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WT/ACC/LBR/15  
 
30 June 2015  
(15-3363)  Page: 1/3  
Working Party on the Accession of Liberia Original: English  
  
 ACCESSION OF LIBERIA 
LEGISLATION 
 The following submissions, from the Government  of the Republic of Liberia are available for 
consultation1 from the Secretariat (Accessions Division, Room No. 130).  Copies in electronic 
format can be obtained from the WTO Resources Section of the Members' Website, and, upon request, from accessions@wto.org : 
 
 
1. Draft Special Economic Zones Act; 
2. Draft Act to Repeal An Act Adopting a New Copyright Law of the Republic of Liberia 
Approved 23 July 1997; and the Industrial Prop erty Act of Liberia Approved 20 March 2003 
constituting Title 24 of the Liberian Code of Law Revised, and to enact in their stead a new 
Title 24 to be known as the Liberia Intellectual Property Act, 2014; 
3. Draft Act to Establish Liberia Agriculture Commodity Regulatory Authority (LACRA); 
4. Draft Law on Value added tax (VAT); 
5. Draft Law on Technical Regulations and Standards; 
6. Draft Law on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Regulations; 
7. Draft Veterinary and Animal Disease Law; 
8. Liberia National Livestock Policy; 
9. Draft Standard Body Regulation; 
10. Draft Supplementary Act to the Telecommunications Act of 2007; 
11. Draft Act to Repeal All Acts as well as Any and All Executive Orders Amendatory thereto 
and to establish the Liberian Institute of Tax Practitioners Act, Enacted by the Senate and 
House of Representatives; 
12. Regulation No. CBL/RSD/004/2013 Concerning AML/CFT Regulations for Financial 
Institutions in Liberia; 
13. Public Finance Management Act of 2009; 
14. Constitution of Liberia; 
15. Local Government Law; 
16. Public Authorities Law; 
                                               
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  17. General Business Law; 
18. An Act Amending the General Business Law, Title 14 of the Liberia Code of Law Revised by 
adding thereto Chapter 13 to facilitate the use of Electronic Transaction for Commercial and other purposes, and to provide for matters arising and related to such use; 
19. An Act to Amend Further the Associations La w, Title 5 of the Liberian Code of Laws, 
Revised, to Provide for the Incorporation of Registered Business Companies and Their Conduct of Business, including Liquidation, and All Matters Incidental Thereto; 
20. Liberian Commercial Code of 2010; 
21. Labour Law; 
22. Regulation of the Ministry of Financ e No. 16.14263-2/MOF/R/BCE/14 of April 2014 on 
Punitive Tax on Used Vehicles; 
23. Ministry of Commerce and Industry's Admini strative Notice MCI/No.008/05/2013 on the 
Updated List  of Specific Products and Commodities Requiring Import Permit Declarations (IPDs); 
24. Presidential Executive Order No. 64 of 2014; 
- Attachment for Executive Order No. 64; 
25. Executive Order No. 61 of 2014 on Extension of Executive Order No. 45 "Suspension of 
Tariff in Rice"; 
26. Regulation No.5.1204-1/MOF/R/01 APRIL 2009 on the Surtax on Flour; 
27. Administrative Notice of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry MCI/No.006/06/2012 on 
the List of Specific Products and Commodities Export Permit Declaration (EPDs) Applies to; 
28. Presidential Executive Order No. 3 of 2006 "On Government Revenues and Obligations"; 
29. Public Procurement and Concessions Act of 2005, as Amended in 2010; 
30. An Act to Amend Chapter 29 of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of the Executive 
Law, Title 12, Liberian Code of Laws Revised to Provide for the Establishment of a 
Department of Small Business Administration; 
31. An Act to Establish Medicines and Health Products Regulatory Authority (LMHRA) of 2010; 
32. An Act to Repeal the 1933 Act of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants Limited, of 
Liberia and to Enact in Lieu Thereof the Liberian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (LICPA); 
33. Liberia Certified Public Accountant Regulation No. 2 (Hiring and Working with 
Foreign Firms); 
34. Judiciary Law; 
35. Executive Law; 
36. An Act Adopting a New Copyright Law; 
37. Industrial Property Act; 
38. Telecommunications Act of 2007; WT/ACC/LBR/15 
 
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  39. Agriculture Law; 
40. Natural Resources Law; 
41. An Act Adopting Environmental Protection and Management Law; 
42. Public Health Law; 
43. An Act to Authorize the Establishment of the National Transit Authority (NTA); 
44. ECOWAS Common External Tariff (CET); 
45. Regulation C/REG.1/09/14 on Supplementary Protection Measures (SPM) for the 
Implementation of the ECOW AS Common External Tariffs; 
46. Protocol A/P1/1/03 relating to the Definition of the Concept of Products Originating from 
Member States of the Economic Community of West African States;  
47. Directive C/DIR.2/06/09 of 27 May 2009 "On the Harmonization of the ECOWAS Member 
States' Legislations on Excise Duties";  
48. ECOWAS Regulation C/REG.4/06/13 relating to Safeguard Measures; 
49. ECOWAS Regulation C/REG.05/06/13 relating Imposition of Countervailing Duties; 
50. ECOWAS Regulation C/REG.6/06/13 relating to Defence Measures to be Imposed on 
Imports which are Dumped from Non-Member States of the Economic Community of West 
African Countries; 
51. Supplementary Act A/SA.1/01/07 on the Harmoniz ation of Policies and of the Regulatory 
Framework of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Sector; 
52. Draft African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) Legal Framework for the 
Protection of New Varieties of Plants; and,  
53. Commerce Today – latest version. 
 
  
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