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Table AII.1 
Main trade laws and reg ulations in force, 2005 
Area Legal instrument 
Domestic trade and 
competition Law No. 191/AN/86 of 3 February 1986 on trading companies 
Law No. 149/AN/02/4émeL of 31 January 2002 approving the economic and social policy 
direction of the Republic of Djibouti 
Law No. 56/AN/94/3èmeL of 18 October 1994 establishing certa in measures to facilitate the 
creation of enterprises and companies 
Decree No. 97-0039/PR/SP of 3 April 1997 publish ing, and establishing the procedures for 
updating, the list of essential medicines  
Order No. 97-0760/PRE of 17 November 1997 prohibiting the importation of right-hand drive 
vehicles 
Order No. 98-0164/PRE of 24 March 1998 re gulating the possession and distribution of 
cigarettes in national territory 
Ordinance No. 88/87/PR of 13 November 1988 
Foreign trade Law No. 57/AN/94/3émeL of 18 October 1984 establishing cer tain export promotion measures 
Law No. 77/AN/00/4émeL of 13 March 2000 establishing the special solidarity tax in favour of 
the Somali people  
Law No. 70/AN/04/5émeL of 3 July 2004 ratifying accession to the African Trade Insurance 
Agency  
Law No. 71/ AN/04/5émeL of 3 July 2004 ratifying the Agreement establishing the Islamic 
Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC) Decree No. 2003-0052/PR/MET of 17 March 2003 supplementing Decree No. 99-0128/PR/MET 
establishing the Road Maintenance Fund (FER) 
Decree No. 2004-0015/PRE of 27 January 2004 estab lishing the regional cattle export centre  
Order No. 81-1182/PR/FIN of 9 September 1981 es tablishing the format  of, and statements 
required in, the detailed declarations to be submitted to the indirect taxation service  
Order No. 2002-0485/PR/MCIA of 9 July 2002 es tablishing a techni cal committee for 
modernizing national trade laws  
Customs system and duties Law No. 108/AN/00/4
émeL of 29 October 2000 reformi ng the General Tax Code  
Law No. 197/AN/02/4èmeL of 29 December 2002 ratifying the agreement on the use of the Port 
of Djibouti and the transit of goods between  the Republic of Djibouti and the Federal 
Democratic Republic of Ethiopia  
Decree No. 96-0023/PR/MFEN of 14 April 1996 es tablishing an import inspection system  
Order No. 99-0397/PR/MEFPCP of 10 July 1999 estab lishing the format of the free zone bill of 
entry to be submitted to the Indirect Revenue Unit  
Investment Code Law No. 88/AN/84/1éreL of 13 February 1984 establishing the Investment Code 
Law No. 58/AN/94/3émeL of 18 October 1994 establishing certain investment promotion 
measures  
Law No. 143/AN/97/3émeL of 3 December 1997 supplementing Law No. 58/94/3èmeL of 
16 October 1994 establishing a committee to oversee authorizations granted under the 
Investment Code 
Labour Code  Law No. 140/AN/97 of 23 September 1997 amending the Labour Code of 1952 
Privatization Law No. 191/AN/86/1éreL of 3 February 1986 on trading companies and its Implementing 
Decree No. 86-116/PRE of 30 November 1986  Law No. 130/AN/96/3
émeL of 15 February 1997 establishing the terms and conditions for the 
privatization of State holdings, ente rprises, assets or activities 
Law No. 12/AN/98/4émeL of 11 March 1998 reforming State-owned companies, joint ventures 
and industrial and commercia l State-owned enterprises 
Decree No. 99-0077/PR/MFEN of 8 June 1999 reform ing State-owned companies, joint ventures 
and industrial and commercial State-owned enterprises  
Decree No. 2001-0191/PR/MEFPP of 23 September 2001 adopting th e privatization strategy 
Decree No. 2003-0071/PR/MESN of 8 May 2003 es tablishing procedures for the operational 
implementation of the strategy to deve lop the "national employment policy" 
Decree No. 2004-0027/PR/MEFPP of 25 February 2004 authorizing concessions in the fishing 
port of Djibouti  
Government procurement Law No. 75/AN/95/3
émeL of 14 February 1995 and Order No. 95-0228/PR/TP of 23 February 
1995 establishing the Government Procurement Code 
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Area Legal instrument 
Consumer 
protection  Decree No. 2001-0010/PR/MCIA of 15 January 2001 regulating packaged  waters for human 
consumption 
Order No. 2003-0526/PRE of 8 July 2003 revising th e national list of e ssential medicines and 
materials  
Order No. 2000-0724/PR/MAEM of 23 September 2000 on the marketing standards for certain 
fisheries products, fresh or chilled, for export 
Decree No. 2004-0059/PR/MS of 13 April 2004 on the statutes of the Central Procurement 
Agency for Essential Medicines and Materials (CAMME) 
Order No. 2000-0727/PR/MAEM of 23 September 2000 on the chemical criteria for certain 
animal foodstuffs and foodstu ffs of animal origin  
Order No. 2000-0728/PR/MAEM of 23 September 2000 on the microbiological criteria for 
certain animal foodstuffs and foodstuffs of animal origin  
Intellectual property Law No. 150/AN/02/4èmeL of 31 January 2002 on accession to the internationa l intellectual 
property conventions Law No. 63/AN/94/3
èmeL of 26 November 1994 on accession to the Bangui Agreement 
establishing the African Intellectual Property Organization  
Law No. 114/AN/96/3èmeL of 3 September 1996 on copyright protection 
Free zones Law No. 204/AN/86/1èreL of 17 May 1986 amending the Code of General Regulations of the 
international port of Djibouti  
Law No. 65/AN/94/3èmeL of 7 December 1994 establishing th e industrial free zone regime  
Law No. 53/AN/04/5émeL of 17 May 2004 establishing the Free Zone Code 
Law No. 103/AN/05/5émeL of 10 April 2005 on free zone trading companies  
Decree No. 2001-0152/PR/MET of 11 June 2001 extending the Djibouti free port zone  
Decree No. 2002-0098/PRE of 2 June 2002 establ ishing the Djibouti fr ee zone authority 
Decree No. 2003-0064/PR/MAPCPI of 24 April 2003 extending the Djibouti free port zone  
Decree No. 2003-0093/PRE of 29 May 2003 establis hing the board of directors of the Djibouti 
free zone  
Decree No. 2003-0201/PRE of 8 October 2003  amending Decree No. 2003-0093/PRE of 
29 May 2003 establishing the board of dire ctors of the Djibouti free zone authority 
Decree No. 2003-0202/PRE of 9 October 2003 regula ting the activities of the Djibouti free zones
Decree No. 2003-0207/PRE of 9 October 2003 amending certain provisions of Decrees 
No. 2002-0098/PRE, No. 2003-0093/PRE and No. 2003-0201/PRE on the Djibouti free zone authority 
Decree No. 2004-0178/PRE of 12 September 2004  defining the powers of the government 
representative and the board of director s of the Djibouti free zone authority 
Ordinance No. 80-097/PR of 30 July 1980 regulati ng the free zone, as amended by Ordinance 
No. 91-110 of 6 August 1991 
Mining Law No. 66/AN/94/3èmeL of 7 December 1994 establishing the Mining Code 
Decree No. 97-0064/PR/MIEM of 12 May 1997 on pe rmits for and taxation of activities relating 
to mining prospection, exploration and operations. 
Decree No. 2004-0046/PR/MERN of 20 March 2004 granting mining permits 
Water Law No. 93/AN/95/3èmeL of 4 April 1996 establishing the Water Code 
Salt Decree No. 97-0189/PR/MS of 27 December 1997 regulating the importation and marketing of 
iodized salt 
Decree No. 2002-0095/PR/MCIA of 2 June  2002 amending Decree No. 97-0189/PR/MS 
Bread Decree No. 2004-0130/PR/MCIA of 14 July 2004 regulating the production of "common bread"  
Environment Law No. 106/AN/00/4èmeL of 29 October 2000 establishing the Framework Law on the 
Environment  
Law No. 212/AN/01/4èmeL of 1 April 2001 approving the National Environmental Action Plan 
2001-2010 
Decree No. 2001-0098/PR/MHUEAT of 27 May 2001 approving the strategy and national action 
programme for the conservation of biodiversity  
Decree No. 2004-0065/PR/MHUEAT of 22 April 2004 on the protection of biodiversity  
Decree No. 2004-0066/PR/MHUEAT of 22 April 2004 regulating ozone-depleting substances  
Source:  Data provided by the Djibouti authorities.  Djibouti WT/TPR/S/159 
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Table AIII.1 
Import duties by HS Chapter, 2005 
(Per cent) 
HS 
Chapter  Description Number of 
lines  Simple 
average  Range  Standard 
deviation  
 Total 5,118  28.2 8-33 8.6 
01 Live animals 16  8.0 8 0.0 
02 Meat 50  20.0 20 0.0 
03 Fish and crustaceans 87  20.0 20 0.0 
04 Milk products and eggs 27  16.0 8-20 5.8 
05 Other products of animal origin 19  33.0 33 0.0 
06 Plants and flowers 13  17.6 8-33 12.7 
07 Vegetables 57  11.6 8-20 5.6 
08 Fruit and nuts 51  13.4 8-20 6.0 
09 Coffee, tea and spices 33  33.0 33 0.0 
10 Cereals 18  8.0 8 0.0 
11 Products of the milling industry 35  19.7 8-20 2.0 
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits 45  23.0 8-33 12.1 
13 Lac, gums, resins and saps 13  33.0 33 0.0 
14 Vegetable plaiting materials 11  33.0 33 0.0 
15 Animal or vegetable fats  and oils 52  21.2 8-33 7.8 
16 Preparations of meat, of fish  or of crustaceans 25  20.0 20 0.0 
17 Sugars and sugar confec tionery 18  19.4 8-33 6.9 
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 11  33.0 33 0.0 
19 Preparations of cereals 17  17.2 8-20 5.2 
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruits and nuts 45  22.9 20-33 5.5 
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations  15  20.0 20 0.0 
22 Beverages 31  33.0 33 0.0 
23 Prepared animal fodder 24  8.0 8 0.0 
24 Tobacco 60  33.0 33 0.0 
25 Salt, sulphur, cement 77  28.3 20-33 6.3 
26 Ores, slag and ash 34  32.6 20-33 2.2 
27 Mineral fuels 52  31.4 20-33 4.3 
28 Inorganic chemicals 190  33.0 33 0.0 
29 Organic chemicals 297  33.0 33 0.0 
30 Pharmaceutical products 30  13.0 8-33 10.2 
31 Fertilisers 26  8.0 8 0.0 
32 Tanning or dying extracts 46  30.5 20-33 5.2 
33 Essential oils 36  33.0 33 0.0 
34 Soap 23  33.0 33 0.0 
35 Albuminoidal substances 13  33.0 33 0.0 
36 Explosives 8  33.0 33 0.0 
37 Photographic goods 37  33.0 33 0.0 
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 56  33.0 33 0.0 
39 Plastics and articles thereof 123  31.9 20-33 3.6 
40 Rubber and articles thereof 66  32.2 8-33 4.3 
41 Raw hides and skins and leather 34  33.0 33 0.0 
42 Articles of leather 22  33.0 33 0.0 
43 Furskins  18  33.0 33 0.0 
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HS 
Chapter  Description Number of 
lines  Simple 
average  Range  Standard 
deviation  
44 Wood and articles of wood 66  26.4 8-33 8.1 
45 Cork and articles of cork 7  33.0 33 0.0 
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting 
materials; basketware and wickerwork 6  33.0 33 0.0 
47 Pulp of wood 19  33.0 33 0.0 
48 Paper and paperboard 111  33.0 33 0.0 
49 Products of the printing industry 19  24.7 8-33 12.1 
50 Silk 10  25.5 8-33 12.1 
51 Wool and horsehair 36  25.4 8-33 11.7 
52 Cotton 127  17.8 8-33 12.3 
53 Other vegetable textile fibres 31  27.4 8-33 10.6 
54 Man-made filaments 65  20.3 8-33 12.6 
55 Man-made staple fibres 115  18.2 8-33 12.3 
56 Wadding, felt, twine and cordage 27  33.0 33 0.0 
57 Carpets 23  33.0 33 0.0 
58 Special woven fabrics 41  33.0 33 0.0 
59 Impregnated textile fabrics 25  33.0 33 0.0 
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics 18  33.0 33 0.0 
61 Articles of apparel and cl othing accessories, knitted or 
crocheted 114  20.0 20 0.0 
62 Articles of apparel and clot hing accessories, not knitted or 
crocheted 123  20.0 20 0.0 
63 Other textile articles, worn clothing and worn textile 
articles 58  33.0 33 0.0 
64 Footwear 29  20.0 20 0.0 
65 Headgear 11  33.0 33 0.0 
66 Umbrellas, walking-sticks, … 7  33.0 33 0.0 
67 Feathers and down 8  33.0 33 0.0 
68 Articles of stone, cement, plaster, … 53  25.9 20-33 6.5 
69 Ceramic products 28  24.6 20-33 6.3 
70 Glass and glassware 57  33.0 33 0.0 
71 Pearls, precious and semi-precious stones, precious 
metals, jewellery, coins 54  33.0 33 0.0 
72 Iron and steel 196  32.9 20-33 1.3 
73 Articles of iron or steel 119  31.6 8-33 4.6 
74 Copper and articles thereof 58  30.1 20-33 5.5 
75 Nickel and articles thereof 16  33.0 33 0.0 
76 Aluminium and articles thereof 34  30.7 20-33 5.0 
78 Lead and articles thereof 10  33.0 33 0.0 
79 Zinc and articles thereof 11  33.0 33 0.0 
80 Tin and articles thereof 9  33.0 33 0.0 
81 Other base metals 36  33.0 33 0.0 
82 Tools and implements 65  33.0 33 0.0 
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 36  33.0 33 0.0 
84 Machinery and mechanical appliances 498  27.8 8-33 10.2 
85 Electrical machinery and equipment 264  31.7 8-33 5.6 
86 Railway or tramway locomotives and rolling-stock 24  33.0 33 0.0 
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock 76  26.8 8-33 10.9 
Table AIII.1 (cont'd) Djibouti WT/TPR/S/159 
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HS 
Chapter  Description Number of 
lines  Simple 
average  Range  Standard 
deviation  
88 Aircraft, spacecraft and pa rts thereof 15  33.0 33 0.0 
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 17  33.0 33 0.0 
90 Optical instruments 152  32.5 8-33 3.5 
91 Clocks and watches and pa rts thereof 55  33.0 33 0.0 
92 Musical instruments  23  33.0 33 0.0 
93 Arms and ammunition 17  33.0 33 0.0 
94 Furniture 37  33.0 33 0.0 
95 Toys and sports requisites 43  33.0 33 0.0 
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 51  33.0 33 0.0 
97 Works of art and antiques 7  33.0 33 0.0 
.. Not available. 
Source : WTO Secretariat, on the basis of data  provided by the D jibouti authorities. 
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