24 minutes agoSAA, Kosovo concessions to EU agricultural products
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Kosovo, since the SAA's entry into force, has abolished customs duties for 1,044 out of 2.564 agricultural products from the EU. While 164 EU agricultural products are currently free from customs duties with the law on goods released from customs taxes and zero customs tax goods. So says the published report [...]
So says the report published by the Ministry of Trade and Industry on the subject “Effects of the Stabilisation and Association Kosovo ʹ the EU: The impact on the Trade 48x1>, stressing that 14 products have been non-negotiable and are not included in the agreement, which means that the Kosovo tariff will remain the same 10% for those products that mainly include milk products, cream, non-negurables, potatoes, apples, wine.
“12 very important products for Kosovo's agricultural production; 8 agricultural crops and 4 agricultural processings have been protected, and customs duties will gradually be reduced within a period of 10 years from the entry into force of the agreement (milk products, fruits and vegetables, water, beer and wheat products). 256 agricultural sensitive products (180 agricultural and 76 agriculturally processed) will be protected and their customs duties will gradually be reduced within a period of seven years (fruits such as apple juice, o, strawberries, plumes, etc., Jem and jamm, potatoes, meat and flesh of birds, vinegar and cheese, etc). 451 products (from them 353 agricultural products and 98 processed agricultural products) will be released gradually from customs duties within a period of 5 years (the products of meat, poultry, milk and cream, for products from milk fats, flowers with petals for use, onions, garlic, some vegetables, certain fruits, and products of the nut family, coffee products, tea, bottle, vanilla, rice, oil, berries, raisins, raisins, raisins, raisins, juices, juices, juice, juice, juice, juice, etc., etc.)
Otherwise, in April 2013, the European Commission concludes that Kosovo had fulfilled the 4 criteria and therefore in July 2013. The council gave the green light for launching negotiations for the SAA. The negotiation process has started on October 28th 2013, and thus 5 meetings at the level of the chief negotiators and dozens of meetings of technical groups have been held. The negotiator process was completed on May 2nd 2014. On July 25, 2014, the deal has been initiated, and on October 22, 2015 The SAA was approved to the EU Council.
The SAA signing took place on October 27, 2015, in Strasbourg. The Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo ratified the Law for Ratification of a Stabilisation and Association Agreement on November 2nd 2015.
Eventually, the SAA has entered into force on April 1, 2016, with economic and political reports with the EU advanced to a contracted level.
The SAA is an international agreement linked between Kosovo and the European Union, whose goal is to establish formal and contractual relations between the two sides with the goal of Kosovo's EU membership.
The Stabilisation and Association Process for the Western Balkans is a key EU policy, with the goal of its EU membership. The process was launched in June 1999 and reconfirmed at the Thessaloniki Summit in June 2003. /Kosovo pres/
