G/TFA/N/EU/2/Add.1  
 
28 September 2018  
(18-6014) Page: 1/9 
Committee on Trade Facilitation  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER A RTICLE 22.1 AND 22.2 OF  
THE AGREEMENT ON TRA DE FACILITATION  
COMMUNICATION FROM T HE EUROPEAN UNION  
        Addendum  
The following communication, dated 2 8 September 2018, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the European Union for Members' information.  
 
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The European Union hereby makes the following notification in accordance with Article 22.1 and 22.2 
of the Agreement on Trade Facilitation. It updates the notification made on 18 July 2017 
(G/TFA/ N/EU/2). This notification covers the European Union and bilateral assista nce provided by a 
number of EU m ember States. The EU reserves the right to provide further information in an update.  
 
Donor Member: European Union  
Period covered by the notification:  Ongoing and new projects since 2017 notification  
 
Table 1: Ongoing Bilateral/regional assistance1 
Description of the 
technical and financial 
assistance and 
capacity building 
resources  Status and 
amount 
committed/  
disbursed2 Beneficiary 
country/ 
Region 
(where 
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures 
for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance3 
Strengthening Ecuadorian 
MSMEs for 
internatio nalization 
towards the 
European  Union  2017 – 2020 
€4,200,000  Ecuador  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  Contact local 
EU Delegation  
Support to Ecuadorian 
MSMEs for promotion and 
exportation towards the 
European Union  2017 – 2020 
€4,300,000  Ecuador  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  Contact local 
EU Delegation  
Albanian Customs 
Administration for the 
EU-Integrated Tariff 
Management System 
(ITMS)  2017 – 2019 
€1,800,000  Albania  European 
Commission  
DG NEAR  Contact local 
EU Delegation  
                                                
1 The list covers projects that are operational at the time of this notification. Therefore, it also includes 
projects notified in 2017 as new commitments in  Table 3.  
2 Unless otherwise stated, the amounts refer to the overall EU contribution  for the project lifecycle.  
3 See details below , for specific enquiries.  G/TFA/N/EU/2/Add.1  
 
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  Description of the 
technical and financial 
assistance and 
capacity building 
resources  Status and 
amount 
committed/  
disbursed2 Beneficiary 
country/ 
Region 
(where 
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures 
for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance3 
Introduction of an 
automated intelligent 
video -control system at 
road border crossing 
point Novaya Huta – Novi 
Yarilovychi  at the 
Belarus -Ukraine frontier  2017 – 2019 
€800,000  Belarus  European 
Commission  
DG NEAR  Contact local 
EU Delegation  
Palanca Jointly Operated 
Border Crossing Point  2015 – 2018 
€4,500,000  Moldova  European 
Commission  
DG NEAR  Contact local 
EU Delegation  
Support to the free 
movement of goods  2018 – 2021 
€3,265,580  Kosovo4 European 
Commissi on 
DG NEAR  Contact local 
EU Delegation  
Eastern Partnership – 
Integrated Border 
Management – Capacity 
Building Project  2014 – 2018 
€4,500,000  EU Eastern 
Partnership 
countries  European 
Commission  
DG NEAR  FRONTEX  
Support to increase the 
competitiveness of trade 
and regional economic 
integration in West Africa  2016 – 2018 
€3,000,000  West Africa  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  Contact EU 
Delegation in 
Burkina Faso  
Support  to trade 
facilitation through the 
Customs Department of 
the Liberia Revenue 
Authority (LRA)  2016 – 2019 
€2,100,500  Liberia  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  Contact local 
EU Delegation  
Border Integration 
Programme - San Pancho 
Border Crossing  2017 – 2022 
€20,000,000  Nicaragua  European 
Commission DG 
DEVCO  Contact local 
EU Delegation  
Regional Economic 
Integration Project  
(INTEC)  2017 – 2022 
€20,000,000  Panama, 
Costa Rica, 
Honduras, El 
Salvador and 
Guatemala  European 
Commission DG  
DEVCO  Contact 
regional EU 
Delegation in 
Nicaragua  
Regional Trade 
Facilitation Project for 
West Africa  2017 – 2022 
€20,000,000  ECOWAS 
member 
States  European 
Commission DG 
DEVCO  Contact 
regional EU 
Delegation in 
Nigeria  
Consolidation of Regional 
Integration Support 
Mechanism 2 (RISM2)  2014 – 2019 
€33,400,000  COMESA and 
EAC member 
States European 
Commission DG 
DEVCO  Contact 
regional EU 
Delegation in 
Zambia  
Regional Integration 
Support Programme 3 
(RISP3)  2014 – 2018 
€6,500,000  Indian Ocean 
Commission: 
Comoros,  
Madagascar, 
Mauritius , 
Seychelles 
and 
La Reunion.  European 
Commission DG 
DEVCO  Contact 
regional EU 
Delegation in 
Mauritius  
COMESA Trade 
Facilitation Programme  2017 – 2024 
€53,000,000  COMESA 
member 
States European 
Commission DG 
DEVCO  Contact 
regional EU 
Delegation in 
Zambia  
Small -Scale Cross Border 
Trade Programme  2017 – 2022 
€15,000,000  COMESA 
member 
States European 
Commission DG 
DEVCO  Contact 
regional EU 
Delegation in 
Zambia  
                                                
4 This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/199 9 and 
the ICJ opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.  G/TFA/N/EU/2/Add.1  
 
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  Description of the 
technical and financial 
assistance and 
capacity building 
resources  Status and 
amount 
committed/  
disbursed2 Beneficiary 
country/ 
Region 
(where 
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures 
for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance3 
EAC Market access 
upgrade programme 
(notified in 2017 as Trade 
Related Facility)  2018 – 2022 
€25,000,000  EAC member 
States  European 
Commission DG 
DEVCO  Contact EU 
Delegation in 
Tanzania  
East and Southern 
African (EA -SA) 
Transport and Transit 
Facilitation Programme 
(T2FP)  2017 – 2021 
€18,000,000  EA-SA region 
- SADC, 
COMESA and 
EAC member 
States European 
Commission DG 
DEVCO  Contact 
regional EU 
Delegation in 
Zambia  
Mauritius EPA Support 
Project for Improving the 
Business and Investment 
Climate  2017 – 2022 
€10,000,000  Mauritius  European 
Commission D G 
DEVCO  Contact local 
EU Delegation  
Zimbabwe EPA Support 
Project  2016 – 2025 
€10,000,000  Zimbabwe  European 
Commission DG 
DEVCO  Contact local 
EU Delegation  
Programme in support of 
Seychelles 
implementation of the 
iEPA (SIEPA)  Committed  
€10,000,000  Seychelles  European 
Commission DG 
DEVCO  Contact 
regional EU 
Delegation in 
Mauritius  
Trade related technical 
assistance  Committed  
€4,000,000  Bhutan  European 
Commission DG 
DEVCO  Contact 
regional EU 
Delegation  in 
India 
Trade related technical 
assistance (ARISE  Plus 
Cambodia)  Committed  
€7,500,000  Cambodia  European 
Commission DG 
DEVCO  Contact local 
EU Delegation  
Trade support facility 
(ARISE Plus  Indonesia)  Committed  
€10,000,000  Indonesia  European 
Commission DG 
DEVCO  Contact local 
EU Delegation  
Trade -Related technical 
assistance  
(ARISE Plus Laos)  
Notified in 2017 as 
“European trade and 
economic programme”  Committed  
€5,000,000  Laos European 
Commission DG 
DEVCO  Contact local 
EU Delegation  
Trade related technical 
assistance (ARISE Plus 
Vietnam)  Committed  
€6,000,000  Vietnam  European 
Commission DG 
DEVCO  Contact local 
EU Delegation  
Classifying goods for 
African trade  Committed  
€5,000,0000  Africa  European 
Commission DG 
DEVCO  Contact 
European 
Commission DG 
DEVCO Unit D.3  
Further support to the 
development of Trade  2018 – 2020 
€ 998,750  Kosovo5 European 
Commission  
DG NEAR  Contact local 
EU Delegation  
Building of three Border 
Crossing Points with 
Serbia  2015 – 2019 
€10,987,000  Kosovo6 European 
Commission  
DG NEAR  Contact local 
EU Delegation  
Eastern P artnership: 
Ready to Trade, an 
EU4business initiative  2017 – 2020 
€6,000,000  EU Eastern 
Partnership 
countries  European 
Commission  
DG NEAR   Contact 
European 
Commission  
DG NEAR  
Directorate C  
                                                
5 This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and 
the ICJ opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.  
6 This designation is withou t prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and 
the ICJ opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.  G/TFA/N/EU/2/Add.1  
 
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  Description of the 
technical and financial 
assistance and 
capacity building 
resources  Status and 
amount 
committed/  
disbursed2 Beneficiary 
country/ 
Region 
(where 
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures 
for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance3 
Twinning Project 
''Support to the 
modernisation of 
Customs Service of 
Moldova in line with AA 
requirements''  2017 – 2019 
€1,000,000  Moldova  European 
Commission  
DG NEAR   Contact local 
EU Delegation  
EU support to the 
Enhancement of 
Operational Capabilities 
of New Port of  
Baku & Free Trade Zone 
in Alat  2018 – 2020 
€997,050  Azerbaijan  European 
Commission  
DG NEAR   Contact local 
EU Delegation  
Table 2: Multidonor/multicountry assistance7 
Description of the 
technical and financial 
assistance and 
capacity building 
resources  Status and 
amount 
committed/  
disbursed8 Beneficiary 
country/ 
Region (where 
necessary)  The implementing 
agency in the 
Member providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance9 
Trade Facilitation Support 
Programme  €9,600,000  All developing 
countries  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  Requests for 
assistance can be 
made directly to 
the World Bank  
ACP trade capacity 
building programme  – 
TradeCom II  2014 – 2022 
€39,800,000  ACP countries  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  Requests for 
assistance can be 
made  to the 
Commonwealth 
Secretariat and 
Organisation 
mondiale de la 
francophonie  
 
WTO Trade Facilitation 
Agreement Facility  
(TFAF)  €600,000  All developing 
countries  European 
Commission DG 
TRADE  Requests for 
assistance can be 
made  to the 
TFAF 
UNCTAD capacity building 
programme for NCTFs  €400,000  Economic 
Community of 
Central African 
States (ECCAS)  European 
Commission  
DG TRADE  Requests for 
assistance can be 
made  to UNCTAD  
Enhanced Integrated 
Framework Phase II  €10,000,000  Least developed 
countries  EIF Requests for 
assistance can be 
made  to the EIF 
Secretariat  
                                                
7 The list covers EU contributions to multi -donor/multi -country projects that are operational at the time 
of the notifica tion. 
8 Unless otherwise stated, the amounts refer to the overall EU contribution  for the project lifecycle.  
9 See details below , for specific enquiries.  G/TFA/N/EU/2/Add.1  
 
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  Table 3: New Commitments10 
Description of the 
technical and financial 
assistance and 
capacity building 
resources  Status and 
amount 
committed/  
disbursed11 Beneficiary 
country/ 
Region 
(where 
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement of 
the assistance12 
West Africa 
Competitiveness 
Programme  Committed  
€5,000,000  Sierra Leone  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  Contact local EU 
Delegation  
Boost African continental 
integration and EU -Africa 
economic integration 
through enhanced 
evidence -based policy 
making on trade and 
investment  Under approval  
€16,500,000  Africa  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  Contact regional EU 
Delegation in 
Ethiopia  
Supporting  Trade and 
Development in 
Mozambique (PROMOVE)  Under approval  
€12,000,000  Mozambique  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  Contact local EU 
Delegation  
EU-SADC Trade 
Facilitation Programme 
(notified in 2017 as SADC 
FTA & EPA) Under approval  
€15,000,000  SADC Countries  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  Contact regional EU 
Delegation in 
Botswana  
Support to CARIFORUM 
States in furthering the 
implementation of the 
Economic Partnership 
Agreement and in 
meaningfully reaping the 
benefits of the Agreement  Under approval  
€21,000,000  Caribbean 
Countries  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  Contact regional EU 
Delegation in 
Barbados  
Support to the 
improvement of MSME 
Competitiveness and 
Business Environment in 
Paraguay  Under approval  
€12,000,000  Paraguay  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  Contact local EU 
Delegation  
Myanmar Trade -Related 
Technical Assistance 
(ARISE Plus Myanmar)  Under approval  
€8,000,000  Myanmar  European 
Commission  
DG DEVCO  Contact local EU 
Delegation  
 
Information on the process and mechanisms for requesting assistance and support for 
capacity building:  
 
Bilateral and regional assistance : 
 
General enquiries:  
DG TRADE – Unit F1; email: TRADE -TF-ASSISTANCE@ec.europa.eu  
 
Specific enquiries:  
 
Enquiries about specific support should be addressed to the EU delegation in the developing 
country concerned , or to the competent EU regional delegation in the case of regional assistance. 
The list of EU delegations and their contact details are available online:  
https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters -homepage/area/geo_en  
 
Multidonor assistance:  
 
Trade Facilitation Support Programme  
http://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/trade -facilitation -support -program  
                                                
10 New p rojects committed since last notification and known upcoming commitments pending approval . 
11 Unless otherwise stated, the amounts refer to the overall EU contribution  for the project lifecycle.  
12 See details below , for specific enquiries.  G/TFA/N/EU/2/Add.1  
 
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WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement Facility  
http://www.tfafacility.org  
 
Enhanced Integrated Frame work 
http://www.enhancedif.org  
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  Donor Member: Belgium13 
 
Description of the 
technical and financial 
assistance and 
capacity building 
resources  Status and 
amount 
committed/  
disbursed  Beneficiary 
country/ 
Region 
(where 
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures 
for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  
Organizing and building 
the capacity of Africa' s 
Customs Administrations 
for Trade Facilitation  €24,000  RDC, Congo 
(Brazzaville), 
Togo, Gabon, 
Djibouti  Belgian 
Customs 
Administration   
Organizing and building 
the capacity of Africa' s 
Customs Administrations 
for Trade Facilitation  €32,000  Togo, Gabon, 
Congo 
(Brazzaville), 
Comores, 
Centraf rique, 
Djibouti, 
Guinée, Côte 
d'Ivoire  Belgian 
Customs 
Administration   
Organizing and building 
the capacity of Africa 's 
Customs Administrations 
for Trade Facilitation  €32,000  Togo, Congo 
(Brazzaville), 
Comores, 
Centrafrique, 
Djibouti, 
Guinée, 
Tchad, Niger, 
Bénin, 
Rwanda  Belgian 
Customs 
Administration   
Organizing and building 
the capacity of Djibouti 
Customs Administrations 
for Trade Facilitation  €1,000  Djibouti  Belgian 
Customs 
Administration   
Organizing and building 
the capacity of Togo 
Customs Administrations 
for Trade Facilitation  €49,000  Togo Belgian 
Customs 
Administration   
Organizing the capacity 
of Bénin Customs 
Administrations for Trade 
Facilitation  €9,000  Bénin  ENABEL 
(Belgian 
Technical 
Cooperation 
Agency)   
ENABEL Capacity Building 
Program  €50,00014 Bénin  ENABEL 
(Belgian 
Technical 
Cooperation 
Agency )  
Organizing the capacity 
of Gabon Customs 
Administrations for Trade 
Facilitation  €162,00015 Gabon  ENABEL 
(Belgian 
Technical 
Cooperation 
Agency)   
 
  
                                                
13 Technical assistance and capacity building projects in the field of Trade Facilitation:  Belgian Customs 
Contributions and Projects for the years 2017 -2018-2019. 
14 On annual basis (from 2018 to undetermine d date).  
15 Provisionally programmed amounts (from 2018 -2021).  G/TFA/N/EU/2/Add.1  
 
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  Donor Member: Finland  
 
Description of the 
technical and financial 
assistance and 
capacity building 
resources  Status and 
amount 
committed/  
disbursed  Beneficiary 
country/ 
Region 
(where 
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures 
for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  
Support to implementing 
the TF Agreemen t €200,000 Global  WTO MFA support to 
multilateral 
agency  
Support to implementing 
the TF Agreemen t €532,000 Global  ITC MFA support to 
multilateral 
agency  
Support to customs 
organizations in the ESA 
region to implement the 
TF Agreement  €3,000,000 Eastern and 
Southern 
Africa  WCO MFA support to 
multilateral 
agency  
Support to improve trade 
facilitation in the region  €9,800,000 Eastern Africa  TMEA  MFA support to 
multilateral 
agency  
Support to LDCs to build 
trade capacity.  €9,000,000 LDCs EIF MFA support to 
multilateral 
agency  
 
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  Donor Member: France  
Period covered by the notification: Projects approved or operational in 2016  
 
Description of the 
technical and financial 
assistance and 
capacity building 
resources  Status and 
amount 
committed/  
disbursed  Beneficiary 
country/ 
Region 
(where 
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures 
for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  
Support for development 
and export facilities – 
Abidjan airport  €13,000,000  Côte 
d'Ivoire  AFD   
Support for extension of a 
container port terminal 
and trade facilities  €26,436,376  Jamaica  AFD   
Trade capacity building 
fund €407,000  Mali  Public 
development 
aid (APD)   
Trade policy, regulation 
and adjustment for trade 
facilitation  €3,000  Global  Public 
development 
aid (APD)   
Customs technical 
assistance for trade 
facilitation  €47,600  
(including  
€15,100 on 
specific FR 
funds)  Global 
(mainly 
African 
countries 
and 
South  East 
Europe)  French customs   
 
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