RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/ACC/VUT/11
12 October 1999
(99-4286)
Working Party on the
Accession of VanuatuOriginal:  English
ACCESSION OF VANUATU
Communication from Vanuatu
Compendium of Legislation
The Government of the Republic of Vanuatu has submitted the following Compendium of
Legislation which is available from the Secretariat (Accessions Division Room 1126) for
consultation:
- Foreign Investment Act No. 15 of 1998;
- Foreign Investment (Amendment) Act No. 1 of 1999;
- Bill for the Business Licence Act No. 19 of 1998;
- Bill for the Customs Act No. – of 1999;
- The Duty Exemption Policy and application form for exemption of customs duty;
- Import of Goods (Miscellaneous Control) (Repeal) Order No. 13 of 1999;
- Bill for the Import Duties (Consolidation) (Customs Valuation Amendment) Act
No. – of 1999;
- Bill for the Value Added Tax Act No. 12 of 1998 and Explanatory Note;
- Independent assessment of Vanuatu Quarantine and Inspection Services (31 August
1999);
- Animal Importation and Quarantine Act (Cap.201), Revised Edition 1988 and
Regulations under the Act;
- Schedules setting out quarantine requirements for the importation of selected
products into Vanuatu:  No. 45, goats from Australia, No. 46, caprine embryos from
the Republic of South Africa; and No. 47, bovine embryos from USA;
- Conditions for vessels carrying live animals;
- Decision pathway for Pest Risk Asse ssment for Pacific Island Countries;
- Plant Protection Act No. 14 of 1997 and Manual for its implementation dated
30 September 1997;
- Vanuatu Quarantine and Inspection Services – import documentation;
- Bill for the Copyright Act No. – of 1999 (draft as at 28 August 1999);
- Harmonised Custom Tariff 1996.
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