WT/COMTD/PTA2/N/1  
 
17 February 2020  
(20-1219) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Trade and Development  
 Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF PREFERENTIAL  TRADE ARRANGEMENT  
1. Notifying Member : Montenegro  
2. Date of notification:  7 February 2020  
3. Notification provision in the Transparency Mechanism for Preferential Trade 
Arrangements  (WT/L/806):  
 
[X] Paragraph 1(a)  
 
(PTAs falling under paragraph 2 of the Enabling Clause , with the exception of paragraph  
2 (c)) 
 
[ ]Paragraph 1( b) 
 
(PTAs taking the form of preferential treatment accorded by any Member to products of 
least-developed countries)  
 
[ ] Paragraph 1( c) 
 
(Any other non -reciprocal preferential treatment to products authorized under the WTO 
Agreement)  
 
4. Number of beneficiaries (including of any sub -schemes): All least -developed 
countries (LDCs) designated as such by the United Nations  
5. Date of entry into force:  20 January 2016  
6. Date of last renewal (if applicable):  not applicable  
7. Brief description of the Preferential Trade Arrangement : 
Montenegro's Duty -Free Quota Free (DFQF) Scheme is a unilateral non -reciprocal tariff 
preference scheme for all LDCs as classified by the United Nations. The List of LDCs is 
updated accordingly to af fect changes in the United Nations list.  
The scheme fixes to 0% the customs duties on imports of goods originating from LDCs, 
excluding imports of goods from HS codes: 03, 0803, 0805 21, 0805 22, 0805 29, 0806 
10, 0901, 2401 and 93.  
To become a beneficiary  under the DFQF Scheme, the beneficiary country, through the 
official diplomatic channels, is required to provide to the Customs Administration of 
Montenegro specimen seals and signatures of the officials authorized to issue the 
certificate of origin under  the DFQF Scheme.  
To claim preferential tariff treatment, exported products from LDCs must satisfy rules of 
origin prescribed by Regulation for the Implementation of the Customs Law (Articles 
36-68, Annex 7b, Annex 7c, Annex 8 and Annex 9). The preferentia l rules of origin of  
Montenegro were notified to the WTO in September 2019  WT/COMTD/PTA2/N/1  
 
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 (document G/RO/LDC/N/MNE/1) in accordance with paragraph 4, Annex II, of the 
Agreement on Rules of Origin and paragraph 4.3 of the 2015 Ministerial Decision on 
preferential rules of origin for least developed countries (WT/ L917/Add.1).  
 
8. Text and  any related  instruments (e.g. regulations , annexes , schedules , 
protocols ) are: 
[X] submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format)  
[X] available from the following official Internet link(s):  
In English  
Decree on Customs Tariffs for 2019 ("Official Gazette of Montenegro", No 14/19) 
http://www.mif.gov.me/en/library/uredbe  
 
Decree o n Customs Tariffs for 2018 ("Official Gazette of Montenegro", No 5/18 and 
69/18)  
http://www.mif.gov.me/en/library/uredbe  
 
Decree on Customs Tariffs for 2017 ("Official Gazette of Montenegro", No 9/17 and 
43/17)  
http://www.mif.gov.me/en/library/uredbe  
 
Decree on Customs Tariffs for 2016 ("Official Gazette of Montenegro",  No 4/16 and 
46/16)  
http://www.mif.gov.me/en/library/uredbe  
 
Rules of origin  
 
Decree on Implementation of Customs Law ("Official Gazette of Montenegro", No 38/08, 
28/12, 11/16 and 40/7)  
 
http://www.upravacarina.gov.me/ResourceManager/FileDownload.aspx?rid=171697&rTy
pe=2&file=DECREE%20ON%20IMPLEMENTATION%20OF%20THE%20CUSTOMS%20LAW
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