RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/ACC/VUT/14 
3 November 2010 
 (10-5843) 
Working Party on the 
Accession of Vanuatu Original:   English 
 
 
 
ACCESSION OF VANUATU 
 
Communication from Vanuatu  
 
Compendium of Legislation 
 
 The Government of the Republic of Vanuatu  has submitted the following Compendium of 
Legislation which is available for consultation1 from the Secretariat (Accessions Division, Room 130) 
and in electronic format upon request from accessions@wto.org.  
 
 
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 1. Vanuatu Foreign Investment Promotion (Amendment) Act No. 6 of 2007;   
2. Vanuatu Foreign Investment Promotion (Amendment) Act No. 23 of 2008;   
3. The Imports of Goods (Control), Consolidated Edition of 2006;   
4. Business Licence Act, Consolidated Edition of 2006;   
5. The Business Licence (Amendment) Act No. 1 of 2006;  
6. Business Licence (Amendment) Act No. 13 of 2006;  
7. Business Licence (Amendment) Act No. 19 of 2007; 
8. Customs (Amendment) Act No. 15 of 2003;  
9. Customs (Amendment) Act No. 20 of 2007;  
10. The Import Duties (Consolidation) (Amendment) Act No. 2 of 2006; 
11. The Import Duties (Consolidation) (A mendment) Act No. 36 of 2006;  
12. Agricultural Fees, Consolidated Edition 2006; 
13. Excise Act No. 24 of 2002; 
14. Excise (Amendment) Act No. 13 of 2003; 
15. Excise Tax (Amendment) Act No. 38 of 2006;  
                                                     
 
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  16. Beer (Repeal) Act No. 25 of 2002; 
17. Value Added Tax (Amendment) Act No. 28 of 2002;  
18. Value Added Tax (Amendment) Act No. 3 of 2007;  
19. Alcohol Importation, Consolidated Edition 2006 [CAP. 8]; 
20. Tobacco Control Act No. 19 of 2008;  
21. Export Duties (Amendment) Act No. 19 of 2006;  
22. Export Duties (Amendment) Act No. 25 of 2007; 
23. Food (Control) Act No. 21 of 1993, Consolidated Edition 2006; 
24. Food (Control) (Amendment) Act No. 27 of 2009;  
25. The Vanuatu Commodities Marketing Boar d (Amendment) Act No. 25 of 2003; 
26. The Vanuatu Commodities Marketing Boar d (Amendment) Act No. 15 of 2005;  
27. Circuit Layouts Act No. 51 of 2000;   
28. Copyright and Related Rights Act No. 42 of 2000; 
29. Geographical Indications (Wine) Act No. 53 of 2000; 
30. Trade Secrets Act No. 52 of 2000; 
31. Designs Act No. 3 of 2003;  
32. Patents Act No. 2 of 2003;  
33. Trademarks Act No. 1 of 2003; 
34. Registration of United Kingdom Patent s, Consolidated Edition of 2006; 
35. Registration of United Kingdom Patent s (Amendment) Act No. 14 of 2008; 
36. Registration of United Kingdom Trade Marks, Consolidated Edition of 2006; 
37. Registration of United Kingdom Trade Mark s (Amendment) Act No. 15 of 2008;  
38. Legal Profession Act No. 49 of 2005;  
39. The Telecommunication Act No. 10 of 1989;  
40. Telecommunication (Amendment) Act No. 34 of 2006; 
41. Telecommunications (Amendment) Act No. 15 of 2007; 
42. Telecommunications (Amendment) Act No. 31 of 2009;   WT/ACC/VUT/14 
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  43. Insurance Act No. 54 of 2005; 
44. Insurance (Amendment) Act No. 29 of 2009;  
45. Agreement Establishing the Melanesian Spearhead  Group (Ratification) Act No. 18 of 2007;  
46. Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) (Ratification) Act No. 5 of 2003;  
47. Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement (PICTA ) Consolidated Amendments (Ratification) 
Act No. 3 of 2008; and 
48. Customs Import and Export Duty Tariff - Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding 
System (Third Edition 2002). 
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