Commission: application of the customs tariff requirement for Iraq's accession to the World Trade Organization

01/09/2012 11:10

Baghdad September 1 / September (Rn) - The Commission on Economy and Investment parliamentary Saturday clause Iraq's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) is the application of tariff law the government Ajlth to indefinitely.

The Ministry of Commerce announced last year that federal Iraq is working on getting a permanent membership of the World Trade Organization would disrupt the Iraqi economy unless Iraqi consensus economic legislation with controls to join the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Said Commission decision Mahma Khalil told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) that "Iraq if it wants to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) should be applied tariff law inactivated by the government."

Khalil said that the "tariff law that dish will eliminate processes financial and administrative corruption at border crossings and ports (...) there is the desire of the Government to enforce the law gradually over two years."

The team was Iraqi to join the World Trade Organization was established on 13 December / December 2004, and presented a memorandum to obtain membership of the organization on September 16 / September 2005, was adopted Iraq observers in January 24, 2007, and began meeting the first round of the Group work in 2007, followed by a second round of meetings in 2008, and then the third round by the end of 2009.

Iraq seeks to obtain permanent membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO) rather than an observer member, as is the case at the moment.
The World Trade Organization was founded in 1995 and includes 147 countries worldwide as permanent members.

The organization aims to create a world economic preserves the rights of the consumer and the product through an international system of laws by hiring full resources of the state and prevent the circulation of goods non-universal impulse.

 

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Kurdistan: political forces will hold a meeting if the return of Talabani

01/09/2012 11:32

Baghdad September 1 / September (Rn) - The Kurdistan Alliance bloc in the House of Representatives on Saturday for a meeting of the political powers will be held if the return of President Jalal Talabani from Germany where he is receiving treatment.

The National Alliance has announced earlier paper for reform in order to resolve the current political crisis in the country, after the efforts of front-confidence motion (the Kurdistan Alliance and the Iraqi coalition and the Sadrists), to withdraw confidence from the Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.

The deputy head of Muhsin al-Sadoun bloc, told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) that "after the return of President Jalal Talabani of travel therapy there will be a meeting of the political powers put it all Securities Reform."

Sadoun said that "the National Alliance did not deliver until now formally political blocs and reform paper prepared during the last period," noting that "the only thing on the political scene right now is waiting for the coming of Talabani."

He said, "The reform will be one of the paper within the Securities other political blocs and that will be addressed during the meeting of political forces."

Insiders say Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki that the latter initiated a series of quick fixes, including re-former Iraqi army officers to the service and the formation of a committee to reconsider the law of accountability and justice and discuss the possibility of referring the names of candidates for security ministries to the House of Representatives.

The President of the House of Representatives Osama Najafi recently freeze questioning al-Maliki's decision by the political blocs because of the ongoing negotiations.

 

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Presidency of the parliament set Monday as the date to vote on the payment on credit law

 Saturday, 01 September

Twilight News / revealed Kurdistan Alliance, on Saturday, reducing the number of members of the Article 140 of the disputed areas in the Constitution of 38 to 17 members, headed by Kurdish.

The MP said the Kurdistan Alliance Hassan Jihad told the "Twilight News", that "the agreement was to reduce the number of members of the Article 140 of the 38 members to 17 members only," stressing that "This measure comes due to repeated cases of non-achievement of a quorum for the meetings of the Committee because of absent members. "

Jihad said that "the Commission and after a reduction of 8 members of the National Alliance and the six members of the Iraqi List and the three members of the Kurdistan Alliance," he said, adding that "the chairmanship of the Committee will be assigned to a member of the Kurdistan Alliance Muhsin al-Sadoun."

The Article 140 Committee was formed on the basis of the above-mentioned article in the Iraqi constitution and headed in the first stage the leader of the Iraqi Communist Party Raid Fahmi and then entrusted the task chaired by the Secretary General of the Badr Organization, Hadi al-Ameri.

Article on solving the problem of the disputed areas between the Kurdistan Region and the federal government in particular and the problems of other disputed areas between the various Iraqi provinces, through the mechanism begins to normalize the situation and pass conduct census and concludes with a referendum in those areas.

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A member of the Economic Committee: tariff law will do the beginning of the year 2013 after the availability of sophisticated electronic devices to check the goods at the border

 09/01/2012

Baghdad (news) .. Female Member of the Economic Committee MP / National Alliance / Amer Al-Fayez, that the tariff law will be implemented early next year, after bringing modern equipment to inspect goods and imported goods at border crossing points.
He said Fayez (of the Agency news) on Saturday: There are several technical reasons prevented the application of tariff law notably the lack of trained personnel and sophisticated equipment, explaining, that Iraq imported electronic devices developed to examine the goods and commodities imported and the process of training cadres working on these devices will be the activation of the Law tariffs at the beginning of next year. / end / 21. d. Q /

 

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Mahmoud Hassan: Maliki is ready to implement all the demands of the political blocs to be in conformity with the Constitution

 29/08/2012

Baghdad (news) .. According to a member State of Law coalition MP / National Alliance / Mahmoud Hassan, that the Prime Minister is ready to implement all the demands of the political blocs to be in conformity with the Constitution, noting that Article (140) need to be a constitutional amendment to implement them.
Hassan said in a statement (of the Agency news): that all the demands of political blocs will be discussed and there is a willingness among state law implemented on condition that does not violate the Constitution.

He explained: The demand of the Kurdistan Region to pay the salaries of the Peshmerga from the state budget can respond to them as prepared these forces from Iraqi forces and subject practically to the Ministry of Defense, and receive orders from the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces but as not subject these forces of the Ministry of Defense does not allow the federal government to fund this forces.

He added: For Article (140), the government would not oppose the implementation of this article and especially that this Article shall apply in more than one province, but the constitution select a period of time to implement them as we are implementing now need to constitutional amendments.

As for the security ministries, referring MP for the coalition of state law to: that resolving the Defense Department, which have impeded naming the security ministries, noting that the Ministry of Defence not share the Iraqi List, but the share component of the Sunni. / End / 2.'s. M /

 

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Vice independently: the political groundwork ready for the National Conference

29/08/2012

Baghdad (news) .. Independent MP Osman Algehiche, that the current political situation constitutes a suitable ground for the National Conference with a political agreement to resolve differences.
Said Algehiche in a statement (of the Agency news) on Wednesday: The recent meetings of the political blocs, including a meeting of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki with House Speaker Osama Najafi, was a positive step to move the political process as they reflected on the security situation and the economic and legislative, noting that political calm Current led to the harmony of the blocks in the views of the agreement on several laws, including the Electoral Commission and amend the provincial law and the amnesty law.

The independent MP: that the political groundwork ready for the National Conference with a calm political and convergence of views and agreement to resolve the crisis due to disorder some countries Alaqlmah not another choice of the blocks but to agree to resolve all files, hinting return of President Jalal Talabani in the coming days from a trip therapy.

And still the political scene dominated by policy action and reaction counterattack, when decided opponents submit a request to question Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki Re recent request to withdraw confidence from the parliament speaker Osama al-Nujaifi, as well as Turahqat media mutual threatening to expose abuses and irregularities constitutional, and determine how each other, to reach rival blocs recently reached a preliminary agreement on a sheet of reforms put forward by the National Alliance to end the controversy for years. / end / 7. d. Q /

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Decision of the Committee on Energy: Adoption of the law of oil and gas depends on resolving the political crisis .. And difficult to read it

28/08/2012

Baghdad (news) .. Exclude Rapporteur of the Commission on oil and energy MP / coalition of Kurdish blocs / Qassim Mohammed Qasim, approve oil and gas law in the coming period in the absence of a radical solutions to the political crisis in the country, pointing out that the repercussions of the political crisis weighed on the overall economic issues in the country, including oil .
Kassem said (of the Agency news) on Tuesday: The oil and gas law is one of the important laws for the Iraqi people because it maintains its natural resources such as oil and achieve the principle of justice and equality in the distribution of this wealth to all the people.

And confirmed: that the survival of the political crisis intact the passing of the bill is unlikely during the next few days.

He added: that the political differences between the parliamentary blocs influenced greatly on the overall economic issues in the country and its repercussions negative, especially oil and how to invest and excavated, stressing the lack of real will to end the political differences to indicate a failure to approve oil and gas law soon because it conditional on resolving the political crisis in the country. / end / 8. n. p /

 

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