Public hearings of the draft Customs Code were held in the National Assembly

“The role of the Customs Code and the Competition Code in the direction of harmonization of legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the European Union legislation” project will be implemented by Azerbaijan Lawyers Confederation with the support of Eurasia Partnership Foundation and the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA).

In June 17, 2011, public hearings were held in the joint session of the Legal Policy and State Building Committee of the Azerbaijan Republic National Assembly and the Economic Policy Committee on the initiative of the Azerbaijan Lawyers Confederation within the framework of the project implemented.

The Chairman of Economic Commission of the National Assembly Ziyad Samadzadeh, the Chairman of the Committee on Legal Policy and State Building, and chairman of Azerbaijan Lawyers Confederation Ali Huseynli, the Chairman of the Policy Committee of the National Assembly Ali Abbasov,  the Chairman of the State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan Republic Aydin Aliyev, and European Union Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan Roland Kobia addressed the session held in the National Assembly. Parliament members Vahid Aliyev, Ali Masimov, Rufat Quliyev, and representatives of NGOs also took part in the meeting.

The parliament members who spoke in session noted that the Customs Code in Azerbaijan for the first time was adopted in 1997. Our country has joined a number of conventions in this field. Today the new stage of Azerbaijan’s economic development requires the improvement of customs legislation. The new draft Customs Code presented by the President of Azerbaijan to the National Assembly on the legislative initiative also meets the most modern requirements and standards. Adoption of the new Code will be an important step in the direction of our republic’s being a member to the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Representatives from United Nations, European Union, OSCE, Eurasia Partnership Foundation, Swedish Consulate in Azerbaijan, American Chamber of Commerce in Azerbaijan, TUSIAB also attended the public hearings held in the National Assembly.

At the same time, non-governmental organizations such as Azerbaijan Lawyers’ Confederation, the Citizens’ Labour Rights Protection League, the Constitution Researches Foundation, Organization for Transparency, Market Economy and Entrepreneurship Development Fund, and the Anti-Corruption Fund, Union of Merchants and Consumers also took part.

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