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PART I
DEFINITIONS, OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE
Article 1
Definitions
For purposes of this Protocol, the following definitions shall apply:
(a)
“Anti-dumping Agreement” means the WTO Agreement on the
implementation of Article VI of the GATT 1994;
(b)
‘‘Committee’’ means the Committee for Trade in Goods
established in Article 31 of this Protocol;
(c)
“Customs duty” means a duty or charge of any kind imposed on
or in connection with the importation or exportation of a good,
including any form of surtax or surcharge imposed on or in
connection with such importation or exportation;
(d)
“Harmonised System” means the Harmonised Commodity
Description and Coding System established by the International
Convention on the Harmonised Commodity Description and
Coding System;
(e)
“Non-Tariff Barriers” means barriers that impede trade through
mechanisms other than the imposition of tariffs;
(f)
“Originating products” means goods that qualify as originating
products under the rules of origin set out in Annex 2 on Rules of
Origin;
(g)
“Preferential Trade Arrangements” means any trade
arrangement by which a State Party grants preferences to imports
from another State Party or a Third Party and includes nonreciprocal preferential scheme granted by way of waiver;
(h)
“Safeguards Agreement” means the WTO Agreement on
Safeguards;
(i)
“Schedule of tariff concessions” means a list of negotiated
specific tariff concessions and commitments by each State Party.
It sets out, transparently, the terms, conditions and qualifications
under which goods may be imported under the AfCFTA;
(j)
“TBT” means Technical Barriers to Trade; and
(k)
“TBT Agreement” means the WTO Agreement on Technical
Barriers to Trade.