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A small landlocked country, the Republic of Moldova remains one of the poorest countries in South East Europe, with the economy showing continued dependence on low value-added manufacturing and agriculture along with remittances from workers abroad for income generation. The country is yet to reap the benefits of the intensive reform efforts, which have been
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An upper-middle income country, Albania is in the process of implementing an all-encompassing reform effort to foster national competitiveness and achieve greater integration into global value chains.Driving these reforms is the imperative for fulfilling the requirements of the European Union (EU) Acquis Communautaire, which gained new life in 2014 when Albania
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The joint UNECE-OECD publication “International Regulatory Cooperation: the Case of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe” presents the rule-making and standards-setting activities of UNECE.
It is illustrated by a number of examples that show how UNECE impacts our daily lives, including through:
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The aim of this bi-lingual Publication (ECE/TRADE/424) is to help bring voluntary standards into the toolbox of disaster risk reduction, including both by encouraging their use by business and by enhancing their role in regulatory practice and policy-making more generally. To this end, the paper
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Sixteen UNECE recommendations have been adopted by the Working Party since 1970 to address standardization and regulatory issues. They set out good practice regarding Regulatory cooperation, Metrology, Standards and Norms, Conformity assessment and Market surveillance.
Download the publication (ECE/TRADE/379/Rev.1) in
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Since 2010 the UNECE has been undertaking studies of regulatory and procedural barriers to trade in selected UNECE member countries with economies in transition, with a view to: assisting countries in their efforts to achieve greater regional and global economic integration; informing donors as to where assistance might be required; and, strengthening policy
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The continuous reductions in tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade and the rise of global supply chains have further increased the importance of trade as an engine of growth, creating new opportunities for investments, job creation and human development. However, for several countries, capitalising on these opportunities is
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This bilingual (English/Russian) publication (ECE/TRADE/418) presents the results of the International Conference on “Standards and Regulatory Systems”, held in Geneva on 19 November 2013 and organized by UNECE in cooperation with the Russian Union of
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Assessing regulatory and procedural measures in trade: An Evaluation Methodology (ECE/TRADE/409) ......The Committee on Trade (CT) is a multilateral platform that brings representatives of governments from the 56 member States of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) together with civil society organizations
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The Executive Committee (EXCOM) of the UNECE recommended at its thirty-fourth session in February 2010 that the Committee on Trade carry out three trade needs assessment studies in selected UNECE member countries and/or sub-regional groupings with economies in transition. These studies focus on procedural and regulatory barriers to trade in goods, with an eye to on-going development efforts in
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Regulatory and Procedural Barriers to Trade in Belarus Needs Assessment (ECE/TRADE/403)This study presents the findings of the first UNECE trade-needs-assessment study, which was carried out in the Republic of Belarus in 2010 and 2011. It was prepared by the UNECE Trade
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This publication guides policymakers in the design of regulatory systems that result in an efficient, effective and transparent management of risks.
Recent years have been marked by many catastrophic events both natural and man-made. Close interconnections mean that the impact of these crises has been felt throughout the world. Although many tools have been developed to manage risks successfully
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A new version of this document is available as of 2023, available at https://unece.org/info/Trade/WP.6/pub/378872
The UNECE Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies (WP. 6) has worked in close cooperation with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and the IEC System for
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This trilingual Glossary sets out to provide a comprehensive list of terms used in legislative practice related to market surveillance in English, French and Russian.
Le présent glossaire trilingue s'attache à apporter une liste exhaustive des termes employés en anglais, français et russe dans la pratique législative liée à la surveillance des marchés.
Цель настоящего Глоссария - представить
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The publication examines changes in the regulatory landscape in the member States of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), including the recent trend towards “better regulation”, i.e. regulations with a greater focus on desired outcomes and more flexibility. This approach can help remove barriers to trade created by differences in national standards and technical regulations
Оценка регулятивных и процедурных мер в торговле: Методология для оценки (ECE/TRADE/409)......Комитет по торговле является многосторонней платформой, которая объединяет представителей правительств 56 стран-членов Европейской экономической комиссии ООН (ЕЭК ООН), общественных организаций и партнеров по процессу развития. Комитет
Регулятивные и процедурные барьеры в торговле в Беларуси Оценка потребностей (ECE/TRADE/403)Данное исследование включает в себя результаты первой оценки потребностей в сфере регулятивных и процедурных барьеров торговле осуществленной ЕЭК. Она проводилась в Республике
Цель настоящего Глоссария - представить полный перечень терминов по надзору за рынком, используемых в законодательной практике (термины приведены на английском, французском и русском языках). Скачать публикацию (ECE/TRADE/389
Le présent glossaire trilingue s'attache à apporter une liste exhaustive des termes employés en anglais, français et russe dans la pratique législative liée à la surveillance des marchés. Télécharge: ECE/TRADE/389