Transcript SIAM Views on 1958 Agreement

1958 AgreementIndia Perspective
9th JAMA SIAM Meeting
30th October 2014
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Scenario in emerging markets
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Status of 1958 – 1998 Signing –
Major Manufacturing Countries
Not signed 1998 or 1958
Agreement
Not signed only 1958
Agreement
Not signed only 1998
Agreement
ARGENTINA
USA
THAILAND
BRAZIL
CANADA
EGYPT
CHILE
CHINA
COLOMBIA
INDIA
ECUADOR
PERU
URUGUAY
VENEZUELA
INDONESIA
IRAN
MEXICO
UZBEKISTAN
VIETNAM
MOROCCO
Salient Points of 1998 Agreement
• More Recent Agreement
• Consensus approach
• More flexibility
• 88% of manufacturing is done in countries which have signed
1998 Agreement
•
47% of manufacturing is done in countries which have signed
1958 Agreement
Source : OICA Data – Total World Four Wheeler production in 2013 ~ 87.30 million vehicles
Predominant Exports from India
• AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Nigeria and South
Africa
• LATIN AMERICA: Chile, Peru and Colombia
• ASEAN:
Philippines,
Cambodia,
Laos,
Myanmar and Vietnam
• SAARC: Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and
Bangladesh
Out of 16 Countries identified by SIAM has key export countries from India, only two
countries have signed 1958 Agreement. Other countries have not signed any Agreements
1958 Agreement: India Views
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Our Expectations from 1958 Agreement
• Equal Opportunity for emerging economies in
establishing technical regulations
• Possibility of enhancing export potential
• Establishing control on sub-standard imports
• Addressing need for country-specific requirements
and priorities
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1. Equal Opportunity for emerging economies in
establishing technical regulations
• Existing 2/3rd Majority Voting was under review.
• India had recommended to introduce voting by
consensus
• As an alternate proposal, possibility of 4/5th majority
was also discussed.
• Our understanding is that there is no final conclusion
on above approaches
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2. Possibility of enhancing export potential
India had suggested:
• Provisions of 1958 require acceptance of latest version
of regulation. This provision should not be automatic
• Mutually acceptable system for providing guidelines for
approval authorities may be developed
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3. Establishing control on sub-standard imports
• CP should be allowed to take actions on non-conforming
products as per national laws
• A central body should monitor non-conforming products
• Dispute resolution procedure should be equally
applicable without exceptions on similar lines of WTO
provisions
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4. Addressing need for country-specific
requirements and priorities
• India had suggested to introduce
– flexibility to restrict applying a regulation to sub-categories
of vehicles given in the particular scope
– Alternate level of stringency
– Obligations in case of withdrawal from agreement should
be same in Article 1 and 12
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Conclusions
• India is looking forward to continued cooperation at
world forum
• We are studying 1958-Revision 3 document
ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2014/53
• It appears that India’s views are not fully addressed
• India is also following the IWVTA
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Thank You
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