. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/2/Add.95 
10 September 2007 
 
 (07-3767) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   French 
  
 
IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE AGREEMENT  
ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE 
 
Communication from the Republic of Niger
 
 
Addendum  
   The following statement under Article 15.2 of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade has been received from the Republic of Niger
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 1. The Government of the Republic of Niger ac cepted, with effect from January 1997, the 
Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization,  together with the Agreements and associated 
legal instruments contained in Annexes 1, 2 and 3 (including the Agreement on Technical Barriers to 
Trade).  2. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Standard ization has overall responsibility for ensuring 
strict compliance with the obligatio ns entered into under the Agreemen ts.  The Ministry is the focal 
point for disseminating information to the authoriti es of the Ministries and organizations concerned on 
the Republic of Niger's obligations under the Agreem ent on Technical Barriers to Trade.  Its address 
is:  
Ministère du commerce, de l'industrie et de la normalisation B.P. 480 Niamey, Niger 
Telephone: + (227) 20 73 69 50 
Fax:  + (227) 20 73 21 50 E-mail:   dnqm2002@yahoo.fr 
 3. Notices concerning technical regulations or the rules and regulations relating to certification 
prepared by the Government are published in minist erial orders for public information.  The orders 
are published in the Official Journal of the Republic of Niger.  4. The Niger Supervisory Agency is responsible fo r verifying the conformity of products for 
import and export.  International and other standards are adopted only if they are deemed to be 
applicable to the situation in the Republic of Niger. 
 5. The standards of the Niger Supervisory Agency  are not mandatory, except for those which are 
incorporated in the technical regulations of the ministries on the grounds of public health and public 
safety.  G/TBT/2/Add.95 
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  6. The Niger Supervisory Agency is the enquiry point for standardization, quality control and 
certification.  Its address is:  
Organisme nigérien de contrôle Direction de la normalisation, de la qualité et de la métrologie 
B.P. 480 Niamey, Niger 
Telephone: + (227) 20 73 6950 Fax:  + (227) 20 73 2150 E-mail:  dnqm2002@yahoo.fr 
 I. RELEVANT LAWS AND REGULATIONS 
 
7. All governmental and statutory bodies are required to comply with the principles and 
provisions of the WTO Agreement, including the TBT Agreement.  
8. The Directorate of Standardization, Quality an d Metrology (DNQM), attached to the Ministry 
of Trade, Industry and Standardization, is respons ible for preparing, framing or modifying standards 
specifications under the direction of the Minist ry of Trade, Industry and Standardization. 
 
II. TRANSPARENCY 
 A. P
UBLICATIONS  
 
9. The Republic of Niger publishes notices of draf t technical regulations and standards in the 
daily information journal Le Sahel  for the information of the general public and interested parties. 
 
10. The Republic of Niger publishes technical regula tions and standards that have been adopted 
in the Official Journal of the Republic.  B. T
IME ALLOWED FOR COMMENTS  
 
11. In accordance with the WTO/TBT requirement, at  least 60 days is allowed to interested 
parties to submit comments on draft technical regulations. 
 12. All notices concerning comments on draft technical  regulations and standards are published in 
a newspaper, as indicated in paragraph 9;  notices are al so circulated directly to the interested parties. 
 
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