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AMENDMENT: TARIFFS
PAYABLE FOR
VETERINARY IMPORT
PERMIITS INCREASE
The tariffs for
veterinary import
permits, export
certificates, master
import permits and
certified copies of
master importer
permits in terms of
the Animal Diseases
Act, 1984 (Act 35 of
1984) will be
increased with
effect from 1
April 2014.
The notice to
announce the
increases has been
published under
Notice No. 51 of
2014 in Government
Gazette No. 37287 of
7 February 2014.
Download the Notice
at
http://www.gov.za/documents/download.php?f=209161
.
AMENDMENT OF
STANDARDS AND
REQUIREMENTS
REGARDING THE
CONTROL OF EXPORT OF
VARIOUS FRUITS
(With effect from 14
February 2014)
The
Department of
Agriculture,
Forestry and
Fisheries has
published two
notices regarding
the amendment of
standards and
requirements
regarding the
control of export of
various fruits with
effect from 14
February 2014.
The notices are
entitled:
Agricultural Product
Standards Act:
Standards and
requirements:
Control of export of
citrus fruits:
Amendment: Gazette
37287 General Notice
52 of
2014
Agricultural Product
Standards Act:
Standards and
requirements:
Control of export of
fruit excluding
citrus and certain
deciduous fruits:
Amendment Gazette
37287 General Notice
53 of
2014
For more information
contact:
The Executive
Officer:
Agricultural Product
Standards,
Department of
Agriculture, Private
Bag X343, PRETORIA,
0001, Telephone
(012) 319 6051,
e-mail
MabibaW@nda.agric.za
SOUTH
AFRICAN/EUROPEAN
UNION TRADE
DEVELOPMENT AND
COOPERATION
AGREEMENT
Application
for market access
permits for
agricultural
products
Due dates for
permits:
For importation into
South Africa - 18
February 2014 (See
paragraph 5)
For permits to the
EU – 18 February
2014 (See paragraph
3.2)
Under the WTO Market
Access reform
programme on
Agricultural
Programmes, WTO
members have
converted their
non-tariff measures
to equivalent bound
tariffs. Prior to 27
January 1995, South
Africa has
controlled the
importation of
agricultural
products through an
import permit
system. With effect
from
1 January 1995 the
permit system was
abolished as
additional market
access is provided
through tariff rate
quotas under the WTO
Market Access
programmes.
South Africa and the
European Union
signed a bilateral
Trade Development
and Co-operation
Agreement (TDCA) in
2000. This
agreement provides
for, inter
alia, bilateral
market access
permits, sometimes
incorrectly called
import permits,
which are issued in
compliance with the
WTO Market Access
permits.
In terms of the
SA/EU TDCA both
parties publish Government
Gazette notices
to relating to the
procedures and
conditions for
application of the
tariff rate quota
permits in
compliance with the
WTO Market Access
Agreement.
In South Africa
these notices were
generally published
annually in
September. However,
these notices were
only published in
January this year.
The notice which
outlines the
procedures and
conditions for the
permits for reduced
import duty rates
into South Africa
was published on 21 January
2014 under a
document entitled
“Application for
Market Access
Permits for
Agricultural
Products” Gazette
37241 General Notice
27 of 2014. Download
http://www.gov.za/documents/download.php?f=207996.
The notice in
respect of export
permits which will
allow the goods of
exporters into the
EU was published
under a document
entitled Broad-based
Black Economic
Empowerment Act:
Procedures for
Application,
administration and
allocation of export
permits under the
Trade, Development
and Co-operation
Agreement between
the European Union
and South Africa G
37242 General Notice
28.
These notices are
published by the
South African
Department of
Agriculture,
Forestry and
Fisheries.
Download the Notices
for more
information. |