WORLD TRADE RESTRICTED WT/ACC/SPEC/YEM/5/Rev.5 18 December 2012 ORGANIZATION (12-6969) Working Party on the Accession of Yemen DRAFT REPORT OF THE WORKING PARTY ON THE ACCESSION OF YEMEN TO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION Revision WT/ACC/SPEC/YEM/5/Rev.5 Page i TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................... 1 DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED ...................................................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTORY STATEMENTS .................................................................................................... 1 II. ECONOMIC POLICIES .......................................................................................................... 2 - Monetary and Fiscal Policy ...................................................................................................... 2 - Foreign Exchange and Payments ............................................................................................ 4 - Investment Regime.................................................................................................................... 5 - State Ownership, Privatization and State-Trading Entities ................................................. 9 - Pricing Policies ........................................................................................................................ 14 - Competition Policy .................................................................................................................. 15 III. FRAMEWORK FOR MAKING AND ENFORCING POLICIES .................................... 15 - Powers of Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches of Government .......................... 15 - Authority of Sub-Central Governments ............................................................................... 18 IV. POLICIES AFFECTING TRADE IN GOODS ................................................................... 19 - Trading Rights ........................................................................................................................ 19 A. IMPORT REGULATIONS .................................................................................................... 24 - Ordinary customs duties ........................................................................................................ 24 - Other duties and charges ........................................................................................................ 25 - Tariff rate quotas, tariff exemptions ..................................................................................... 26 - Fees and charges for services rendered ................................................................................. 27 - Application of internal taxes to imports ............................................................................... 30 - Quantitative import restrictions, including prohibitions, quotas and licensing systems ..................................................................................................................................... 32 - Customs valuation ................................................................................................................... 38 - Rules of origin ......................................................................................................................... 42 - Other customs formalities ...................................................................................................... 44 - Preshipment inspection .......................................................................................................... 45 - Anti-dumping, countervailing duties, safeguard regimes ................................................... 45 B. EXPORT REGULATIONS ................................................................................................... 46 - Customs tariffs, fees and charges for services rendered, application of internal taxes to exports ........................................................................................................................ 46 - Export restrictions .................................................................................................................. 47 C. INTERNAL POLICIES AFFECTING FOREIGN TRADE IN GOODS ......................... 47 - Industrial policy, including subsidies .................................................................................... 47 - Technical barriers to trade, standards and certification ..................................................... 51 WT/ACC/SPEC/YEM/5/Rev.5 Page ii - Sanitary and phytosanitary measures ................................................................................... 61 - Trade-related investment measures ...................................................................................... 67 - Free zones, special economic areas ........................................................................................ 68 - Government procurement ...................................................................................................... 69 - Transit ...................................................................................................................................... 70 - Agricultural policies................................................................................................................ 70 (a) Imports ..................................................................................................................................... 70 (b) Exports ..................................................................................................................................... 71 (c) Internal policies ....................................................................................................................... 71 - Textiles regime ........................................................................................................................ 72 V. TRADE-RELATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY REGIME ....................................... 72 - GENERAL ............................................................................................................................... 72 - Industrial property protection ............................................................................................... 72 - Responsible agencies for policy formulation and implementation ..................................... 72 - Participation in international intellectual property agreements ........................................ 73 - Application of national and MFN treatment to foreign nationals ...................................... 73 - Fees and taxes .......................................................................................................................... 74 - SUBSTANTIVE STANDARDS OF PROTECTION, INCLUDING PROCEDURES FOR THE ACQUISITION AND MAINTENANCE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ........................................................................... 74 - Copyright and related rights .................................................................................................. 74 - Trademarks, including service marks ................................................................................... 76 - Geographical indications, including appellations of origin ................................................. 78 - Industrial designs .................................................................................................................... 79 - Patents ...................................................................................................................................... 80 - Plant variety protection .......................................................................................................... 82 - Layout designs of integrated circuits .................................................................................... 83 - Requirements on undisclosed information, including trade secrets and test data ............ 83 - MEASURES TO CONTROL ABUSE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ................................................................................................................................... 84 - ENFORCEMENT ................................................................................................................... 84 - Civil judicial procedures and remedies ................................................................................. 84 - Provisional measures .............................................................................................................. 86 - Administrative procedures and remedies ............................................................................. 86 - Special border measures ......................................................................................................... 87 - Criminal procedures ............................................................................................................... 87 VI. POLICIES AFFECTING TRADE IN SERVICES .............................................................. 91 WT/ACC/SPEC/YEM/5/Rev.5 Page iii VII. TRANSPARENCY ................................................................................................................. 95 - Publication of information on trade ...................................................................................... 95 - Notifications ............................................................................................................................