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(PCA Tajikistan: Article 38(1))
The Parties undertake to authorise in freely convertible currency any payments on the current account of the balance of payments between residents of the Community and of the Republic of Tajikistan connected with the movement of goods, services or persons made in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
(PCA Tajikistan: Article 40(4))
The Parties agree to examine ways to apply their respective competition laws on a concerted basis in such cases where trade between them is affected.
(PCA Tajikistan: Article 39(1))
Pursuant to the provisions of this Article and of Annex II, the Republic of Tajikistan shall continue to improve the protection of intellectual, industrial and commercial property rights in order to provide, by the end of the fifth year after the entry into force of this Agreement, a level of protection similar to that existing in the Community, including effective means of enforcing such rights.
(PCA Tajikistan: Article 42)
The Parties will cooperate with a view to ensuring that the Republic of Tajikistan's international trade is conducted in conformity with the rules of the WTO. The Community shall provide the Republic of Tajikistan with technical assistance for this purpose. Such cooperation shall include specific issues directly relevant to trade facilitation, in particular with a view to assisting the Republic of Tajikistan to harmonise its legislation and regulations with WTO rules and so fulfil as soon as possible the conditions of accession to that Organisation. These include: — the formulation of policy on trade and trade-related questions, including payments and clearing mechanisms, — the drafting of relevant legislation.
(PCA Tajikistan: Article 45)
The Parties shall cooperate to develop conditions for open and competitive award of contracts for goods and services, in particular through calls for tenders.
(PCA Tajikistan: Article 46)
1. Cooperation between the Parties shall promote alignment with internationally agreed criteria, principles and guidelines in the field of metrology, standards and conformity assessment, to facilitate progress towards mutual recognition in the field of conformity assessment and to improve the quality of Tajik products. 2. To this end the Parties shall seek to cooperate in technical assistance projects which will: — promote appropriate cooperation with organisations and institutions specialised in these fields; — promote the use of Community technical regulations and the application of European standards and conformity-assessment procedures; — permit the sharing of experience and technical information in the field of quality management.
(PCA Tajikistan: Article 50)
The purpose of cooperation in this area shall be the pursuit of agrarian reform and the reform of agricultural structures, the modernisation, privatisation and restructuring of agriculture, stock farming and the agro-industrial and services sectors in the Republic of Tajikistan, and the development of domestic and foreign markets for Tajik products, in conditions that ensure the protection of the environment, taking into account the necessity to improve security of food supply and to develop agri-business and the processing and distribution of agricultural products. The Parties shall also pursue the gradual approximation of Tajik standards to Community technical regulations concerning industrial and agricultural food products, including sanitary and phytosanitary standards.
(PCA Tajikistan: Article 63)
1. The aim of cooperation shall be to guarantee compliance with all the provisions scheduled for adoption in connection with trade and fair trade and to achieve the approximation of the Republic of Tajikistan's customs system to that of the Community. 2. Cooperation shall take place particularly through: — the exchange of information, — the improvement of working methods, — the introduction of the Combined Nomenclature and the single administrative document, — the simplification of controls and formalities in respect of the carriage of goods, — support for the introduction of modern customs information systems, — the organisation of seminars and training periods. Technical assistance shall be provided where necessary. 3. Without prejudice to other cooperation under this Agreement, mutual assistance in customs matters between administrative authorities of the Parties shall take place in accordance with the provisions of the Protocol attached to this Agreement.
(PCA Tajikistan: Article 64)
Cooperation in this area shall pursue the development of an efficient statistical system to provide the reliable statistics needed to support and monitor the process of socio-economic reform and contribute to the development of private enterprise in the Republic of Tajikistan. The Parties shall, in particular, cooperate in the following fields: — the adaptation of the Tajik statistical system to international methods, standards and classification, — the exchange of statistical information, — the provision of the macro- and microeconomic statistics necessary to implement and manage economic reforms. The Community shall provide the Republic of Tajikistan with technical assistance for this purpose.
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