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WT/ACC/COM/ 26 
20 April 2020 
(20-3142) Page: 1/2 
Working Party on the Accession  
of the Union of the Comoros  Original:  French  
 
  
ACCESSION OF THE UNION OF THE COMOROS  
LEGISLATION  
 The following submissions, from the delegation of the Union of the Comoros, are available for 
consultation1 from the Secretariat. Copies in electronic format may be obtained from the Accessions 
Intelligence Portal2 under "Legislation and implementing regulations" or, upon request , from 
accessions@wto.org : 
 
1. Decree  No. 17-011/PR of 24 January  2017 on the National Drug and Medical Evacuation 
Agency ;  
2. Order  No. 18-016/VP -MEEIATISPAF/CAB  of 16 March  2018 designating a WTO TBT national 
enquiry point ;  
3. Order  No. 19-001/MEIEIETAPPG/CAB  of 6 January  2020 on the structure of the WTO National 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade ;  
4. Draft law on the Investment Code ;  
5. Draft law governing foreign trade in the Union of the Comoro s;  
6. Explanatory text : draft orders on the implementation of certain provisions of the new Customs 
Code of the Union of the Comoros ; 
7. Draft orders on the implementation of certain provisions of Law No. 15-016/AU of 
28 December  2015 establishing the Customs Code of the Union of the Comoros : 
7.1 Draft order laying down  conditions for exercising the right to settlement ; 
7.2 Draft order establishing the procedure for authorizing the handling of goods placed  in 
customs warehouses ; 
7.3 Draft order establis hing shorter or extended time frames for filing detailed declaration s; 
7.4 Draft order establishing implementing provisions on customs debt ; 
7.5 Draft order establishing time  frames  and conditions for unloading and transhipment 
operations involving ships and aircraft ; 
7.6 Draft order establishing rules for implementing the warehouse, clearance area and 
container terminal regime ; 
7.7 Draft order establishing rules for implementing the  ordinary law customs transit 
procedure  and related  transit bond  provision s; 
7.8 Draft order establishing procedures for the Comorianization of ships ; 
7.9 Draft order on the destination of abandoned, seized  or confiscated goods and goods  
destroyed upon request ; 
 
1 In French only.  
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  7.10 Draft order establishing the concession procedure and operating conditions for customs 
warehouses (public or private ); 
7.11 Draft order establishing the concession procedure and operating conditions for special 
warehouses used to store petrol eum products ; 
7.12 Draft order laying down  conditions for the application of Customs Code Article 155 on 
relief consignments ; 
7.13 Draft order laying down  conditions for sampling  in the context of the right to access 
premises used for professional purposes ; 
7.14 Draft order laying down  conditions for filing customs declarations electronically ; 
7.15 Draft order  laying down conditions for the use and functioning of simplified clearance 
procedures ; 
7.16 Draft order on the temporary a dmission procedure ; 
7.17 Draft order on  public auctions ; and 
7.18 Draft order on customs value determination.  
8. Service note  of 13 March  2018 on the discontinuation of the use o f ASYCUDA ++.  
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