RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/ACC/TJK/7/Rev.2 
2 June 2006 
 (06-2654) 
Working Party on the  
Accession of Tajikistan Original:   English 
 
 
 
ACCESSION OF TAJIKISTAN 
 
Legislative Action Plan  
Revision  
 
 
 The following submission, dated 19 May 2006, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of the Republic of Tajikistan.  
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  WT/ACC/TJK/7/Rev.2 
Page 2 Legislative Action Plan  
 
(Present Status of Tajikistan’s Legislative Process for WTO Conformity) 
I. Legislative Acts Adopted after the 2nd Working Party Meeting (April 2005-to date)  
No. Law/Regulation WTO Agreement Status of Draft/Intended actions Expected Enactment 
Date 
1. Resolution of the Government 
"On Setting Up Excise Taxes on 
Selected Goods Originated in the 
Republic of Tajikistan and 
Imported Into the Territory of the Republic of Tajikistan"  General Agreement on Tariffs and 
Trade Adopted by the Government on 2 April 2005, No. 126 In force 
2. Regulation "On Specifics of 
Licensing of Separate Types of 
Activities" General Agreement on Trade in 
Services, Agreements on the 
Procedures of Import Licensing  Regulation adopted by the Government on 1 September 2005 In force 
3. Approval of rates of customs 
fees for services rendered under 
Article 347 of the Customs 
Code. Article VIII of General 
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 
1994 Resolution of the Gove rnment No. 472 of 2 December 2005 In force 
4. Resolution "On joining the 
Rome Convention on Interest 
Protection of Singers-
Performers, Phonogramme Producers and Casting 
Organisations, 1961"  Agreement on Trade Related 
Aspects of Intellectual Property 
Rights Adopted by the Lower Chamber of the Parliament on 
11 November 2005, No. 159  2006 
5. Law "On Amendments to the 
Law of the Republic of Tajikistan on Veterinary" Agreement on Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary Measures Adopted on 26 December 2005, No. 117 In force 
6. Amendments to the Law "On 
Banks and Banking Activity in 
the Republic of Tajikistan" General Agreement on Trade in 
Services Adopted on 28 Decem ber 2005 In force 
7. Law of the Republic of 
Tajikistan "On Amendments to 
the Law of the Republic of Tajikistan on Copyright and 
Related rights" Agreement on Trade Related 
Aspects of Intellectual Property 
Rights Signed by the President of the Republic of Tajikistan on 
3 March 2006, No. 162  In force 
8. New Law of the Republic of 
Tajikistan "On Auditing Activity" General Agreement on Trade in 
Services Signed by the President of the Republic of Tajikistan on 
3 March 2006, No. 170 In force  
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 Page 3No. Law/Regulation WTO Agreement Status of Draft/Intended actions Expected Enactment 
Date 
9. Law of the Republic of 
Tajikistan "On Geodesy and Cartography" Agreement on Trade Related 
Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Signed by the President of the Republic of Tajikistan on 
3 March 2006, No. 172 In force  
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Page 4 II. Legislative Acts Being Drafted or Submitted to the Parliament  
No. Law/Regulation WTO Agreement Status of Draft/Intended actions Expected Enactment 
Date 
1. New Economic CouRepublic of 
Tajikistan Procedure Code Agreement on Trade Related 
Aspects of Intellectual Property 
Rights Submitted to the Government for review in April 2006. 
Submission to the Parliament is planned by the end of 2006. January 2007 
2. Law "On Technical Regulations" Ag reement on Technical Barriers 
to Trade Working Group on development of the law was established in 
December 2004. Draft law has been  submitted to the relevant 
ministries and agencies, as well as WTO members for comments. 2006 
3. New Law "On Trademarks and 
Service marks"  Agreement on Trade Related 
Aspects of Intellectual Property 
Rights Submitted to the Government for review. Submission to the 
Parliament is planned for second half of 2006 2006 
4. New Law "On Geographic 
Indications" Agreement on Trade Related 
Aspects of Intellectual Property 
Rights Submitted to the Government for review. Submission to the 
Parliament is planned for second half of 2006 2006 
5. New Law "On Topology of 
Integrated Circuits" Agreement on Trade Related 
Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Submitted to the Government for review. Submission to the 
Parliament is planned for second half of 2006 2006 
6. Law "On Investments" TRIMs, Article III, XI GATT Being drafted 2006 
7. Law "On Special Safeguard, 
Antidumping and Countervailing 
Measures" Agreement on Implementation of 
Article VI of the GATT 1994 
Agreement on Subsidies and 
Countervailing Measures Working Group on development of the law was established in 
2005. Draft law has been submitted to the relevant ministries and 
agencies for comments. 
 2007 
8. Draft Law "On Amendments to 
the Law on Licensing of Separate Types of Activities" General Agreement on Trade in 
Services The Draft Law has been approved by the Government and 
submitted to the Parliament for adoption 2006 
9. New Civil Procedure Code Ag reement on Trade Related 
Aspects of Intellectual Property 
Rights, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, General 
Agreement on Trade in Services,  Submitted to the Government in April 2006  2007 
10. Law of the Republic of 
Tajikistan "On State Support for Agriculture" Agreement on Agriculture Submitted to the Government in 2006 2007 
11. Law of the Republic of 
Tajikistan "On Credit Histories"  General Agreement on Trade in 
Services The Law is being drafted and due to submission to the 
Government in 2006 2007 
12. Law "On Amendments to the 
Law of the Republic of Tajikistan on Competition and 
limiting monopolistic activities" General Agreement on Trade in 
Services The Draft Law is submitted to the parliament for approval 2006  
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Date 
13. New Law of the Republic of 
Tajikistan "On Natural Monopolies" General Agreement on Trade in 
Services The Law is being drafted and is due for submission to the 
Government in the second half of 2006 2007 
14. New Law of the Republic of 
Tajikistan "On Small and 
Medium Entrepreneurship"  General Agreement on Trade in 
Services The Law is being drafted 2007 
15. Law of the Republic of 
Tajikistan "On Joint Stock 
Companies" General Agreement on Trade in 
Services The Law is being drafted 2007 
16. New Code "On Administrative 
Violations" Agreement on Trade Related 
Aspects of Intellectual Property 
Rights The Law is being drafted 2007 
17. Law of the Republic of 
Tajikistan "On Regulation of Rights for Real Estate and 
Transactions with them"  General Agreement on Trade in 
Services The law is being drafted 2007 
18. Law of the Republic of 
Tajikistan "On Mandatory and Other Payments into the Budget" General Agreement on Tariffs and 
Trade, Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual 
Property Rights The law is being drafted 2007 
19. Law of the Republic of 
Tajikistan "On Inspection of Activities of Economic Subjects" General Agreement on Trade in 
Services The Draft Law is submitted to the Parliament 2007 
20. New Constitutional Law of the 
Republic of Tajikistan on GBAO General Agreement on Tariffs and 
Trade The law is being drafted 2007 
21. Law of the Republic of 
Tajikistan "On Agreements on Division of Products" General Agreement on Trade in 
Services The law is being drafted 2007 
22. Criminal Procedure Code  Agreement on Trade Related 
Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights The Draft is submitted to the Government 2006-2007 
23. Law of the Republic of 
Tajikistan "On Amendments to 
the Labour Code of the Republic of Tajikistan" General Agreement on Trade in 
Services   
24. Amendments to the Tax Code of 
the Republic of Tajikistan General Agreement on Tariffs and 
Trade 1994 The Draft is submitted to the Parliament 2006-2007 
25. Amendments to the Law of the 
Republic of Tajikistan "On precious metals and stones"  Article XI of General Agreement 
on Tariffs and Trade The Draft is submitted to the Parliament 2006-2007  
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Date 
26. Law of the Republic of 
Tajikistan "On protection of lactation and state control of 
infant nutrition"  Agreement on Application of 
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures The Draft is submitted to the Parliament 2006-2007 
27. Amendments to the Law of the 
Republic of Tajikistan on Education General Agreement on Trade in 
Services The Draft is submitted to the Parliament 2006-2007 
 
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