WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/W/244 
11 October 2004 
 
 (04-4234) 
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 7 October 2004, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the European Communities. 
 
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(Euro) Start 
Date Completion 
date Source of funding 
(EC Member State / 
European 
Commission) * 
   
GLOBAL   
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Participati on in pre-seminar and ISO conference for CSR 105,000 2004 2004 Sweden 
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Support to participation in  TBT Committee seminar 50,000 2004 2005 Commission 
LEAST DEVELOPED 
COUNTRIES Integrated for technical assistance to trade development in 
LDC’s 744,000 200X 200X Belgium 
MULTICOUNTRY World Trade, Conformity Assessment and Quality 
Infrastructure Development, International training 
programmes 246,000 yearly  Sweden 
MULTICOUNTRY 
 ISO 14 000, Environmental Management, International 
training programmes 205,000 yearly  Sweden 
MULTICOUNTRY Support for MSTQ 1,730,000 1998 2005 Germany 
MULTICOUNTRY Standardization - Management and Techniques 215,000 yearly  Sweden 
MULTICOUNTRY Standards and trade development facility 170,200 2004 200X UK 
   
ACP   
ACP Support for the integration of the ACP states into the 
multilateral trading system of the WTO  10,000,000 2001 2005 Commission 
ACP Technical Assistance regarding TBT 50,000 2005 2005 Commission 
    
AFRICA    
AFRICA Support for MSTQ in African and Arabian Countries 1,775,000 1998 2007 Germany 
AFRICA ASRO – Capacity building 330,000 2004 2007 Sweden 
AFRICA Trade policy and promotion of trade, MSTQ component 500,000 2003 2007 Germany 
BENIN Establishment of an accreditation, standardization and 
quality promotion system for the West African Economic 
and Monetary Union (UEMOA)  619,000 2001 2004 Commission 
BURKINA FASO Establishment of an accreditation, standardization and 
quality promotion system for the West African Economic 
and Monetary Union (UEMOA)  619,000 2001 2004 Commission 
COMESA Standards, quality, metrology and testing support 
programme  2,000,000 1997 2004 Commission  
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(Euro) Start 
Date Completion 
date Source of funding 
(EC Member State / 
European 
Commission) * 
COTE d’ IVOIRE Establishment of an accreditation, standardization and 
quality promotion system for the West African Economic 
and Monetary Union (UEMOA)  619,000 2001 2004 Commission 
EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY Setting-up of a regional MSTQ architecture in the East 
African Community 1,500,000 2003 2007 Germany 
GUINEA-BISSAU Establishment of an accreditation, standardization and 
quality promotion system for the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA)  619,000 2001 2004 Commission 
MALI Establishment of an accre ditation, standardization and 
quality promotion system for the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA)  619,000 2001 2004 Commission 
MOZAMBIQUE Standard Institute, INNOQ - Preliminary support 935,000 2001 2004 Sweden 
MOZAMBIQUE Professional training for qu ality managers 54,900 2002 200X Portugal 
NAMIBIA National Quality Infrastructure 1,210,000 2001 2004 Sweden 
NIGER Establishment of an accreditation, standardization and 
quality promotion system for the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA)  619,000 2001 2004 Commission 
SENEGAL Establishment of an acc reditation, standardization and 
quality promotion system for the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA)  619,000 2001 2004 Commission 
SOUTH AFRICA Policy support to the Department of Trade and Industry 2,360,000 2000 200X Commission 
SOUTH AFRICA Trade and investment devel opment programme 8,900,000 2000 200X Commission 
SOUTHERN SAHARA Establishment of an accreditation, standardization and 
quality promotion system for the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) Regional Component 1,675,000 2001 2004 Commission 
SADC Support for a Regional MSTQ-System 1,500,000 2003 2006 Germany 
SADC Support to SADC member states in standardization, quality 
assurance and metrology 13,500,000 2004 2009 Commission 
SADC Capacity Building for Effective Implementation of the 
SADC Trade Protocol at national level 1,500,000 2003 2007 Germany  
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Date Completion 
date Source of funding 
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TOGO Establishment of an accreditation, standardization and 
quality promotion system for the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA)  619,000 2001 2004 Commission 
WEST AFRICA Promotion of Metrology and Testing in West African 
Countries 1,023,000 2001 2004 Germany 
 
LATIN AMERICA    
ANDEAN Co-operation and technical assistance programme 
(UE-Grupo Andino en Materia de Calidad) 2,300,000 2002 2005 Commission 
ARGENTINA Promotion of legal metrology a nd calibration services 2,400,000 1985 2004 Germany 
ARGENTINA Advice on the establishment of a national quality system 1,300,000 1999 2004 Germany 
ARGENTINA Normalisation of industr ial certification 400,000 2003 200X Commission 
BRAZIL Establishment of calibration laboratory 1,700,000 1993 2004 Germany 
BOLIVIA Build-up of the Bolivian System of Standardization, 
Metrology, Accreditation and Certification 2,000,000 1998 2005 Germany 
BOLIVIA Trade development, including strengthening 
standardization, metrology, accreditation and certification 6,300,000 2002 2007 Commission 
CENTRAL AMERICA Accreditation and in-p lant environmental management in 
Central America 1,000,000 2002 2005 Germany 
CHILE Harmonization of norms and customs policies 1,400,000 2000 200X Commission 
CHILE Establishment of a metrology network 2,045,000 1997 2004 Germany 
COSTA RICA Establishment of a metrology network 80,000 2004 2005 Germany 
LATIN AMERICA Support of Decentralized Structures in the Application of 
Quality Criteria in the Health and Environment Sectors 750,000 2002 2005 Germany 
LATIN AMERICA Al-invest, including promotion of EU standards and norms 46,000,000 2002 2007 Commission 
LATIN AMERICA Support 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 
MERCOSUR Co-operation in Technical Standards - Proyecto de 
Cooperación en Materia de Normas Técnicas  4,000,000 2003 2007 Commission 
MEXICO Facilitation of the EU/Mexico Free Trade Agreement 8,000,000 2002 2007 Commission 
MEXICO Support to the standardization framework 30,000 2004 2004 France 
NICARAGUA Strengthening sma ll enterprise compliance with 
international regulations and standards 245,000 2004 2007 UK  
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date Source of funding 
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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 
SOUTH AMERICA TBT and standards support 4,000,000 2003 200X Commission 
VENEZUELA Support of the National MSTQ-Services 2,100,000 1989 2004 Germany 
    
ASIA    
ASEAN Economic Co-operation Progr amme on Standards, Quality 
and Conformity assessment 9,000,000 2003 2006 Commission 
ASEM Support to participating in seminar on standards, 
certification and other related topics  150,000 2003 2004 Commission 
ASIA Support of MSTQ in South-East Asian Countries and 
Furthering Their Regional Cooperation 1,535,000 2001 2005 Germany 
ASIA SOUTH Standards 1,000,000 2000  Commission 
BANGLADESH Trade Related Technical Assistance (TRTA) 10,000,000 2003 2008 Commission 
BANGLADESH TRTA:  Pre-Cancun Package  950,000 2003 2005 Commission 
BANGLADESH Support to Quality Control, Certifi cation and Standards 10,000,000 2004 2007 Commission 
BHUTAN WTO assistance and export pr omotion 1,200,000 2004 2007 Commission 
BHUTAN Multilateral trade policy assistance programme 200,000 2003 2004 Commission 
CAMBODIA Institutional support progr amme 4,500,000 2002 2004 Commission 
CAMBODIA Standards, Quality and Conf ormity Assessment 500,000 2004 2006 Commission 
CAMBODIA and LAOS 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 Standards and Quality Assessment  2,000,000 2000  200X Commission 
INDIA EC – India Trade and Investment Development Programme 13,400,000 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 Confor mity Assessment 500,000 2004 2006 Commission 
NEPAL WTO related assistance 2,000,000 2004 2007 Commission 
PAKISTAN Trade related technical assistance projects  5,000,000 2003 2006 Commission 
PHILIPPINES Assistance to WTO accession 2,000,000 2004           2007 Commission 
SRI LANKA TRTA 1,000,000 2003 2005 Commission 
SRI LANKA Strengthening the Quality Infr astructure/SLSI/Phase II 440,000 2001  200X Sweden  
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date Source of funding 
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SRI LANKA SriLac-Swedac, Accreditation body 385,000 2001   200X Sweden 
THAILAND Amelioration of Legal Metrology 2,148,000 1993 2004 Germany 
THAILAND Industrial Metrol ogy 2,279,000 1999 2006 Germany 
VIETNAM Capacity building assistance for the Ministry of Trade 2,500,000 2001 2004 Finland 
VIETNAM Part II of Multilateral trade policy assistance programme, 
including measuring, standardization, testing and quality, WTO accession 5,100,000 2003 2006 Commission 
VIETNAM Standards and Quality Control (ETV 2) 5,520,000 2002 2006 Commission 
VIETNAM Material testing and specialised services 1,000,000 2005 2007 Germany 
    
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 Promotion of the Association Agreement 2,000,000 2003 2006 Commission 
JORDAN Increase capacity for free trade (free trade, legislative 
framework, institution strengthening) 20,000,000 2002 2007 Commission 
JORDAN Strengthening the Jordan Institution for Standards and 
Metrology 2,500,000 2005 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 International training in world trade, conformity 
assessment, and quality infrastructure development 350,000 yearly Sweden 
MED Euro-Med Quality Programme 7,500,000 2000 2006 Commission 
MED Technical assistance in Standards and Metrology to 
AIDMO (Arab Industrial Development and Mining Organisation)  1,700,000 2000 200X Commission 
MOROCCO Technical assistance to technology centres and metrology 
laboratories 2,000,000 2003 2005 Commission 
MOROCCO Standardization, certifi cation and quality 120, 000 2004 2004 France 
TUNISIA Quality 3,100,000 2002 2004 Commission 
TUNISIA Support to SMEs with regard to Market Liberalization 4,000,000 1997 2004 Germany  
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TUNISIA Implementation of the Association Agreement (free trade, 
legislative framework, institution strengthening) 20,000,000 2003 2007 Commission 
WESTBANK AND GAZA National Quality Infrast ructure, Ministry of Industry 44000 
(715.000)1998 (2001-2004) Sweden 
YEMEN WTO Accession support/Yemen 4,500,000 2002 200X 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 Pa rtnership and Cooperation Agreement 2,000,000 2002 2005 Commission 
AZERBAIJAN Implementation of Pa rtnership and Cooperation Agreement 1,500,000 2004 2006 Commission 
GEORGIA Georgian-Europe Policy and Legal Advice Centre 
(Partnership and Cooperation Agreement Implementation) 
phase IV 1,300,000 2002 2005 Commission 
GEORGIA Georgian-Europe Police and Legal Advice centre, phase V 1,500,000 2003 2006 Commission 
KAZAKHSTAN Harmonization of the Kazakh system of standards and 
conformity assessment 200.000 2003 2005 Germany 
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 
MOLDOVA Harmonization of Moldova's system of  standardization 1,400,000 2003 2005 Commission 
MOLDOVA Support for Partnership and Co-operation agreement and 
WTO agreement implementation 4,000,000 2003 2006 Commission 
MULTICOUNTRY Support for WTO accession to countries  in Central Asia 1,000,000 2003 2006 Commission 
RUSSIA Certification of forest production according to international 
standards 550,000 2000 2004 Sweden 
RUSSIA WTO accession assistance 2,000,000 2001 2004 Commission 
RUSSIA Regulation, accreditation, sta ndardization, participation in 
international standardization 3,500,000 2003 2005 Commission 
RUSSIA Harmonization of environmental standards 2,000,000 2002 2005 Commission 
RUSSIA Development of environm ental and quality management 
systems in the Carelian industry 327,000 2002 2005 Finland  
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RUSSIA Approximation of technical rules and standards 4,000,000 2003 2005 Commission 
RUSSIA WTO accession assistance II 3,000,000 2003 200X Commission 
TAJIKISTAN Support to implementa tion of Trade and Co-operation 
Agreement 500,000 2002 2005 Commission 
TAJIKISTAN Support for the implementation of PCA 1,000,000 2004 2006 Commission 
UKRAINE Establishing an agricultural standards certification system 
and control in line with WTO requirements 1,850,000 2002 2005 Commission 
UKRAINE Assistance in the preparation of a project regarding the 
application of a foreign trade regime – Standards, technical 
regulations and conformity assessment 1,400,000 2003   2005 Commission 
UZBEKISTAN Implementation of th e Partnership and Cooperation 
Agreement 3,300,000 2001 2004 Commission 
UZBEKISTAN Implementation of th e 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 Standards and certification 2,000,000 2001 2004 Commission 
ALBANIA Trade regulation and promotion, WT O implementation 2,000,000 2002 2005 Commission 
ALBANIA Support to standards, certificati on and accreditation 1,500,000 2003 2006 Commission 
ALBANIA Metrology and calibration 1,300,000 2003 2006 Commission 
ALBANIA Standards and Certification 220,000 2003 2004 Spain 
CROATIA Amelioration of Croatia’s metr ological infrastructure 620,500 1998 2004 Germany 
CROATIA Industrial Standards 3,000,000 2001 200X Commission 
CROATIA Equipment to testing laboratories 350,000 2002 200X Commission 
CROATIA Standardization and certif ication 1,885,000 2003 2005 Commission 
CROATIA Technical assistance to the State office for standardization 
and metrology 765,000 2003 2004 Commission 
CROATIA Development of accreditation systems and support to 
national testing and calibration laboratories 1,300,000 2003 2006 Commission 
F.Y.R MACEDONIA European industrial standards 1,000,000 2003 2005 Commission 
F.Y.R. MACEDONIA Standardization, metrology, accreditation and quality 
validation 2,750.000 2004 2005 Commission 
MULTICOUNTRY Quality infrastructure  1,500,000 2002 2004 Commission  
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MULTICOUNTRY UNECE - "Balkan Regulatory Convergence" 55,000 2003 2004 Sweden 
SERBIA Technical assistance in support to the regulatory 
framework of the pharmaceutical sector 2,000,000 2002 2004 Commission 
SERBIA Equipment for national food safety laboratories 6,000,000 2002 2005 Commission 
SERBIA Support for standardization, accreditatio n and metrology 8,000,000 2003 200X Commission 
SERBIA AND 
MONTENEGRO JUAT – technical assistance for assessors 138,000 2003 2004 Sweden 
SERBIA AND 
MONTENEGRO Strengthening quality management, capabilities and 
infrastructures  3,500,000 2003 2006 Commission 
SERBIA-MONTENEGRO and 
BULGARIA Formation d'experts, qualité, normali sation et certification 356,000 2003 2006 France 
   
NEW MEMBER STATES 
AND CANDIDATE 
COUNTRIES       
BULGARIA Support of metrology in  Bulgaria II 500,000 2002 2005 Germany 
BULGARIA Strengthening the national conform ity assessment system 4,900,000 2003 2005 Commission 
BULGARIA Strengthening the capacity for legislation enforcement on 
liquid fuels and medical devices 3,225,000 2004 2005 Commission 
CYPRUS Capacity building for the implementation of the EU acquis 
in legal metrology 400,000 2002 2004 Commission 
CYPRUS Upgrading of the state laboratories 1,830,000 2002 2004 Commission 
CYPRUS Upgrading of the state general laboratory 700,000 2003 2004 Commission 
CYPRUS Capacity building for accreditation in the new approach 
areas 600,000 2002 2004 Commission 
CYPRUS Assessment and Administration Capacity Building for the 
Harmonization with the New Approach Directives 500,000 2003  Spain 
CYPRUS Capacity building in the field of metrology 900,000 2004 2007 Commission 
CZECH REPUBLIC Strengthening Market Surveillance of Pharmaceutical and 
Medicinal Products   1,500,000 2002 2004 Commission 
CZECH REPUBLIC Strengthening market surveillance 820,000 2003 2005 Commission 
ESTONIA Development of Conformity Assessment Infrastructure in 
the field of Metrology  2,500,000 2002 2004 Commission  
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ESTONIA Development of testing facilities for implementation of 
market surveillance  650,000 2004 2006 Commission 
ESTONIA Conformity assessment in the field of metrology 2,500,000 2002 2005 Commission 
HUNGARY Strengthening market surv eillance 2,000,000 2002 2004 Commission 
LATVIA Integration with the internal mark et quality assurance 2,000,000 2001 2004 Commission 
LATVIA Market surveillance system in th e non-food area  1,550,000 2003 2005 Commission 
LATVIA Food Production in Latvia: Quality Control and EU 
Counselling 245,000 2000 2004 Finland 
LATVIA Medicinal Products Market Su rveillance 1,084,000 2003 2004 Commission 
LATVIA Medical Devices (Market Surveillance and Vigilance 
System) 1,159,000 2003 2004 Commission 
LITHUANIA Strengthening of the national capacity of the National 
Standards Body  2,230,000 2003 2005 Commission 
LITHUANIA Developing and strengthening Accreditation-system 248,600 2002 2004 Sweden 
MALTA Establishment and Operati on of the Market Surveillance 
Directorate 200,000 2002 2004 Commission 
MALTA Support for the capacity building at the Malta Standards 
Authority 1,350,000 2001 2004 Commission 
MALTA Support for setting up the Malta Medicines Authority 908,000 2002 2005 Commission 
MULTICOUNTRY Internal market quality infrastructure 1,680,000 2002 2005 Commission 
POLAND Integration with the internal mark et, certification  7,000,000 2000 2004 Commission 
POLAND Conformity assessment and sta ndardization 5,495,000 2002 2004 Commission 
POLAND Metrology  2,000,000 2002 2004 Commission 
POLAND Medicines and Medical Directives  4,000,000 2002 2004 Commission 
POLAND Chemical Directive and Administration 2,000,000 2002 2004 Commission 
POLAND Medical products surveillance and re gistration system 2,000,000 2003 2005 Commission 
POLAND Market surveillance 2,700,000 2003 2005 Commission 
POLAND Twinning III: standardizati on, certification, training of 
conformity assessment bodies ** nd 2002 2004 France 
ROMANIA Development of quality infrastructure 4,400,000 2000 2004 Commission 
ROMANIA Amelioration 500,000 2002 2005 Germany 
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  
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SLOVAK REPUBLIC Support for market su rveillance 2,200,000 2002 2004 Commission 
SLOVENIA Development of market  surveillance, conformity 
assessment and standardization  2,000,000 2000 2004 Commission 
SLOVENIA Support to official market surveillance laboratories  400,000 2002 2004 Commission 
SLOVENIA Conformity assessment and Accr editation  1,600,000 2002 2005 Commission 
SLOVENIA Support to the standardization work 150,000 2003 2005 Commission 
SLOVENIA Technical legislation and enforcement in the harmonized 
and non-harmonized area 400,000 2003 2005 Commission 
SLOVENIA Development and Information on General Product Safety 150,000 2003 2004 Commission 
TURKEY Support to the quality infrastructure in Turkey 13,000,000 2002 2007 Commission 
TURKEY Support for market surveillance and Conformity 
Assessment – Automotive sector 2,250,000 2003 2004 Commission 
TURKEY Institution building for the Telecomm unication authority 2,260,000 2002 2005 Commission 
TURKEY Support for the Establishm ent of a National Accreditation 
System 1,023,000 2000 2005 Germany 
TURKEY Support to Conformity Assessment bodies and the Ministry 
of Industry and Trade in implementation of the New Approach directives 4,970,000 2003 200X Commission 
 
 * The Commission funded projects are usually impl emented by organizations outside the Commission 
 ** These are the French parts of a project fi nanced jointly by the Commission and France.  
 
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