Traduction de «Tariff and non tariff barrier » (Anglais → Français) :

6. Notes that many countries in the world, including some major emerging economies, maintain high tariff and non-trade barriers to EU exports; considers that the lifting or significant reduction of such barriers with due regard to development considerations should be one of the main priorities of EU trade policy;

Since the negotiations on maintaining a tariff quota regime on the basis of managing import licences on a historical basis have reached an impasse, and taking into consideration the discussions within Council and Parliament, the Commission has today proposed the following strategy : It will continue to study a transitional system of tariff quotas, but at this stage on a "first come, first served " basis for the three tariff quotas (a tariff preference of 275 euro/t for the ACP countries would apply. The Commission retains its proposal for an automatic transition, on 1 January 2006, to a system based on tariffs only. In addition, the Comm ...[+++]ission asks the Council to give its authority to begin negotiations under Article XXVIII of the GATT with the relevant suppliers in order to implement a flat tariff system, in case no solution can be found on the tariff quota basis.

39. Recognises the need for developing countries to receive tangible benefits from the Round if a successful conclusion to the WTO Millennium Round is to be secured and therefore welcomes the Comission proposal to make commitments at Seattle, prior to the start of the negotiations, with respect to providing tariff-free access for virtually all the products of the least developed countries (LDCs), taking into consideration the exporting interests of these countries; proposes that further commitments are made to reduce non-tariff barriers, to remove the remaining duties over time and to help poorer countries build up ...[+++]their trade capacity;

On the non-tariff barriers, in essence, you use an environmental argument when you really want to keep a product out, so you might try to put in place a formal kind of forest certification product barrier, for example, and you can't leap over the hurdle.

It cannot be national having regard to the volume of trade, the relatively limited transport costs and the absence of tariff, legal or technical barriers.

"Even two years ago several of our partners had grave doubts about removing tariffs and other trade barriers, as envisaged in the GATT Uruguay Round.