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To facilitate the integration, a capacity-building exercise for officials was held on various legal frameworks for integration. The frameworks include the Customs Union, a key pillar that established zero duty on goods and services traded within the region
The way has been cleared for the full integration of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) into the East African Community (EAC). To facilitate the integration, a capacity-building exercise for officials was held on various legal frameworks for integration. The frameworks include the Customs Union, a key pillar that established zero duty on goods and services traded within the region.
The Customs Union also agreed on a Common External Tariff (CET), whereby imports from outside the bloc are subjected to the same tariff when sold to any EAC partner state. Under the Customs Union, which has been in force since 2005, goods moving freely within the EAC must comply with the EAC Rules of Origin.
According to the EAC secretariat, sensitization of the DRC officials in Kampala also focused on the One Stop Border Post (OSBP) legal framework and procedures. The main objective of the capacity-building workshop is to sensitise the DRC officials on EAC regional integration. The DRC, a giant country in the heart of Africa, was admitted as a seventh member of the bloc on March 29th, 2022. The sensitization stint of the senior officials was preceded by a training of 32 DRC border officials at the upcoming Mahagi/Goli (OSBP) between the DRC and Uganda.
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The five-day workshop was facilitated by Trade Mark Africa under the funding of the USAID-Economic Recovery and Reform Activity (ERRA) programme.
The training targeted DRC government officials from the ministries of Trade, EAC Affairs, Agriculture, Bureau of Standards, Immigration, and Customs Administration.
