Azerbaijan implements WTO recommendation to establish data center

A new data center established in accordance with the requirements of Azerbaijan's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) was unveiled Wednesday by the Azerbaijani State Standardization, Metrology and Patents Committee.

"One of the main arrangements between Azerbaijan and the WTO is fulfillment of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade. It involves bringing the areas of accreditation, standardization and metrology in the country in accordance with international standards," the head of the Technical Regulation and Standardization Department head of the committee, Sabig Abdullayev, said Wednesday. "One requirement is the establishment of an appropriate data center."

He said every producer, exporter or importer may apply to the center for information about standards, technical rules, and regulations, both in Azerbaijan and WTO member countries.

"Information obtained at the center can have a direct impact on import and export operations and economic relations among the countries," Abdullayev said.

Azerbaijan will start to implement the WTO Code of rules for developing, drafting and adoption of standards, technical regulations and standards from Jan. 1, 2011, which is also one of the requirements of the organization, Abdullayev added.

The data center was established by representatives of the State Standardization, Metrology and Patents Committee, Deutsche Technical Society (GTZ) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Abdullayev said.

Representatives of the State Committee, the Ministries of Economic Development and Foreign Affairs, GTZ, and a representative of the German Embassy in Azerbaijan, Peter Ziegler, attended the presentation where the data center was unveiled.


/Trend/