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MARKET ACCESS DATABASE
Tools for European enterprises
Prague, 23 March 2010
Chiara MiglioliEuropean Commission DG Trade – Market Access Unit
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1. Market Access Database in practice
2. Market Access Strategy in action
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Market Access Database a tool for European exporters
http://madb.europa.eu
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Two main purposes:
• Source of information for exporters about opportunities and challenges
• Business tool to inform the Commission about barriers to trade in third countries
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MADB Complaint RegisterMADB Complaint Register
• Based on business demandsBased on business demands during consultations on Market Access during consultations on Market Access Strategy 2007Strategy 2007
• Request for more transparency and feedbackRequest for more transparency and feedback from Commission Services from Commission Services on contact personson contact persons and and progress in tackling barriersprogress in tackling barriers brought to their brought to their attentionattention
• Simple and efficient system to register trade barriers quickly
• Facilitates the universal recording of substantially all known barriers in one place
• Standardised on-line input forms to ensure that all relevant data is obtained at first contact
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You registered your complaint…
…what now?
Case study: Canada – stuffed labelling regulation
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Issue in brief:
• Proposed extension of a complex and strict labelling regulation on stuffed products
• Industry affected: textiles and clothing
• Scope: potentially serious impact on all textiles imports to Canada’s provinces
• Double standards: resulting from Canada’s federal system and strong provincial competences
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COM approach• Detailed information from the industry:
– Legal facts– Economic impact on European exports– Confidentiality as a rule
• COM activities:– Analysis of the situation with help of EU Delegation – problem
scoping– Internal expertise-gathering in a cross-cutting area (regulatory
affairs)– Analysis of possible actions on the basis of existing trade
relations:• WTO TBT Committee in Geneva• EU Trade and Investment Sub-Committee
• Result: Canada withdrew the proposal
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Partnership in action• Ongoing feedback to the industry and exchange of
information– Discussion, analysis and feedback at the Market Access
Working Groups– Or at the Market Access Advisory Committee– Updated information in the Market Access Database
• Other possible avenues : – Local diplomacy: COM demarches and letters to third country
authorities– Bilateral trade and specialised dialogues led by the COM– High political level (summits)– WTO consultation in most serious cases– Business alliance-building to support the case– Member States bilateral contacts
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Partnership in action – Ukraine: export declarations
• July 2009: proposal to introduce compulsory export declarations as from October 2009 for customs valuation purposes.
• COM line: UA request at odds with EU paperless practices (Export Control System) and not in line with the Kyoto Convention on customs procedures.
• Action:- DEL involved to understand what was happening on the
ground.- Letter sent from DG TAXUD to UA custom authorities and issue
raised at EU-Ukraine Subcommittee on Customs and Cross-border Cooperation (October 2009).
- The measure was eventually suspended.
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For further information…DG Trade website: http://ec.europa.eu/tradeMarket Access Database: http://madb.europa.eu
E-mail address:
[email protected]@ec.europa.eu
European CommissionDG Trade - Market Access Unit (G1)Phone: +32 2 29 92 241
