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WT/ACC/COM/12  
7 October  2016 
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Workin g Party on the Accession  
of the Union of the Comoros  Original:  French  
 
  ACCESSION OF THE UNION OF THE COMOROS  
LEGISLATION  
 The following submission s, 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 implement ing regulations " or, upon request, 
from accessions@wto.org : 
 
1. Law on the Investment Code ; 
 
2. Decree No. 08-063/PR on the Establishment of a National Investment Promotion Agency, 
dated 5 June 2008; 
 
3. Decree No. 12-094/PR promulgating  Law No. 11-024-AU of 2 9 December  2011, Tourism;  
 
4. Order No. 13-002 containing the statutes of the National  Tourism Office;  
 
5. Law on Economic Citizenship in the Union of the Comoros;  
 
6. Law No. 13-/AU on Competition in the Union of the Comoros;  
 
7. Compend ium of texts relating to the banking sector;  
 
8. Decree No. 15-240/PR promulgating  Law No. 15-012/AU o f 28 December  2015 containing  
the Finance Law for the financial year 2016;  
 
9. Uniform Act on Arbitration under  the OHADA Treaty;  
 
10. Order No. 04-005/VP on the Creation of the National Development and Trade Policy Forum 
(FNDPC) responsible for the negotiat ion of EPAs;  
 
11. Uniform Act relating to the Commercial Companies and Economic Interest Groups, adopted 
on 17 April 1997 and published in Official Journal OHADA No. 2 of 1 October  1997; 
 
12. Rules of Mediation of the Court of Arbitration of the Comoros (C ACOM);  
 
13. Decree No. 11-151/PR promulgating Law No. 11-007 bis/AU of 3 May 2011 on the General 
Tax Code;  
 
14. Ordinance on the Customs Code No. 92-008/PR of 7 September  1992; 
 
15. COMESA Rules of Origin;  
 
16. Government Procurement Code dated  4 February  2012; 
 
17. Act of  the Bangui Agreement Establishing the African Intellectual Property Organization 
(OAPI) ; dated  14 December  2015; 
                                                
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  18. Decree No. 10-173/PR on the Establishment, Powers, Organization and Operation of the 
Comor ian Intellectual Property Office  (OCPI), dated  26 November  2010; 
 
19. Law No. 86-017 on the Urban Planning and Habitat Code;  
 
20. Trade Agreement between the Comorian State and the Democratic Republic of Madagascar;  
 
21. Cooperation Framework Agreement between the Government of the United Republic of 
Tanzania and the Government of the Union of the Comoros;  
 
22. Decree No. 99-087/CE on the creation, mandate and organization of the consumer product 
standardization and quality service, dated 2 2 July 1999; 
 
23. Decree No. 08-064/PR laying dow n the procedure for the granting of benefits under the 
Investment Code, dated 5 June 2008; 
 
24. Law of 1 1 March  1957 on literary and artistic property, made applicable in  the Comoros by 
order of 8 April 1957; 
 
25. Order No. 09-013/VP -MAPEEIA/CAB  creating t he National Code x Alimentarius Committee;  
 
26. Law No. 95-009 of 2 0 June 1995 o n the creation, organization and operation of the 
National  Institute for Research in Agriculture, Fisheries and the Environment (INRAPE);  
 
27. Decree No. 13-007/PR promulgating Law No. 12-016/AU of 2 0 December  2012 on the 
Metrology Law;  
 
28. Decree No. 06-220/PR  promulgating  Organic Law No. 06-10/AU of 2  December  2006 on 
plant protection in the Comoros;  
 
29. Decree No. 87-018/PR regulating animal health protection in the Federal Islamic Republic of 
the Comoros;  
 
30. Cooperation agreement in the fields of trade between the Government of the State of Kuwait 
and the Government of the Union of the Comoros ; and 
 
31. Technical cooperation  protocol between the Union of the Comoros and th e Government of 
the Republic of Turkey.  
 
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