Suggested Reform Actions. 1. Review and revise relevant legislation (such as the enabling acts of the relevant border authorities or, possibly, general administrative law) to formally require border authorities’ publication of proposed legal acts and procedures for comment by stakeholders; develop appropriate rules and procedures to implement effective notice and comment rulemaking.
Suggested Reform Actions. 1. Assess and clarify/develop legislation to require- publication of new or changed fees and charges imposed by border authorities (see Article 1.1), delayed effective date of new or changed fees (see Article 2.1), and periodic reviews of fees and charges (see Article 10.1), with a view to reducing their number and diversity.
Suggested Reform Actions. 1. Assess and clarify, as required, legislation to ensure border authorities are obligated to publish the rules, procedures and other relevant information described by TFA Article 1.1.
Suggested Reform Actions. 1. Develop appropriate legal or policy measures, guidelines, or standards to ensure all border authorities publish Internet guides of their procedures, required forms, and other trade information with content and in a manner that is relevant, practical, and easily accessible to their respective stakeholders.
Suggested Reform Actions. 1. Assess and determine an appropriate model or organizational structure for the national trade enquiry point.
Suggested Reform Actions. 1. Develop and publish regulations and operational instructions or SOPs implementing the draft Customs Code provision on binding decisions including the form and content of applications for decisions; period of validity of decisions; and indicative time period(s) for processing applications.
Suggested Reform Actions. 1. Develop and publish rules and instructions/SOPs to implement the administrative protest provisions of the draft Customs Code, when enacted.
Suggested Reform Actions. 1. Conduct a needs assessment and feasibility study to determine benefits, appropriate operational model (such as scope of the system, participants and management structure, regional options), IT or other communication system requirements, and costs for the implementation of a rapid alert system for protection of human, plant and/or animal health.
Suggested Reform Actions. 1. Under authority of the draft Customs Code, Customs to establish the necessary operational/technical (e.g., ASYCUDA) procedures to ensure that Quarantine and Health authorities are alerted when goods subject to SPS controls arrive and that inspections of such goods are coordinated with all border authorities.
Suggested Reform Actions. 1. In connection with Liberia’s commitment to conform its legislation and practices to the WTO SPS Agreement generally, assess Quarantine and MoCI legislation and/or procedures and, as necessary, enact appropriate formal measures to provide importers with the right to a second test (including procedures for the resolution of discrepancies between the first and second tests).
