WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/W/228/Corr.1
23 December 2003
(03-6720)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
COMMUNICATION FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Corrigendum
The following communication, dated 18 December 2003, is circulated at the request of the
European Communities delegation.
The attached table replaces the Annex in G/TBT/W/228.
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Page 2ANNEX
Country/Countries Program/Project name Contribution
(Euro)Start
DateCompletion
dateSource of funding (EC
Member State / European
Commission) *
GLOBAL
Multicountry World Trade, Conformity Assessment and Quality Infrastructure
Development, International training programmes245,300 yearly  Sweden
Multicountry ISO 14 000, Environmental  Management, International training
programmes204,600 yearly  Sweden
Multicountry Support for MSTQ 1,728,000 1998 2005 Germany
Multicountry Standardisation - Management and Techniques 215,000 yearly  Sweden
ACP
ACP Centre for the development of Enterprises 18,200,000 2003 2003 Commission
ACP Programme initiative on pesticides 29,122,000 2001 2006 Commission
ACP Support for the integration of the ACP states into the multilateral trading
system of the WTO10,000,000 2001 2005 Commission
 
AFRICA  
AFRICA Support for MSTQ in African and Arabian Countries 1,772,584 1998 2007 Germany
AFRICA ARSO - Survey on the value of ARSO as perceived by its stakeholders 33,000 2003 2003 Sweden
AFRICA Trade an opportunity for reducing pover ty in Africa: promoting exports
through a quality and product safety infrastructure66,000 2002 2003 Sweden
BOTSWANA Promotion of the National Quality System 3,400,000 2002 2003 Germany
BURKINA FASO Private sector development programme 6,000,000 2001 2004 Commission
COMESA Standards, quality, metrology and testing support programme 1,998,000 1997 2003 Commission
EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY Quality Management in Industrial Production 1,500,000 2003 2006 Germany
GHANA Technology industrial servic es (phase 3) 4,350,000 2000 2005 Commission
MAURITIUS SME support programme 7,000,000 2000 2004 Commission
MOZAMBIQUE Standard Institute, INNOQ - Preliminary support 935,000 2001 2004 Sweden
NAMIBIA Trade and investment development programme 3,600,000 2000 2003 Commission
NAMIBIA National Quality Infrastructure, 1,210,000 2001 2004 Sweden
NIGER SME support programme 1,000,000 2000 2004 Commission
SOUTH AFRICA Policy support to the Department of Trade and Industry 2,360,000 2000 200X Commission
SOUTH AFRICA Trade and investment development programme 8,900,000 2000 200X Commission
SOUTH AFRICA SME support programme 11,000,000 1996 200X Commission
SOUTH AFRICA Technology support for SMEs 5,400,000 1999 200X Commission
SADC Support for a Regional MSTQ-System 1,500,000 2003 2006 GermanyG/TBT/W/228/Corr.1
Page 3SWAZILAND Private sector development programme 5,900,000 2001 2004 Commission
TANZANIA Tanzania Standard Institute, laboratories, testing, marketing 357,500 2000 2003 Sweden
WEST AFRICA UEMOA (Western African Monetary and Economic Union) - private
sector development15,000,000 2001 2006 Commission
WEST AFRICA Promotion of Metrology and Test ing in West African Countries 1,022,584 2001 2004 Germany
ZAMBIA Export development programme 6,500,000 2000 2004 Commission
 
CARIBBEAN
CARIFORUM Regional trade development programme 1,470,000 2002 2003 Commission
JAMAIKA Trade development programme 6,000,000 2000 2004 Commission
TRINIDAD&TOBAGO Support to Caribbean Busine ss Services Ltd 1,983,000 2003 2007 Commission
LATIN AMERICA  
ANDEAN Co-operation and technical assistance programme (UE-Grupo Andino en
Materia de Calidad)2,300,000 2002 2005 Commission
ARGENTINA Promotion of legal metrology and calibration services 2,400,000 1995 2004 Germany
ARGENTINA Advice on the establishment of a national quality system 1,300,000 1999 2004 Germany
BOLIVIA Build-up of the Bolivian System of Standardization, Metrology,
Accreditation and Certification2,000,000 1998 2005 Germany
BOLIVIA Trade decelopment, including strengt hening standardisation, metrology,
accreditation and certification6,300,000 2002 2007 Commission
BRAZIL Establishment of a Calibration Laboratory 1,700,000 1993 2003 Germany
BRAZIL Amelioration of Preconditions for Certification 600,000 1995 2003 Germany
BRAZIL Creación de un Centro de Excelencia en tecnología de la carne 95,081 2001 2003 Spain
CHILE Harmonisation of norms and customs policies 1,400,000 2000  Commission
CHILE Establishment of a Metrology Network 2,045,167 1997 2004 Germany
COLOMBIA National accreditation and certification system 700,000 1999 2003 Germany
LATIN AMERICA Accreditation and In-plant Environmental Management in Central
America1,032,809 2000 2003 Germany
LATIN AMERICA Support of Decentralized Structures in the Application of Quality Criteria
in the Health and Environment Sectors750,000 2002 2005 Germany
LATIN AMERICA Al-invest, including promotion of vEU standards and norms 46,000,000 2002 2007 Commission
MERCOSUR Co-operation in Technical Standards - Proyecto de Cooperación en
Materia de Normas Técnicas4,700,000 1994 2003 Commission
MEXICO Facilitation of the EU/Mexico Free Trade Agreement 8,000,000 2002 2007 Commission
MEXICO Cooperation in Metrology 2,035,248 1989 2003 Germany
PERU Red de Centros de Innovación Tecnológ ica en sectores priorizados para
el desarrollo de la competitividad de las Pymes1,851,837 1999 2004 Spain
SOUTH AMERICA TBT and standards support 4,000,000 2003 Commission
VENEZUELA Support of the National MSTQ-Services 2,091,695 1989 2003 Germany
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Page 4ASIA  
ASEAN Economic Co-operation Programme on Standards, Quality and
Conformity assessment9,000,000 2003 2006 Commission
ASIA Support of MSTQ in South-East Asian Countries and Furthering Their
Regional Cooperation1,533,876 2001 2005 Germany
ASIA Training Consumer Representat ives in Developing Countries and
Enhancing their Participation in National and International
Standardisation63,000 2003 2003 Sweden
ASIA SOUTH Standards 1,000,000 2000  Commission
BANGLADESH Trade co-operation and economic policy in South Asia 950,000 2002  Commission
BANGLADESH TRTA projects foreseen in national  indicative programme 49,000,000 2002 2005 Commission
BHUTAN Technical assistance for WTO  accession 200,000 1999  Commission
BHUTAN Multilateral trade policy assistance programme 500,000 2002 2003 Commission
CAMBODIA Institutional support programme 4,500,000 2001 2004 Commission
CAMBODIA Assistance to fulfil WTO commitments etc. 2,080,000 2003 2005 Commission
CHINA WTO I, support to accreditation 3,600,000 1998 2003 Commission
CHINA WTO II related co-operation programme 15,000,000 2002 2007 Commission
INDIA Standards and Quality Assessment 2,000,000 2000  Commission
INDIA EC – India Trade and Investment Development Programme 15,000,000 2003 2006 Commission
INDONESIA Economic Co-operation and TRTA 8,500,000 2003 2007 Commission
LAOS Assistance to fulfil WTO commitments etc. 1,080,000 2003 2007 Commission
MONGOLIA Support to Trade Policy/WTO-Negotiations 1,500,000 1999 2003 Germany
PAKISTAN Trade related technical assistance projects 5,000,000 2004 2006 Commission
PHILIPPINES Assistance to WTO accession 2,000,000 2003  Commission
SRI LANKA Standards 500,000 2000  Commission
SRI LANKA Multilateral trade policy assistance programme 500,000 2002  Commission
SRI LANKA TRTA 1,000,000 2003 2005 Commission
SRI LANKA Strengthening the Quality Infrastructure/SLSI/Phase II 440,000 2001  Sweden
SRI LANKA SriLac-Swedac, Accreditation body 385,000 2001  Sweden
THAILAND Amelioration of Legal Metrology 2,147,426 1993 2004 Germany
THAILAND Industrial Metrology 2,278,229 1999 2006 Germany
THAILAND Trade development 5,000,000 2004 2006 Commission
VIETNAM Multilateral trade policy assistance programme, including measuring,
standardisation, testing and quality, WTO accession3,100,000 1998 2003 Commission
VIETNAM Part II of Multilateral trade policy assistance programme, including
measuring, standardisation, testing and quality, WTO accession5,517,400 2003 2006 Commission
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Page 5MEDITERRANEAN AND MIDDLE
EAST STATES    
EGYPT Trade Enhancement programme Egypt 60,000,000 2001 2004 Commission
EGYPT Support to the Quality Infrastructure 4,500,000 2003 2005 UK
JORDAN Promotion of a National System of Metrology, Standardization, Testing
and Quality Management3,885,818 1990 2003 Germany
JORDAN Increase capacity for free trade (free trade, legislative framework,
institution strengthening)20,000,000 2002 2007 Commission
LEBANON Increase capacity for free trade (free trade, legislative framework,
institution strengthening)12,000,000 2003 2006 Commission
LEBANON Quality programme 15,000,000 2003 200X Commission
MED Quality for SMEs 7,500,000 2000 2006 Commission
MED Technical assistance in Standards and Metrology to AIDMO (Arab
Industrial Development and Mining Organisation)1,698,000 2000 200X Commission
MED Promotion of Euro-Med Market Instru ments and Mechanisms 9,900,000 2000 2006 Commission
MOROCCO Technical assistance to technology centre s and metrology laboratories 2,000,000 2003 2005 Commission
MOROCCO Strengthening the International Competitiveness of  Moroccan Industry 11,068,000 1999 2010 Germany
MOROCCO Qualité, certification agroalimentaire 90,000 2003 2003 France
TUNISIA Qualité 3,100,000 2002 2003 Commission
TUNISIA Support to Small and Medium Enterprises with regard to National and
International Market Liberalization4,000,000 1997 2004 Germany
TUNISIA Implementation of the Association Agreement (free trade, legislative
framework, institution strengthening)20,000,000 2003 2007 Commission
WESTBANK AND GAZA National Quality Infrastructu re, Ministry of Industry 44000 (715.000) 1998 (2001-2004) Sweden
YEMEN WTO accession study Yemen 200,000   Commission
YEMEN WTO Accession support/Yemen 4,500,000   Commission
 
COMMONWEALTH OF
INDEPENDENT STATES 
ARMENIA Armenia-Europe Policy and Legal Advice Center (Partnership and
Cooperation Agreement implement ation/WTO accession) phase III1,300,000 2002 2005 Commission
AZERBAIJAN Implementation of Partnership and Cooperation Agreement 2,000,000 2002 2005 Commission
GEORGIA Georgian-Europe Policy and Legal Advice Centre (Partnership and
Cooperation Agreement Implementation) phase IV1,300,000 2002 2005 Commission
MOLDOVA Harmonisation of Moldova's syst em of standardisation 1,400,000 2003 2005 Commission
MOLDOVA Support for Partnership and Co-operation agreement and WTO
agreement implementation4,000,000 2003 2006 Commission
MULTICOUNTRY Support for WTO accession to c ountries in Central Asia 1,000,000 2003 2006 CommissionG/TBT/W/228/Corr.1
Page 6RUSSIA Cooperation with the Russian Trade and Industry Administration 295,000 1999 200X Finland
RUSSIA Cooperation between plant quarantine authorities of Finland and the
Carelian Republic84,000 2000 2003 Finland
RUSSIA Science and Technology Cooperation in t he field of Building Trade 47,000 2000 2003 Finland
RUSSIA Certification of forest production acco rding to international standards 550,000 2000 2004 Sweden
RUSSIA WTO accession assistance 2,000,000 2001 2004 Commission
RUSSIA Regulation, accreditation, standardi sation, participation in international
standardisation3,500,000 2003 2005 Commission
RUSSIA Harmonisation of environmental standards 2,000,000 2002 2005 Commission
RUSSIA Development of environmental and quality management systems in the
Carelian industry327,000 2002 2005 Finland
TAJIKSTAN Support to implementation of Trade and C0-operation Agreement 500,000 2002 2005 Commission
UKRAINE Establishing an agricultural standards certification system and control in
line with WTO requirements2,000,000 2003 2005 Commission
UKRAINE Assistance in the preparation of a project regarding the application of a
foreign trade regime – Standards, te chnical regulations and conformity
assessment1,400,000 2003  Commission
UZBEKISTAN Implementation of the Partnership  and Cooperation Agreement 3,300,000 2001 2004 Commission
UZBEKISTAN Implementation of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement,
continuation1,000,000 2003 2006 Commission
UZBEKISTAN Bringing key trade and investment related l egislation into line with EU law 1,000,000 2002 2003 Commission
 
SOUTH EAST EUROPE  
ALBANIA Standards and certification 2,000,000 2001 2004 Commission
ALBANIA Trade regulation and promotion, WTO implementation 2,000,000 2002 2005 Commission
ALBANIA Support to standards, certification and accreditation, metrology, market
surveillance systems etc.7,500,000 2003 2006 Commission
ALBANIA Standards and Certification 220,000 2003  Spain
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA Creation of a singl e economic space 11,000,000 2002 2005 Commission
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA Support to development of an env ironmental regulatory network 1,700,000 2003  Commission
CROATIA Industrial standards 3,000,000 2001 2004 Commission
CROATIA Technical assistance to the State office  for standardisation and metrology 765,000 2003 2004 Commission
CROATIA Development of accreditation systems and support to national  testing
and calibration laboratories2,500,000 2003 2006 Commission
MULTICOUNTRY Quality infrastructure 1,500,000 2002 2004 Commission
MULTICOUNTRY UNECE - "Balkan Regu latory Convergence" 55,000 2003 2004 Sweden
SERBIA Technical assistance in support to  the regulatory framework of the
pharmaceutical sector2,000,000 2002 2003 Commission
SERBIA Equipment for national food safety laboratories 6,000,000 2002 2005 Commission
SERBIA-MONTENEGRO and
BULGARIAFormation d'experts, qualité, normalisat ion et certification 356,000 2003 2006 FranceG/TBT/W/228/Corr.1
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BULGARIA Establishment of a conformity assessment system 3,000,000 2000 2003 Commission
BULGARIA Strengthening the regulatory framewor k for telecommunications 2,450,000 2000 2003 Commission
BULGARIA Introduction of quality management systems 5,000,000 2000 2003 Commission
BULGARIA Strengthening the national conformi ty assessment system 4,900,000 2003 2005 Commission
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, BULGARIA,
CROATIA, FRY, HUNGARY, POLAND,
ROMANIA etc.Programa de Formación de funcionarios para la Armonización d las
políticas y su adaptación al acervo comunitario460,000 2003 2003 Spain
CYPRUS Capacity building for the implementation of the EU acquis in legal
metrology400,000 2002 2003 Commission
CYPRUS Upgrading of the stale laboratories 1,830,000 2002 2004 Commission
CYPRUS Upgrading of the state general laboratory 700,000 2003 2004 Commission
CYPRUS Capacity building for accreditation in the new approach areas 600,000 2002 2004 Commission
CYPRUS Assessment and Administration Capacity Building for the Harmonization
with the New Approach Directives500,000 2003  Spain
CZECH REPUBLIC Strengthening Market Survei llance of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal
Products1,500,000 2002 2004 Commission
CZECH REPUBLIC Strengthening market surveillance 820,000 2003 2005 Commission
ESTONIA Development of Conformity Assessment Infrastructure in the field of
Metrology2,500,000 2002 2004 Commission
ESTONIA Market Surveillance 1,700,000 2000 2003 Commission
ESTONIA AND LATVIA Veterinary Treatment and Quality of Food Products 346,000 1999 2004 Finland
HUNGARY Strengthening market surveillance 2,000,000 2002 2004 Commission
LATVIA Integration with the internal market quality assurance 2,000,000 2001 2004 Commission
LATVIA Market surveillance system in the non-food area 1,550,000 2003 2005 Commission
LATVIA Twinning light projects 400,000 2002 2003 Commission
LATVIA Food Production in Latvia: Quality Control and EU Counselling 245,000 2000 2004 Finland
LITHUANIA Strengthening capacity to promote the free movement of goods 2,750,000 2001 2003 Commission
LITHUANIA Strengthening of the national capacity of  the National Standards Body 2,230,000 2003 2005 Commission
LITHUANIA Developing and strengthening Accreditation-system 248,600 2002 2004 Sweden
MALTA Establishment and Operation of the Mark et Surveillance Directorate 200,000 2002 2004 Commission
MALTA Support for the capacity building at the Malta Standards Authority 1,350,000 2001 2004 Commission
MALTA Support for setting up theMalta M edicines Authority 908,000 2002 2005 Commission
MULTICOUNTRY Internal market qualit y infrastructure 1,680,000 2002 2005 Commission
POLAND Integration with the internal ma rket,certification 7,000,000 2000 2003 Commission
POLAND Conformity assessment and standardisation 5,495,000 2002 2004 CommissionG/TBT/W/228/Corr.1
Page 8POLAND Metrology 2,000,000 2002 2004 Commission
POLAND Medicines and Medical Directives 4,000,000 2002 2004 Commission
POLAND Chemical Directive and Administration 2,000,000 2002 2004 Commission
POLAND Medical products surveillance and registration system 2,000,000 2003 2005 Commission
POLAND Market surveillance 2,700,000 2003 2005 Commission
POLAND Réglementation technique, Eval uation de la conformité Directives
Nouvelle Approche1,500,000 2001 2003 Commission
POLAND Development of legislati on on foodstuffs 4,000,000 2001 2003 Commission
POLAND Jumelage II: normalisation, cert ification, formation d'organismes
d'évaluation de la conformite * *200,000 2001 2003 France
POLAND Jumelage III: normalisation, certification, formation d'organismes
d'évaluation de la conformite * *300,000 2002 2004 France
ROMANIA Development of quality infrastructure 4,400,000 2000 2004 Commission
ROMANIA Strengthening market surveillance and consumer protection 2,000,000 2003 2005 Commission
ROMANIA Technical Assistance for the Romanian Standards Association (ASRO) 265,000 2002 2003 Commission
ROMANIA Formation à la normalisation 15,000 2002 2003 France
SLOVAK REPUBLIC Strengthening the Institute for Standardisation 1,000,000 2000 2003 Commission
SLOVAK REPUBLIC Support for market surveillance 2,200,000 2002 2004 Commission
SLOVAK REPUBLIC Application of the Act on technical requirements for products and on
conformity assessment and technical assistance in the process of the
adoption of the Acquis Communautaire in the area of free movement of
goods560,000 2002 2003 Commission
SLOVENIA Development of market surveillance, conformity assessment and
standardisation2,000,000 2000 2004 Commission
SLOVENIA Support to official market su rveillance laboratories 400,000 2002 2004 Commission
SLOVENIA Conformity assessment and Accreditation 1,600,000 2002 2005 Commission
SLOVENIA Support to the standardisation work 150,000 2003 2005 Commission
SLOVENIA Technical legislation and enf orcement in the harmonised and non-
harmonised area400,000 2003 2005 Commission
TURKEY Support to the quality infrastructure in Turkey 13,000,000 2002 2005 Commission
TURKEY Support for market surveillance 2,250,000 2003 2004 Commission
TURKEY Institution building for the Telecommunication authority 2,260,000 2002 2005 Commission
TURKEY Support for the Establishment of a National Accreditation System 1,022,584 2000 2005 Germany
* The Commission funded projects are usually implemented  by organisations outside the Commission
** These are the French parts of two projects financed jointly by the Commission and France. The Commission part of the financi ng in both projects is 1,5 million and is included in Co mmission financed Poland projects mentioned in this list
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