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WT/ACC/COM/18  
16 May 2017 
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Working Party on the Ac cession  
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. Law No. 12-016/AU of 20 Decemb er 2012 on metrology ; 
2. Decree No. 15-052/PR of 15 April 2015 on ascertaining violations of the sanitary regulations 
and administrative measures taken in respect of the sale and safety of fishery products ; 
3. Preliminary draft d ecree on ascertaining violations of the sanitary regulations and 
administrative measures taken in respect of the sale and safety of fishery products, date d 
6 July 2015;  
4. Decree No. 15-050/PR of 15 April 2015, implementing Law  No. 07-011/AU 
of 29 August  2007 on the Fisheries and A quaculture  Code of the Union of the Comoros ; 
5. Draft decree on the revision of Decree No. 15-050/PR of 15 April 2015 implementing  Law 
No. 07-011/AU of 29 August  2007 on the Fisheries and A quaculture Code of the Union of the 
Comoros, dated 5 March  2017; 
6. Decree No. 99-087/CE of 22 July 1999 on the creation, mandate and organization of the 
consumer products standardization and quality service;  
7. Order No. 17-/VP-MEPEIATISPAF/CAB of 10 May 2017 on the establishment of a trade 
information system and a trade enquiry point with in the Foreign Trade Directorate;  
8. Draft law revising Law  No. 07-010/AU of 31 August  2007 on the Investment Code, dated 
1 May 2016 (explanatory note in Annex);  
9. Draft law on trade defence measures against unlawful business practices ; 
10. Draft law on the managem ent of pesticides in the Comoros ; 
11. Draft law on phytosanitary protection in the Comoros ; 
12. Draft law on the National System of Protected Areas, dated 23 March  2017; 
13. Draft decree establishing the composition and operating procedures of the National 
Competition  Commission ; 
14. Draft d ecree creating the National Codex Alimentarius Committee  (CNCA);  
                                                
1 In French only.  
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  15. Draft order on procedures for the payment of annual small -scale fishing licence fees , dated  
4 April 2017; 
16. Preliminary draft decree establishing the National Fishery Produc t Quality Control and 
Certification Office  (ONCQCPH) , dated 31 March  2015; 
17. Preliminary draft order establishing the rules of hygiene applicable to fisher y products for 
export to the European Union, dated  13 March  2015; 
18. Preliminary draft order on official c ontrols on fishery products for export to the 
European  Union, dated 1 3 March  2015; 
19. Preliminary draft order on the applicable microbiological criteria, dated  13 March  2015;  
20. Preliminary draft order on the sampling methods to be used for the analysis of certa in 
contaminants in fishery products, dated  13 March  2015; 
21. Preliminary draft order on the quality of water for human consumption, dated  
13 March  2015;  
22. Preliminary draft order on maximum authorized limits for certain residues and contaminants 
in fishery prod ucts, dated  13 March  2015. 
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