Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09SARAJEVO802
2009-07-07 05:44:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Sarajevo
Cable title:
BOSNIAN COURT RULES CEFTA-VIOLATING LAW
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UNCLAS SARAJEVO 000802
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/SCE, DEPARTMENT PLEASE PASS TO USTR,
TREASURY FOR SCHMERIN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD BK
SUBJECT: BOSNIAN COURT RULES CEFTA-VIOLATING LAW
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
REF: SARAJEVO 729
UNCLAS SARAJEVO 000802
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/SCE, DEPARTMENT PLEASE PASS TO USTR,
TREASURY FOR SCHMERIN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD BK
SUBJECT: BOSNIAN COURT RULES CEFTA-VIOLATING LAW
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
REF: SARAJEVO 729
1. (U) Based on a complaint brought by the President of the
BiH House of Peoples, the Constitutional Court on July 3
temporarily declared unconstitutional a law on domestic
protection until it has time to study the law in detail. The
law intended to protect domestic agriculture producers by
taxing imports from Serbia and Croatia. By its action, the
Court prevented the law from entering into force until it
makes a final ruling at its next session, most likely not
before September. It is expected that the Court will
ultimately find the law unconstitutional, as it violates
provisions of the Central European Free Trade Agreement
(CEFTA) (reftel).
ENGLISH
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/SCE, DEPARTMENT PLEASE PASS TO USTR,
TREASURY FOR SCHMERIN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD BK
SUBJECT: BOSNIAN COURT RULES CEFTA-VIOLATING LAW
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
REF: SARAJEVO 729
1. (U) Based on a complaint brought by the President of the
BiH House of Peoples, the Constitutional Court on July 3
temporarily declared unconstitutional a law on domestic
protection until it has time to study the law in detail. The
law intended to protect domestic agriculture producers by
taxing imports from Serbia and Croatia. By its action, the
Court prevented the law from entering into force until it
makes a final ruling at its next session, most likely not
before September. It is expected that the Court will
ultimately find the law unconstitutional, as it violates
provisions of the Central European Free Trade Agreement
(CEFTA) (reftel).
ENGLISH