Table 1: Summary of Issues Discussed in the Panel Discussions and Presentations

Are bulk facilities being used for the importation of fuel for both Namibia and regional markets?

• Bulk facilities are primarily used for the importation of fuel commodities for the Namibian market

• Occasionally, importation is done for the regional market (for countries such as Zimbabwe)

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TTTFP Model Laws, Policies, Regulations and Standards in the Tripartite Region

How are goods transported to and from the ports of Lüderitz and Walvis Bay from source countries and to their final destinations? Road or rail transport?

Tripartite Transport and Transit Facilitation Programme (TTTFP) covers three Regional Economic Communities (RECs): COMESA, EAC and SADC:

• Designed to address transport and trade barriers through the implementation of harmonised road transport policies, laws, regulations, systems and standards that affect drivers, loads, motor vehicles and road infrastructure in the COMESA, EAC and SADC Member States

• Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs) are numerous

• Transportation of merchandise to and from the ports of Lüderitz and Walvis Bay is done by road

• Rail transportation is an alternative (but only accounts for 10 percent of the total cargo or freight)

Most of the countries that subscribe to the TTTFP are landlocked and land-linked. The following have been developed:

• Two (2) principal agreements:

 Vehicle load management agreement

 Multilateral cross-border Road Transport Agreement

• Five (5) model laws:

 Vehicle load management model law

 Cross-border road transport model law

 Road traffic model law

 Road traffic and transport transgression model law

 Transportation of dangerous goods by road model law

COMESA Secretariat develops model laws upon which Member States decide whether to adopt and domesticate or not

Process of adoption and domestication of TTTFP principal agreements and model laws will commence after the Council of Ministers have approved, and the Heads of State Summit has endorsed the Council of Ministers’ decision:

• Countries such as Zambia and Uganda have already commenced with the process of domestication of the TTTFP model laws and principal agreements

• Member States are free to commence the process of adoption and domestication before the Council of Ministers’ decision and endorsement by the Heads of State Summit