RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/ACC/TJK/7/Rev.1 
22 April 2005 
 (05-1653) 
Working Party on the  
Accession of Tajikistan Original:   English 
 
 
 
ACCESSION OF TAJIKISTAN 
 
Legislative Action Plan  
Revision  
 
 
 The following submission, dated 20 April 2005, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of the Republic of Tajikistan.  
_______________ 
 
 
   
 WT/ACC/TJK/7/Rev.1 
Page 2 Legislative Action Plan  
 
(Present Status of Tajikistan’s Legislative Process for WTO Conformity) 
 
No. Law/Regulation WTO Agreement Status of Draft/Intended actio ns Expected Enactment Date 
1. The Resolution of the Government of 
the Republic of Tajikistan No. 126 
"On Setting up excise tax rates on 
selected goods originated in the RT 
and imported into the territory of RT" 
Principle GATT 1994 Adopted by the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan on 
2 April 2005 
Will enter into force on 
1 May  2005 
2. New Custom Code GATT 1994, Customs Valuation 
Agreement, Agreement on Rules 
of Origin, Agreement on Trade 
Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Enacted on 3 December 2004 
Entered into force on  
1 January 2005 
3. New Tax Code GATT 1994 En acted on 3 December 2004 Entered into force on  
1 January 2005 
4. Law "On Technical Regulations" Agreement on Technical 
Barriers to Trade Working Group on development of the draft law was 
established in December 2004.  Draft law is expected to be 
developed by the end of 2005. 
 2006 
5. Law "On State Registration of Legal 
Entities" Article XI of GATT and Article 
XVI of GATS Adopted by the Parliament and signed by the President on 
22 April 2003. Entered into force on 
24 April 2003 
6. Amendments to the Law "On Foreign 
Economic Activity" of 27 December 
1993 Article XI of GATT and Article 
XVI of GATS Enacted on 28 February 2004 Entered into force on 
13 March 2004 
7. New Law "On Normative-Legal Acts"  GATT, Article X The Law On Normative-Legal Acts No. 54 adopted by the 
Parliament and signed by th e President on 8 December 2003. In force 
8. Law "On Licensing of the separate 
forms of business activities" GATS Signed by the President of the RT as of 17 May 2004, No. 37 Entered into force on 
17 May 2004 
9. Implementing regulations on 
Licensing of the separate forms of business activities GATS Draft Regulations has to be submitted to the Government of 
the Republic of Tajikistan by end of the April 2005 August 2005 
10. Law "On Inventions" 
 TRIPS Sighed by the President of RT on 28 February 2004, No. 17 Entered into force on 
11 March 2004 
11. Law "On Industrial Designs" TRIPS Signed by the President of the RT on 28 February 2004, 
No. 16 6 March 2004 
12. Civil Code (Part III) TRIPS Enacted on 1 March 2005 Entered into force on  
15 March 2005 
13. Law "On Protection Consumer's 
rights" TBT, SPS Enacted on 9 December 2004 December 2004  
  WT/ACC/TJK/7/Rev.1
 Page 3No. Law/Regulation WTO Agreement Status of Draft/Intended actio ns Expected Enactment Date 
14. Low "On Biological Security" SPS, TRIPS Enacted on 1 March 2005 March 2005 
15. Amendments to the Law "On National 
Bank of Tajikistan" GATS Enacted on 9 December 2004 December 2004 
16. Amendments to the Criminal Code  TRIPS Signed by the Presiden t of the RT on 17 May 2004, No. 35  Entered into force on 
17 May 2004 
17. New Civil Procedure Code TRIPS, GATT, GATS Working Group was established and currently working on 
drafting new Civil Procedure Code.   
 
Expected to be finalized and submitted to the Cabinet of 
Ministers in 1st half of  2005  2005 
18. New Economic Court Procedure Code 
 TRIPS The Working Group is developed. Submission to the 
Government - second quarter of 2005 2006 
19. Amendments to the Law No. 456 "On 
Trademarks and Service marks" of 
23 December 1991 TRIPS Planned to be submitted to the Government during the second 
half of 2005.  
Submission to the Parliament is planned in 2006 2006 
20. New law "On Geographic Indications" TRIPS Planned to be submitted in the Government during the second 
half of 2005. Submission to the Parliament is planned in 2006 2006 
21. New law on Topology of Integrated 
Circuits. TRIPS Planned to be submitted in the Government during the second 
half of 2005. 
Submission to the Parliament is planned in 2006 2006 
22. Amendments to the Law On 
Copyright and Related Rights of 
13 November 1998 No. 726 TRIPS Signed by the President of Tajikistan on 1 August 2003. 
In force 
23. Enact new regulations on intellectual 
property border measures.  TRIPS Regulations is drafting recently May 2005 
24. Amendments to the Law Selection 
Achievements of Agricultural 
Products  TRIPS It is planned that the draft Law will be considered by the 
Lower Chamber of the Parliament in April 2005. 2006 
25. Implementing regulations on customs 
valuation Adoption of Interpretative 
Notes, Annex I to Customs 
Valuation Agreement Draft of the Regulations  is drafting recently 
2005 
26. Regulations on customs fees under 
Article 347 of the Customs Code.  Article VIII of GATT 1994 The work is underway 
2005 
27. Regulations on revising fees for 
certificates of origin Article III of GATT 1994    2006 
28. Draft "Regulation on patent duties and 
duties levied for trademarks registration". Article III of GATT 1994   The draft has been submitted to the Government for final 
improvement  2
nd half 2005 
29. Criminal Procedure Code Agreement on Trade Related Submission to the Government - second quarter of 2005  2006  
 WT/ACC/TJK/7/Rev.1 
Page 4 No. Law/Regulation WTO Agreement Status of Draft/Intended actio ns Expected Enactment Date 
Aspects of Intellectual Property 
Rights 
30. Acceptance of Article VIII of IMF 
Agreement Article XV of GATT 1994  9 December 2004 
31. New Regulation "On the order of 
export and import of precious metals 
and stones" Article XI of GATT 1994 The initial draft de veloped and submitted for the consideration 
to the relevant authorities  
 Second half 2005 
32. Law "On  Anti-dumping, 
Countervailing and Safeguard 
measures" Anti-Dumping Agreement 
Agreement on Subsidies and 
Countervailing Measures 
Safeguards Agreement Working group has been established in March 2005. The draft 
low has to be submitted to the Government of Tajikistan be 
the end 2005 2006 
33. Regulations revising the fees for 
certification  Technical Barriers to Trade 
Agreement, Article III of GATT The work is underway  
34. Draft Regulation on joining the Roma 
Convention on interest protection of 
singers-performers, phonogram me producers and casting organisations, 
1961  Agreement on Trade Related 
Aspects of Intellectual Property 
Rights The work is underway 
 
 
__________