Cameroon
Information on Definitive Dates
Cameroon submitted a notification with definitive implementation dates for its Category C measures after 22 August 2019 (the stipulated deadline for developing country Members to notify definitive implementation dates) and the requested dates were not accepted by the Committee on Trade Facilitation.*
In accordance with Article 16.4 of the TFA, when a Member does not notify definitive implementation dates by the stipulated deadline, the binding implementation dates for the relevant measures are automatically established as one year after such deadline, in this case 22 August 2020.
The table below provides:
- The implementation dates communicated by Cameroon (but which were not accepted by the Committee), and
- The implementation dates established in accordance with Article 16.4 of the TFA.
* at the Committee meeting held on 16–17 April 2024. For further details, please refer to the meeting minutes (document G/TFA/M/28, paragraphs 1.6–1.20).
| Measure | Implementation date established by Article 16.4 of the Trade Facilitation Agreement |
Implementation date requested but not accepted by the Committee on Trade Facilitation |
|---|---|---|
| 3 - Advance rulings | 22 August 2020 | 31 December 2025 |
| 5.1 - Notifications for enhanced controls or inspections | 22 August 2020 | 31 December 2025 |
| 5.2 - Detention | 22 August 2020 | 31 December 2025 |
| 5.3 - Test procedures | 22 August 2020 | 31 December 2027 |
| 6.3 - Penalty Disciplines | 22 August 2020 | 31 December 2026 |
| 7.2 - Electronic payment | 22 August 2020 | 31 December 2025 |
| 7.3 - Separation of release | 22 August 2020 | 31 December 2027 |
| 7.4 - Risk management | 22 August 2020 | 31 December 2024 |
| 7.5 - Post-clearance audit | 22 August 2020 | 31 December 2024 |
| 7.7 - Authorized operators | 22 August 2020 | 31 December 2025 |
| 7.8 - Expedited shipments | 22 August 2020 | 31 December 2025 |
| 7.9 - Perishable goods | 22 August 2020 | 31 December 2029 |
| 8 - Border Agency Cooperation | 22 August 2020 | 31 December 2030 |
| 10.1 - Formalities | 22 August 2020 | 31 December 2025 |
| 10.3 - Use of international standards | 22 August 2020 | 31 December 2027 |
| 10.4 - Single window | 22 August 2020 | 31 December 2025 |
| 10.7 - Common border procedures | 22 August 2020 | 31 December 2024 |
| 11 - Transit - 11.1 (a), 11.1 (b), 11.2, 11.3 | 22 August 2020 | 31 December 2027 |
| 11 - Transit - 11.5, 11.6 (a), 11.6 (b), 11.7, 11.8, 11.9, 11.10, 11.14, 11.15, 11.16 (a), 11.16 (b), 11.16 (c), 11.17 | 22 August 2020 | 31 December 2024 |
| 11 - Transit - 11.11 | 22 August 2020 | 31 December 2025 |