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Below
is the status report on the implementation of the ECOWAS
priority programmes in Burkina Faso.
A.
FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS
The
visa and entry permit requirement has been abolished for ECOWAS
nationals. Burkina Faso has introduced the ECOWAS travel
certificate set up a committee to monitor programmes on free
movement of persons and vehicles and introduced the ECOWAS Brown
Card monitor vehicle insurance scheme.
However,
Burkina Faso has not yet introduced harmonised immigration and
emigration forms.
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B.
FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS
Burkina
Faso has printed and introduced harmonised customs documents,
namely, the certificates of origin, customs nomenclature (HS),
declaration form.
However,
Burkina Faso has not lifted trade barriers, nor has the country
exported any industrial products under the trade liberalisation
scheme.
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C.
MONETARY COOPERATION PROGRAMME
All non-tariff barriers of a
monetary nature have been eliminated and Burkina Faso is paid up
to the WACH.
D.
HARMONISATION OF ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL POLICIES
ECOWAS has embarked
on an evaluation of the extent of compliance with the
macro-economic convergence criteria.
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E.
PROTOCOL ON COMMUNITY LEVY
Burkina Faso has
ratified the protocol and has incorporated into its 2000
Appropriation Bill.
F.
PAYMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS
Burkina Faso owes no
arrears contributions to the budget of the Executive Secretariat
and is fully paid up to the ECOWAS Fund.
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