Regulation & Standards

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    The UN Set Principles on Competition

      This multilateral agreement on competition policy provides a set of equitable rules for the control of anti-competitive practices and recognizes the development dimension of competition law.

    Source: UNCTAD

    Policymakers: Goods, Services, Regulation & Standards,
      This multilateral agreement on competition policy provides a set of equitable rules for the control of anti-competitive practices and recognizes the development dimension of competition law.
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    ICC Digital Standards Initiatives

    This website provides guide to legal reform to enable electronic transferable records and optimize cross-border trade.

    Source:  ICC

    Policymakers: Goods, Services, Digital Trade & E-Commerce, Regulation & Standards,
    This website provides guide to legal reform to enable electronic transferable records and optimize cross-border trade.
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    UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Signatures

    The Model Law on Electronic Signatures (MLES) aims to enable and facilitate the use of electronic signatures by establishing criteria of technical reliability for the equivalence between electronic and hand-written signatures.

    Source:  UNCITRAL, 2017

    Policymakers: Goods, Services, Digital Trade & E-Commerce, Regulation & Standards,
    The Model Law on Electronic Signatures (MLES) aims to enable and facilitate the use of electronic signatures by establishing criteria of technical reliability for the equivalence between electronic and hand-written signatures.
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    UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records

    The Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records (MLETR) aims to enable the legal use of electronic transferable records both domestically and across borders.

    Source:  UNCITRAL

    Policymakers: Goods, Services, Digital Trade & E-Commerce, Regulation & Standards,
    The Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records (MLETR) aims to enable the legal use of electronic transferable records both domestically and across borders.
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    WCO Rules of Origin

    The website of World Custom Organization summarizes instruments and tools to understand Rules of Origin.

    Source: WCO

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Regulation & Standards, Tariffs & Taxes,
    The website of World Custom Organization summarizes instruments and tools to understand Rules of Origin.
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    AfCFTA Rules of Origin

    The World Customs Organization, with the support of the European Union under the EU-WCO Rules of Origin Africa Programme, presents this document as a guide to the private sector to assist with the practical implementation of the AfCFTA Annex 2 on Rules of Origin of the Protocol on Trade and its relevant appendices.

    Source: EU-WCO

    Businesses: Goods, Regulation & Standards, Tariffs & Taxes, Africa,
    The World Customs Organization, with the support of the European Union under the EU-WCO Rules of Origin Africa Programme, presents this document as a guide to the private sector to assist with the practical implementation of the AfCFTA Annex 2 on Rules of Origin of the Protocol on Trade and its relevant appendices.
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    World Customs Organization Academy

     The World Customs Organization’s e-learning portal for the private sector and academia.

    Source: WCO

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Services, Capacity Building, Regulation & Standards, Tariffs & Taxes,
     The World Customs Organization’s e-learning portal for the private sector and academia.
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    Training – International Standards

    The course illustrates different types of standards and helps MSMEs to select and implement international standards relevant to their specialization.

    Source: UNECE

    Businesses: Goods, Capacity Building, Regulation & Standards,
    The course illustrates different types of standards and helps MSMEs to select and implement international standards relevant to their specialization.
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    UNCITRAL MSMEs Legislative guides

    The UNCITRAL Legislative Guide sets out key principles and good practices with respect to business registration to reduce the legal obstacles MSMEs.

    Source: UNCITRAL

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Regulation & Standards,
    The UNCITRAL Legislative Guide sets out key principles and good practices with respect to business registration to reduce the legal obstacles MSMEs.
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    Online Resource Centre for Asia-Pacific MSME Policy

    The Resource Centre collects knowledge about MSME policy across the Asia-Pacific region, for the information and interest of the region's policymakers.

    Source: ESCAP

    Policymakers: Goods, Access to Finance, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Capacity Building, Contractual Disputes, Digital Trade & E-Commerce, Export Potential, Intellectual Property, Investment Facilitation, Logistics, Regional Trade Agreements, Regulation & Standards, Sustainability, Tariffs & Taxes, Trade Remedies, Asia & Middle East, Oceania,
    The Resource Centre collects knowledge about MSME policy across the Asia-Pacific region, for the information and interest of the region's policymakers.
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    Technical Information on Rules of Origin

    The WTO rules of origin identifies criteria needed to determine the national source of a product.

    Source: WTO

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Regulation & Standards,
    The WTO rules of origin identifies criteria needed to determine the national source of a product.
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    Standards and Trade Development Facility Briefings

    STDF Briefings include updated information on the impacts and promotion of food safety.

    Source: Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF)

    Policymakers: Goods, Regulation & Standards,
    STDF Briefings include updated information on the impacts and promotion of food safety.