Arménie Profil du Membre
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Examen de politique commerciale
Dernier examen de politique commerciale (Rapport du Secrétariat de l'OMC): WT/TPR/S/379/Rev.1
A. Prohibitions et restrictions à l'importation et licences d'importation
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State Approval of End-user Certificates, and provision of Import Certificates;
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The concerned body regarding import/export licences for medicines is the Ministry of Health. Licences are applicable to the export/import of goods subject to quantitative restrictions (QRs), exclusive rights, permit-based procedures (i.e. automatic licences), tariff quotas (TQs), and import quotas applied as special safeguard measures. General and exclusive licences are issued in cases determined by the Commission. Licences issued by the authorized body of one member State are recognized by all other member States. Detailed rules as regards how licensing shall be carried out are defined in the Appendix to the Protocol on NTMs. According to Government Decree No. 105-N of 8 February 2018, and Government Decree No. 32-N of 18 January 2018, from 15 August 2018, import/export licenses for medicines, and for narcotics and psychotropic substances, respectively, are to be issued by the Ministry of Health. All restrictions concerning the import of medicines are listed in the Law on Medicines.
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Regarding the import of agricultural chemicals by the Ministry of Agriculture, there are compulsory health, hygiene, and consumer rights standards for a range of foodstuffs, electrical goods, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, and children's clothes, among other imports. According to Government Decree No. 1524-N of 25 December 2014 and Minister of Agriculture Order No. 6-N of 15 January 2015, the Ministry of Agriculture may issue a one-time import license for plant protection products, which are included in the unified product list of external economic activity and are imported from third countries.
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During the review period, a series of measures and legislative amendments were taken to facilitate the administrative burden for businesses. Another innovation was the insertion of a new application receiving system on the governmental website (http://www.e-gov.am) as a result, business entities can electronically submit applications or notifications and other necessary documents.
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Employment of tax, custom and other mandatory fee privileges provided by the Framework Agreement signed between the Republic of Armenia and the Commission of the European Communities.
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Approval of activities subject to notification for the import of vodka classified under code 2208 in the Commodity Nomenclature of Foreign Economic Activity;
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Approval of lists of imported (exported) precious items and processed products of natural diamonds, and natural raw diamonds for processing purposes;
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Qualification of refiners, assayers and hallmarkers of precious metals;
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Approval of activities subject to notification for assaying and hallmarking of items made from precious metals;
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Provision of licenses for the export/import to/from а third country of precious metals, precious stones, raw precious metals, scrap and waste of precious metals, precious metal ores, and concentrates and raw materials containing precious metals;
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Approval of activities subject to notification for the trade, import, export or transport of natural processed or raw but unframed and loose diamonds classified under the 710210000, 710221000, 710231000 codes in the Commodity Nomenclature of Foreign Economic Activity;
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Provision of permits for the export of dual-use items, their transit through the territory of the Republic of Armenia, and the implementation of the transfer of information and controlled intangible values/results of intellectual activity;
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Implementation of the Kimberley Process Certification;
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Classification of hotel industry establishments;
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The Agency provides the following services for the realization of its goals and objectives:
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The Licensing and Permits Agency[55] provides services in the field of licenses, permits, Kimberly certificates, hotel facility qualifications, and conclusions. It grants licences to trade organizations covering trading areas, the production of measurement units, the control of exports of controlled goods, and the controlled transfer of intangible values and permissions for dual-use goods in transit through Armenia. It also issues findings on the results of processed goods that are imported under the temporary import (export) customs regime.
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The Law on Notification of the Implementation of Activities, adopted in 2015, replaces the licensing with notification of 17 types of activities. Operators can engage in activities, subject to notification, for five working days after the notification is submitted.
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The EAEU "Common list of goods" on which non-tariff measures (NTMs) are applied, was adopted by EEC Board Decision No. 30/15 and includes: (i) goods banned for importation into or exportation from the customs territory of the EAEU (eight categories of products); (ii) goods covered by a permit-based procedure for importation into or exportation from the customs territory of the EAEU (eight categories of products); (iii) goods subject to bans or restrictions applying only to some of the EAEU member States; (iv) specific import/export/transit requirements applying to certain goods; and (v) information on the institution responsible for administering the measures.
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A list of activities subject to licensing is provided in the Law on Licensing, which provides for the type of licences: automatic and non-automatic.
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While most imports are free of prohibitions, quotas or licensing requirements, there are restrictions for health, security or environmental reasons. These restrictions include requiring authorization for pharmaceutical products and medicines, phyto-protection chemicals, weapons, components used in the production of weapons, explosives, nuclear materials, poison, drugs, strong psychotropic substances, devices for use in opium smoking, and pornographic materials.
B. Prohibitions et restrictions à l'exportation
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As is the case for most imports, the vast majority of exported products are free of any prohibitions or quotas. The export restrictions that do exist are imposed for health, security, and environmental reasons. Armenia has no export licensing regime;[57] however, for some products, exporters need to obtain prior state permission for export operations. These are weapons, nuclear materials, pharmaceuticals, rare animals and plants, and rare objects or artefacts considered part of the national patrimony. Armenia applies only those trade embargoes imposed by United Nations Security Council resolutions. Exports of dual-use goods are regulated by the Law on Controlling Export of Dual-Use Commodities Items, their Transit through the Territory of the Republic of Armenia as well as the Transfer of Dual-Use Information and Products of Intellectual Activity. The export of controlled items is done via permission granted by the Ministry of Economic Development and Investments.
Base de données sur l'environnement de l'OMC (BDE)
La BDE contient des mesures relatives à l'environnement qui peuvent être considérées comme des RQ et qui devraient donc être notifiées au titre de la Décision sur les restrictions quantitatives.
Voir les mesures relatives à l'environnement prise par le Membre