communication, dated 28 September 2018, is being circulated at the request delegation Union s' inmation. Union hereby makes the following notification in accordance with Article 22.1 and 22.2 Agreement on Trade Facilitation. It updates the notification made on 18 July 2017 (G/TFA/N/EU/2). This notification covers the Union and bilateral provided by a number of EU member. EU reserves the right to provide further inmation in an update. Donor : Union Period covered by the notification: Ongoing and new projects since 2017 notification Table 1: Ongoing Bilateral/regional 1 and Strengthening Ecuadorian MSMEs internationalization towards the Union Support to Ecuadorian MSMEs promotion and exportation towards the Union Albanian the EU-Integrated Tariff Management System (ITMS) Introduction of an automated intelligent video-control system at road border crossing point Novaya Huta Novi Yarilovychi at the Belarus-Ukraine frontier disbursed ,200, ,300, ,800, ,000 Ecuador Ecuador Albania Belarus DG DG 3 1 list covers projects that are operational at the time of this notification. ree, it also includes projects notified in 2017 as new commitments in Table 3. 2 Unless otherwise stated, the s refer to the overall EU contribution the project lifecycle. 3 See details below, specific enquiries.

2 - 2 - and Palanca Jointly Operated Border Crossing Point Support to the free movement of goods Eastern Partnership Integrated Border Management Capacity Building Project Support to increase the competitiveness of trade and regional economic integration in West Africa Support to trade facilitation through the Department of the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) Border Integration Programme - San Pancho Border Crossing al Economic Integration Project (INTEC) al Trade Facilitation Project West Africa Consolidation of al Integration Support Mechanism 2 (RISM2) al Integration Support Programme 3 (RISP3) COMESA Trade Facilitation Programme Small-Scale Cross Border Trade Programme EAC Market access upgrade programme (notified in 2017 as Trade Related Facility) East and Southern African (EA-SA) Transport and Transit Facilitation Programme (T2FP) disbursed ,500, ,265, ,500, ,000, ,100,500 20,000,000 20,000,000 20,000, ,400, ,500, ,000,000 15,000, ,000, ,000,000 Moldova Kosovo 4 EU Eastern Partnership West Africa Liberia Nicaragua Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala ECOWAS member COMESA and EAC member Indian Ocean : Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and La Reunion. COMESA member COMESA member EAC member EA-SA region - SADC, COMESA and EAC member DG DG DG DG DG DG DG DG DG DG DG 3 FRONTEX EU Burkina Faso Nicaragua Nigeria Zambia Mauritius Zambia Zambia EU Tanzania Zambia 4 This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.

3 - 3 - and Mauritius EPA Support Project Improving the Business and Investment Climate Zimbabwe EPA Support Project Programme in support of Seychelles implementation iepa (SIEPA) Trade related technical Trade related technical (ARISE Plus Cambodia) Trade support facility (ARISE Plus Indonesia) Trade-Related technical (ARISE Plus Laos) Notified in 2017 as trade and economic programme Trade related technical (ARISE Plus Vietnam) Classifying goods African trade Further support to the development of Trade Building of three Border Crossing Points with Serbia Eastern Partnership: Ready to Trade, an EU4business initiative Twinning Project ''Support to the modernisation of Service of Moldova in line with AA requirements'' EU support to the Enhancement of Operational Capabilities of New Port of Baku & Free Trade Zone in Alat disbursed 2 10,000, ,000,000 10,000,000 4,000,000 7,500,000 10,000,000 5,000,000 6,000,000 5,000, , ,987, ,000, ,000, ,050 Mauritius Zimbabwe Seychelles Bhutan Cambodia Indonesia Laos Vietnam Africa Kosovo 5 Kosovo 6 EU Eastern Partnership Moldova Azerbaijan DG DG DG DG DG DG DG DG DG 3 Mauritius India DG Unit D.3 Directorate C 5 This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence. 6 This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.

4 - 4 - Table 2: Multidonor/multicountry 7 and Trade Facilitation Support Programme ACP trade capacity building programme TradeCom II disbursed 8 9,600,000 All developing ,800,000 ACP DG DG 9 Requests can be made directly to the World Bank Requests can be made to the Commonwealth Secretariat and Organisation mondiale de la francophonie WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement Facility (TFAF) UNCTAD programme NCTFs Enhanced Integrated Framework Phase II 600,000 All developing 400,000 Economic Community of Central African (ECCAS) 10,000,000 Least developed DG TRADE DG TRADE EIF Requests can be made to the TFAF Requests can be made to UNCTAD Requests can be made to the EIF Secretariat Table 3: New Commitments 10 and West Africa Competitiveness Programme Boost African continental integration and EU-Africa economic integration through enhanced evidence-based policy making on trade and investment Supporting Trade and Development in Mozambique (PROMOVE) EU-SADC Trade Facilitation Programme (notified in 2017 as SADC FTA & EPA) disbursed 11 5,000,000 16,500,000 12,000,000 15,000,000 Sierra Leone Africa Mozambique SADC Countries DG DG DG DG of the 12 EU Delegation Ethiopia EU Delegation Botswana 7 list covers EU contributions to multi-donor/multi-country projects that are operational at the time notification. 8 Unless otherwise stated, the s refer to the overall EU contribution the project lifecycle. 9 See details below, specific enquiries. 10 New projects committed since last notification and known upcoming commitments pending approval. 11 Unless otherwise stated, the s refer to the overall EU contribution the project lifecycle. 12 See details below, specific enquiries.

5 - 5 - and Support to CARIFORUM in furthering the implementation Economic Partnership Agreement and in meaningfully reaping the benefits Agreement Support to the improvement of MSME Competitiveness and Business Environment in Paraguay Myanmar Trade-Related Technical Assistance (ARISE Plus Myanmar) disbursed 11 21,000,000 12,000,000 8,000,000 Caribbean Countries Paraguay Myanmar DG DG DG of the 12 Barbados EU Delegation EU Delegation Inmation on the process and mechanisms requesting and support : Bilateral and regional : General enquiries: DG TRADE Unit F1; TRADE-TF-ASSISTANCE@ec.europa.eu Specific enquiries: Enquiries about specific support should be addressed to the EU delegation in the developing country concerned, or to the competent EU regional delegation in the case of regional. list of EU delegations and their contact details are available online: Multidonor : Trade Facilitation Support Programme WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement Facility Enhanced Integrated Framework

6 - 6 - Donor : Belgium 13 and the capacity of Africa's s Trade Facilitation the capacity of Africa's s Trade Facilitation the capacity of Africa's s Trade Facilitation the capacity of Djibouti s Trade Facilitation the capacity of Togo s Trade Facilitation Organizing the capacity of Bénin s Trade Facilitation ENABEL Capacity Building Program Organizing the capacity of Gabon s Trade Facilitation disbursed 24,000 RDC, Congo (Brazzaville), Togo, Gabon, Djibouti 32,000 Togo, Gabon, Congo (Brazzaville), Comores, Centrafrique, Djibouti, Guinée, Côte d'ivoire 32,000 Togo, Congo (Brazzaville), Comores, Centrafrique, Djibouti, Guinée, Tchad, Niger, Bénin, Rwanda Belgian Belgian Belgian 1,000 Djibouti Belgian 49,000 Togo Belgian 9,000 Bénin ENABEL (Belgian Technical Cooperation Agency) 50, Bénin ENABEL (Belgian Technical Cooperation Agency) 162, Gabon ENABEL (Belgian Technical Cooperation Agency) 13 Technical and projects in the field of Trade Facilitation: Belgian Contributions and Projects the years On annual basis (from 2018 to undetermined date). 15 Provisionally programmed s (from ).

7 - 7 - Donor : Finland and Support to the TF Agreement Support to the TF Agreement Support to customs organizations in the ESA region to implement the TF Agreement Support to improve trade facilitation in the region Support to LDCs to build trade capacity. disbursed 200,000 Global WTO MFA support to 532,000 Global ITC MFA support to 3,000,000 Eastern and Southern Africa WCO MFA support to 9,800,000 Eastern Africa TMEA MFA support to 9,000,000 LDCs EIF MFA support to

8 - 8 - Donor : France Period covered by the notification: Projects approved or operational in 2016 and Support development and export facilities Abidjan airport Support extension of a container port terminal and trade facilities Trade fund Trade policy, regulation and adjustment trade facilitation technical trade facilitation disbursed 13,000,000 Côte d'ivoire AFD 26,436,376 Jamaica AFD 407,000 Mali Public development aid (APD) 3,000 Global Public development aid (APD) 47,600 (including 15,100 on specific FR funds) Global (mainly African and South East Europe) French customs