G/LIC/Q/MNG/1  
 
7 October 2014  
(14-5667)  Page: 1/1  
Committee on Import Licensing  Original: English  
 
QUESTIONS FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION TO MONGOLIA REGARDING  
ITS IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES 
The following communication, dated 3 October 2014, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the European Union. 
 
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 The EU would like raise the attention of Mongolia that is of the utmost importance to have in place a transparent and efficient regulatory framework governing their imports from third countries.  
 
Furthermore, the EU would like to stress the impo rtance of complying with the notifications’ 
requirements as laid down in the Import Licensin g Agreement. The EU regrets that Mongolia is not 
complying with its notifications obligations and strongly encourages the Mongolian authorities to 
submit their responses to the annual questionnaire in compliance with Art. 7.3 of the Import Licensing Agreement. 
 
In the lack of the due notifications, the EU find s extremely difficult to understand and to know 
which are the import licensing procedures currently in place in Mongolia.   
Therefore, the EU would like Mongolia to  answer to the following questions: 
 1. Please clarify the overall legal framework governing the imports; making specific reference 
to the legal basis, to the procedures to be followed and to the administration in charge of 
such procedures and clarifying whether they are automatic or non-automatic procedures. In particular, please submit details on the proced ures followed by the Ministry of economic 
development for Alcoholic beverages and by the Ministry of Health for medicines. 
 2.   Mongolia, in occasion of the recent TPR, has confirmed that the following laws are in place: 
2002 Law on border prohibition and inspection of animal and plant products; 2012 Food law; 
2012 Food Safety Law. Please clarify the rules set, in terms of import licensing, by each law.   
 3. Mongolia, in occasion of the recent TPR, has declared that Governments and traders can get 
access to the relevant information on import procedures through internet 
(http://www.legalinfo.mn/ ). However, Mongolia also added that the eligibility of information 
related to domestic procedures such as the review of application of importation license for 
Food products, the procedures for the issuance of license are not automatized. Therefore, 
w e  w o u l d  l i k e  t o  a s k  M on g o l i a  t o  c l a r i f y ,  f o r  e a c h  s i n g l e  m e a s u r e  i n  p l a c e ,  w h e r e  ( w h i c h  source of information) governments and traders can find all the information related to the application of these licensing measure: the procedures for the submission of applications, 
eligibility of applicants, administrative body to  be approached, basis for granting the license, 
period for processing applications etc. 
 
4. Please clarify, for the imports of food pr oducts where (which source of information) 
governments and traders can find all the information related to the application of these 
licensing measure: the procedures for the submission of applications, eligibility of applicants, 
administrative body to be approached, basis for granting the license, period for processing 
applications, etc. 
 
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