Investment parliamentary reveal stopped 3 important economic laws to non-activation 'tariff'

Newspaper world - 01/22/2013 - 12:12 pm


Committee revealed the economy and investment for 3 stops important because of economic laws pending ratification of the customs tariff, which is being subjected to much criticism of specialists because of "bad drafting".

While calling on the Commission to protect the national product through the issuance of package laws basket and one, warned that the law of customs tariffs if applied alone without taking into account the health insurance, social security and social protection network, probably contributes to the high prices, calling for the protection of the consumer and the national product together .

However, a source in the Ministry of Finance, said there were problems encountered in the application of the customs tariff, in all ports, as well as the lack of experienced crew, appliances and unified electronic system, stressing that it will take more than two years.

And saw an economist, that the main problem in all laws they do not, he went to that there is a big shortage in the understanding of consumer protection controls the formal economic institutions and others.

In an interview with "the world" on Monday, said Abdul-Abbas estrus, a member of the Committee of Economy and Investment, said that "there are 3 laws concerning domestic industry, consumers and traders, linked customs tariff law."

Estrus explained that "the law of customs tariff formulas in a bad way, according to the assertions of economists, who criticized the government for its legislation laws can not be activated, the lack of elements of success, do not apply originally due to the lack of real control."

And that "the protection of the national product make economic, law works by all States, in order to develop your economy and Zraatk and your industry must be protected by law are not allowed to enter goods productive competition of the domestic product, in addition to that it imposes tariffs Kmarkip for survival of the local product competitor to the importer, and inter all things serve the local product. "

He noted a member of the Committee on the economy and investment parliamentary, that "the market is dumping of certain goods, for example, is avalanching commodity product can local to provide the market with, but states or companies want to break the local product فتغرق market, goods priced low, so crashes coefficient of the country, This falls under the economic war. "

He went on to say that "the protection of this product, is by preventing the entry of these goods take inter procedures."

Estrus pointed out that the "laws such as consumer protection, and the protection of the national product, and prevent monopoly, are enacting laws, and instructions issued in the middle of last year, but has not done so far, in addition to the customs tariff."

He continued that "these laws, you must do a basket and one, in order to activate industry and agriculture, and allow domestic product by taking his role, and provide employment opportunities and prevent leakage of hard currency out of the country, because the local product reduces import and maintains survival in hard currency at home" .

He noted that the "law of customs tariff if applied alone, without taking into account the health insurance, social security and social protection network, probably contributes to the high prices, so we need to protect the consumer and the national product together."

He estrus that "non-activation of the customs tariff, a free bonus for all countries of the world, of turning Iraq into a free zone, and we know that free zones in all countries of the world are bilateral agreements and strict controls, but Iraq is now a free zone without charge, while the whole world closed ahead. "

He reported that "the Council of Ministers has asked parliament to wait for activating the customs tariff, but in the economic and investment commission objected."

Parliamentary described, the customs tariff law "a bit Palmrn, because it gave freedom to the Council of Ministers, on the recommendation of the Minister of Finance to cut and raising tariff rates as it deems appropriate."

Furthermore, reported "the world" yesterday, a source in the Ministry of Finance declined to be named, that "the law and lawmaker was supposed to be applied in the middle of the year 2011, but the Council of Ministers asked not to be applied due to the large damage that may inflict on people with limited income."

The source said that "there are problems facing the application of the customs tariff, including the inability to implement the tariff at all land, sea and air, in addition to the need for a crew seasoned and formatted, and devices and electronic system talk circulates in all border crossing points, and this was his statement to parliament, which convinced many justifications raised. "

The source added that "activate the law need a political consensus between the Centre and the Kurdistan region for the application of the tariff in all of Iraq's ports in the region and the South, and we need to close all ports informal, كالموجودة between Iran and Turkey on the one hand Kurdistan."

The source added, "The system is formatted but staffing is not ready so far, in addition to the places that could be arranged aspects of construction and furnishings in all border crossing points to activate the tariff, and this takes time not less than two years."

In turn, between Majid picture, an economist, that "the fundamental problem in all laws they do not, in spite of disagreement with the great law of customs tariff, because it was not fair, there are many studies very, and, inter alia, the Union of businessmen is now studying law and submit it to Council of Ministers and the Parliament to amend the customs tariff. "

He added the picture, that "consumer protection law in my opinion, it's very imperfect, and there is no control of the parliament, not the government, and civil society organizations working in the consumer protection."

He explained that "there is a big shortage in the understanding of consumer protection, and even the Chamber of Commerce and chambers of industry and agriculture there are no studies and clear on how to protect consumers, in addition to the absence of a study of the prices of goods in Iraq, and the items on which are placed the price, where it should be placed and clarified of origin to the final consumer in the country. "

The economist warned that "there is no comprehensive overview of the legislation of laws, I do not know if this law work or not, but it was applied or not, though dish where other elements that help to develop the local product."

Suri concluded by saying that "ineffective oversight, once you talk about activating the customs tariff, the price goes up more than the tariff set."


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