Amman, Jordan. 8 - 12 May 2005

At the request of the Government of Jordan, CBTF sent an advisory mission to assist the Jordanian authorities concerned in assessing their interests in the negotiations conducted under the mandate provided for in paragraph 31(iii) of the Doha Ministerial Declaration and, in the process, familiarize them with the problems relating to product coverage, negotiating modalities as well as with the implementation issues handled by customs authorities.

The mission was conducted as a three-day meeting between two teams of experts – national and international – with the following four lines of expertise represented on both teams:

The Jordanian team was led by the Foreign Policy and Relations Department, Ministry of Industry and Trade. The State Committee for Trade and Environment, steered by the Ministry for Environment, served as a multidisciplinary platform for the discussions, which at times required inputs from the Ministries of Energy and Mineral Resources, Planning and International Cooperation, Transport, Chamber of Commerce, as well as private companies operating in the various environmental sectors. Specialists from the Customs Department participated throughout the consultations.

The international team was lead by UNCTAD and included a representative of UNEP, an expert from the WCO, and an expert on environmental industry.

Participants in the meeting addressed issues of particular interest to Jordan in environmental and resource management. More technical discussions were held on particular imported goods as well as environmentally preferable products in the traditional export industries, especially those where there were cleaner production programmes in place. The UNCTAD representative also installed the WITS software in the Ministry of Commerce, in which will provide them with greater access to trade statistics and data on tariffs and non-tariff barriers.

	Advisory mission: Policy and Technical aspects of the negotiations on environmental goods.
	Amman, Jordan. 8 - 12 May 2005
	At the request of the Government of Jordan, CBTF sent an advisory mission to assist the Jordanian authorities concerned in assessing their interests in the negotiations conducted under the mandate provided for in paragraph 31(iii) of the Doha Ministerial Declaration and, in the process, familiarize them with the problems relating to product coverage, negotiating modalities as well as with the implementation issues handled by customs authorities. The mission was conducted as a three-day meeting between two teams of experts – national and international – with the following four lines of expertise represented on both teams: environmental industry; environmental policy and regulations; trade policy and negotiations; and customs, more specifically tariff classification. The Jordanian team was led by the Foreign Policy and Relations Department, Ministry of Industry and Trade. The State Committee for Trade and Environment, steered by the Ministry for Environment, served as a multidisciplinary platform for the discussions, which at times required inputs from the Ministries of Energy and Mineral Resources, Planning and International Cooperation, Transport, Chamber of Commerce, as well as private companies operating in the various environmental sectors. Specialists from the Customs Department participated throughout the consultations. The international team was lead by UNCTAD and included a representative of UNEP, an expert from the WCO, and an expert on environmental industry. Participants in the meeting addressed issues of particular interest to Jordan in environmental and resource management. More technical discussions were held on particular imported goods as well as environmentally preferable products in the traditional export industries, especially those where there were cleaner production programmes in place. The UNCTAD representative also installed the WITS software in the Ministry of Commerce, in which will provide them with greater access to trade statistics and data on tariffs and non-tariff barriers.


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