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Examen de las políticas comerciales
Último Examen de las Políticas Comerciales (Informe de la Secretaría de la OMC) WT/TPR/S/341/Rev.1
A. Importación prohibiciones, restricciones y licencias de importación
3.58.
All imports from Israel are banned.[97]
3.59.
The products whose importation may be prohibited or restricted form the subject of a 1994 law on "exclusion from the free import regime".[98] The list of products excluded from the regime has not changed since 2001. The relevant notifications have been submitted to the WTO.[99]
3.60.
According to the authorities, the goods currently excluded from the free import regime have been listed for reasons of security, public order, health, morality, or to protect fauna and flora and the country's cultural heritage.[100] There are more than 800 lines (at 9‑digit HS level) in the list, corresponding to some 7.2% of all tariff lines (Table 3.10).
3.61.
Products excluded from free importation require an import authorization (non‑automatic licence). Two days are required to obtain a licence, but the time varies depending on the product and the urgent nature of the transaction.[101] These requirements do not apply to wholly exporting industries, which may freely import all the goods needed for their investment and production. Imports of products subject to tariff quotas in connection with the minimum market access provisions in the WTO Agreement on Agriculture are administered by means of special authorizations (Section 4.1.6). In January 2016, special import authorizations at rates below the MFN rate were suspended for the import of 0% fat content dried milk, frozen and chilled red meat and calves for fattening.
B. Exportación prohibiciones y restricciones
3.136.
Under the current legislation, which has not changed since 2005, exports of goods and services may be subject to restrictions in order to safeguard morality, security, public order and human health; to protect fauna and flora and the country's cultural (historical, archaeological and artistic) heritage.[162] Decree No. 94‑1742 of 29 August 1994 sets out the list of products "excluded from the free export regime".[163]
3.137.
The Decree reflects the multilateral agreements to which Tunisia is party, such as CITES or the Basel Convention. Thus, certain products, wastes and/or species are subject to an export permit, certificate or prohibition. Species of wild fauna and flora threatened with extinction (see CITES, Appendices I, II and III) are subject to a prior authorization issued by the Directorate‑General of Forests of the Ministry responsible for agriculture.[164]
3.138.
Other products can only be exported with the prior authorization of the Ministry of Trade, valid for six months.[165] The main purpose of authorization is to prevent shortages on the domestic market and ensure the availability of inputs for domestic industry. The products concerned are: cereals and cereal flours, and food preparations obtained therefrom; forage and animal feed; molasses; oilseed cake; certain minerals; waste and scrap of iron, steel, copper and aluminium; coal and petroleum products; certain chemical elements and isotopes; fertilizers; raw and dehaired hides; stationery; precious metals and waste thereof; bismuth and cobalt, titanium, beryllium, antimony, zirconium and their products; and aircraft, balloons and dirigibles, parachutes, and ships.
3.139.
Export authorizations are issued by the Ministry of Trade. Hazardous products may be exported after authorization by the Ministry responsible for the environment, in accordance with Decree No. 2000‑2339 of 10 October 2000. Exportation of wastes included in list A of the Basel Convention is also subject to prior authorization by the Ministry responsible for the environment.
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