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| Identifier: | 03ABUDHABI3115 |
|---|---|
| Wikileaks: | View 03ABUDHABI3115 at Wikileaks.org |
| Origin: | Embassy Abu Dhabi |
| Created: | 2003-07-01 13:44:00 |
| Classification: | UNCLASSIFIED |
| Tags: | ECON ETRD EIND WTRO GCC TC |
| Redacted: | This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks. |
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Diana T Fritz 03/21/2007 12:24:17 PM From DB/Inbox: Search Results
Cable
Text:
UNCLASSIFIED
SIPDIS
TELEGRAM July 01, 2003
To: No Action Addressee
Action: Unknown
From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 3115 - ROUTINE)
TAGS: ECON, ETRD, EIND
Captions: None
Subject: GCC ADOPTION OF SAUDI ARABIA'S INTERNATIONAL CONFORMITY
CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
Ref: None
_________________________________________________________________
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 03115
SIPDIS
CXABU:
ACTION: ECON
INFO: POL P/M AMB DCM
Laser1:
INFO: FCS
DISSEMINATION: ECON
CHARGE: PROG
APPROVED: A/DCM: KVAN DE VATE
DRAFTED: ECON:OJOHN
CLEARED: ECON:CRUMPLER
VZCZCADI641
RR RUEHC RUCPDOC RUEHZM
DE RUEHAD #3115 1821344
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 011344Z JUL 03
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0682
RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC
INFO RUEHZM/GCC COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 003115 SIPDIS STATE PASS USTR/STROJE AND JBUNTIN DEPT FOR NEA/RA, NEA/ARP, INR/EC, EB/CBA USDOC FOR 1000/OC/ USDOC FOR 4520/ITA/IEP/ONE USDOC FOR 4530/ITA/MAC/ONE/DGUGLIELMI 4500/ITA/MAC/DAS/WILLIAMSON 3131/CS/OIO/ANESA E.O. 12958: DECL 03/12/08 TAGS: ECON, ETRD, EIND, WTRO, GCC, TC SUBJECT: GCC ADOPTION OF SAUDI ARABIA'S INTERNATIONAL CONFORMITY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM REF: A) USDOC 3249, B) STATE 0164, C) KUWAIT 422 1. This is an action request. Please see para. 4 2. On July 1, the Ambassador sent a letter to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and to Minister of Economy and Commerce Sheikh Fahim Al- Qassimi to express our concern about the GCC decision to implement a conformity assessment program for foreign imports similar to Saudi Arabia's International Conformity Certification Program (ICCP). The Ambassador stressed our belief that the program may contradict the UAE's WTO obligations and that it might complicate the UAE's interest in concluding a Free Trade agreement with the U.S. She also asked that the UAE delay implementing this decision until USG experts could discuss concerns with the UAEG in more detail. 3. Acting DCM and Econ Chief made the same points in a meeting with Ministry of Finance Assistant Undersecretary Khalid Al Bustani on June 29. Al-Bustani stressed that the UAE would not impose one set of standards on imports and another set of standards on domestically manufactured products. He noted, however, that the UAE needed to set standards and that it did not have the resources to create a set of standards on its own but would adopt GCC wide standards. He asked for more detailed information on specific problems with the standards themselves. 4. Action Request: Please provide post with more information on specific USG objections to the standards that we can pass to UAE standards experts. End Action Request. Wahba
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