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TRADE AND COMMERCIAL LAW ASSESSMENT DECEMBER 2004 HONDURAS No. Type Recommendation Priority Duration 4. Outreach/ Continue advocacy initiatives, including reviews of government policies and Medium Long-term Education regulation affecting competition, and preparing studies on key sectors. Promote a competition culture through public communication including: preparing communication/media materials; enhancing the capacity of media in publication of competition-related issues through dialogue/workshop with journalists; engaging in dialogue/workshops with related law enforcement officers, other government regulators, and the business and academic communities. Strengthen the regulatory and enforcement capabilities of the agency, including analyzing and achieving synergies with consumer protection law and its implementation; and developing capacity for detecting, investigation, analyzing and remedying suspected violated of the competition law, etc. Develop regional training programs with universities and bar associations. INTERNATIONAL TRADE No. Type Recommendation Priority Duration 1. Institutional Seeks reforms and increased efficiency and transparency in customs administration High Long term reform and operations (see recommendations for Goods and Services). 2. Strategy development/ regional harmonization 3. Public/ Private Partnership Address the lack of a national legal framework for foreign trade, taking into consideration that significant reforms will become necessary. A starting point in this endeavor could be in the internal administration and procedures for applying countervailing duties. While th ere may be no pressing legal issues in this sector for the immediate future, soon issues may become important, such as encouraging growth of cooperation between the private and public sectors Attachment 1, pg. 8 Medium Long term Low Long term
TRADE AND COMMERCIAL LAW ASSESSMENT DECEMBER 2004 HONDURAS FLOW OF GOODS AND SERVICES No. Type Recommendation Priority Duration 1. Institutional Implement the risk management system which, inter alia, identify areas of continued High 1-2 years strengthening non compliance or error rates and provide for a methodology to take corrective action through specific seminars to address those areas to promote compliance. 2. Institutional strengthening 3. Institutional strengthening Modernize export process/CENTREX: Expand its functions, automate the export process and allow more private industry participation in the operation. High 1-2 years Upgrade the express consignment system Medium 6-12 months 4. Institutional It is necessary to review all Customs procedures and begin the process of strengthening benchmarking to identify redundancies, unnecessary review, and steps and start to remove those from the process. Currently procedural change is very slow. If required the Committee on Customs Modernization can oversee and review the process. 5. Institutional The Customs authority needs upgrade of facilities including the Customs laboratory, strengthening examination equipment, personnel skills and resources. 6. Improving Professionalize trade-related public agencies. The Customs Authority must become a professional professional organization and develop a personnel policy that provides for a services professional workforce. Customs officers should be hired with an expectation that this will be a long term career and not a short term job for the duration of the current administration. 7. Regional Strengthen Customs Union through increasing private sector involvement in decision Harmonization making process through establishment of a private sector group that will be involved in planning future modifications. This group could than act a vehicle for notifying their sector as to upcoming changes and training. A common web site should be established for this purpose. Attachment 1, pg. 9 High 6-12 months Medium 6-12 months High 6-12 months High 6 to 12 months
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