AEPLAC - Recent Activities

AEPLAC PHASE V

AEPLAC Phase V operates in an environment of Armenia-EU relations guided by the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) since 1999. The PCA contractual framework has been developing in the recent years under the influence of the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) and Eastern Partnership initiative (EaP).

To implement the ENP Action Plan, Armenia has endorsed a List of Measures for the period of 2009-2011. The country wishes to make full use of opportunities available under the EaP, by moving to negotiations on a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement and Visa Facilitation Agreement, which would pave the way to a new enhanced agreement with the EU.

The focus of AEPLAC Phase V is laid on support to capacity building of Armenian institutions directly involved in the implementation of the EU-Armenia ENP Action Plan. AEPLAC V also promotes visibility of EU and Armenia's European integration in the country and closely cooperates with the EU Advisory Group to Armenia.

Recent Activities

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF ARMENIAN EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS IN 2004-2008

Removal of technical barriers to trade (TBT) is an important issue in Armenia's trade with the EU and one of the components in the Armenia - EU negotiations on Deep and comprehensive free trade agreement (DCFTA). The main target of the statistical analysis, carried out by AEPLAC in cooperation with the EU Advisory Group in February-May 2010, is to identify products, where Armenian exports are competitive on the EU market and worldwide. Following the approach outlined in section 4.4.1 of the EU-Armenia Action Plan, the report points to Armenian exports, which fall under the EU harmonized area, i.e. where EU common technical requirements are applied. On these products, Armenian technical requirements should approximate those applied in the EU, if the government decides to propose and subsequently negotiate their inclusion into DCFTA.

The report shows products, in which Armenia has been competitive in the EU and world markets in 2004-08. It concludes that Armenia had a comparative advantage (CA) in trade with the EU in 96 products in "Textiles and textile articles" product group, 38 products in "Machinery and mechanical appliances" product group, 9 products in "Base metals and articles of base metals" product group, 8 products in "Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; clocks and watches; musical instruments; parts and accessories thereof" product group, etc. In 2008, there were 314 products for which Armenia had a CA in trade with the world. However, in the case of 188 products, Armenia had a CA in trade with the world, but it either had no CA in trade with the EU in the same products (50 cases), or those products were not exported to the EU at all (138 cases). Products that have shown a potential in trade with the world can also be the object of further legislative approximation, since one of the most likely reasons behind the fact that they lack a CA in trade with the EU is the absence of trade related regulatory approximation.

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PROJECT SYNOPSIS

According to the Terms of Reference (ToR), the project aims primarily at building a long-lasting capacity in public administration of Armenia to implement the PCA and the ENP under the guidance of the EU Advisory Team and of the EC Delegation.

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