Tunisia.(5)
The location of this committee is in Alger.The co-operation of the three networks of Railways - has been developed considerably thanks to the work of CTFM, which has resulted
in technical conventions, and the intensification
of.the
railwaystrans-(1)
Le comité Maghrébin des Transports aériens(C.M.T.A.)
(2)
Le comité des Transport Ferroviaires du Maghreb(CTFM)
(3)
Le comité Maghrébin des Transport Routiers(CMTR)
(4)
Le Comité Maghrébin des Transports Maritimes(CMTM)
(5)
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port "between the three countries "by the establishment of a
system of
common stations at the frontiers.
The task-of the Maghreb committee -for air Transport is to work
for the development of air transport on the Maghreb and international level, to assure the countries of the
Maghreb
acoordinated and
econo¬mical air transport, to encourage and strengthen the co-operation
and the co-ordination of the activities of the Jfeghreb air companies,
and finally co-ordinate the efforts in all the domains of civil
aviation including airways, airports, air facilities,
professional
training etc.The permanent office and secretariat of the CMTA is fixed in Rabat, and it has an annual session.
There are some technical obstacles hindering the work of this
committee. It undertakes some important studies which will be finished
in the near future. Amongst the projects under consideration is the
creation of a Maghreb company for air Transport for the exploitation
of long distance air lines, and a Maghreb center for the maintenance of equipment of the national air companies.
The Maghreb committees for maritime Transport and roads have
met
several times and discussed the problems of the harmonization of
legis--dation-in these -two- sectors-. Their programmes include among other things, the study of the creation of a unified company for maritime transport, the common exploitation of maritime lines, the harmonization
of maritime legislations, road laws codes, and the simplification of
administrative formalities in the ports and across frontiers.
The Maghreb Commission for Industry and the Maghreb Commission for trade relations :
These two committees held a number of meetings in 1965 and 1966
in order to establish list of products to be exchanged between the
member countries, which will benefit from a preferential treatment and
also a programme for specialization in certain industrial branches,
such as iron and steel, glass, and component assembly units.
The Maghrbe Committee for Tourism
(C.M.T.)
The structure of this committee is similar to the CMCPT. It holds its sessions once a year. There is a secretariat in Tripoli to collect
documents and data on the tourist industry in the four countries. The
task of the CMT is to conceive a common tourist policy for the maghreb, coordinating this policy and following the execution of the decisions
taken in this sector. The CMT studies several projects for the co¬
ordination of publicity, professional training and the organisatioi
of common touristis tours. It also examines' the ways of avoiding
certain financial difficulties to encourage -tourism in the region.
The Maghreb commission for Statistics and national accounting.
This committee holds meetings on the level of two sub-commissions i one for the statisticians and the other for the national accountants.
Reports were drawn up suggesting the unification of the rules and
classification and presentation of national accounts as well as industrial and foreign trade statistics.
The Maghreb Committee for assurance and Re-assurance
(1) (CMAR)
This commission was established in October
1968,
to study theproblems of the co-ordination of assurance and rea-ssurance in the
Maghreb,
and to encourage the exchange of reassurance matters between the organi¬
sations of the four countries and the creation of Maghreb pools in the main branches of risk,-"""Another task is to harmonise the different national legislations and the organisation of the profession.
The structure of the Committee is similar to that of the other committees. It. has permanent residence and a secretariat at Rabat.
1. Recommended by the council ministers
(May 1965).
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2 - Organisations of trade and, ror." aroh
a• The Maghreb Comptoir for the Alfa
(COMALFA)
In its session in Tripoli
(May 19*55)
"the Council of Ministersdecided upon the creation of
COMALFA,
an organizationfor the
co¬ordinated export of the Maghrebian Alfa. It was agreed that members
would sell all their production of the alfa to the "Comptoir" and
willabstain from concluding any contract to sell Alfa without the intorrr..iary of the COMALFA. The Comptoir fixes quotas for each
company from each of the member countries and determines the prices according to the prices reached in a common agreement.
COMALFA is directed by an administration council of eight members
and its headquarters fixed in Alger.
Le Comptoir carried on its work from the start, and was able to
achieve considerable gains for the member countries which find diffi¬
culties in selling their production considering the degradation of the
international market for this product and the use of cheaper substi¬
tutes in the paper industry in Europe.
Becuase of the continuous shrinking of the external markets, the
CPCM will propose structural measures for the institutional changes in the Comptoir itself. In the fifth session of the Council of Ministers
(Nov. 1967s, Tunis)
it was decided to nominate a director fôr COMALFA,and industrialization in the Alfa sector was recommended, a task which
was given to the Center of Industrial research in Tripoli to study.
b „ The Center of the Industrial studies of the Maghreb
(C.E.l)
The establishment of this center was decided upon in the second session of the Council of ministers
(Tanger
Nov.1964).
It took throeyears of negotiations and studies between the four countries and the United Nations Development Programme which will assist the Center financially and technically, for a period of five years.
The task of the C.E.I, is to undertake research and studies in the industrial field, with the collaboration of the interested organisa¬
tions in the member countries, taking into account the coordination
of
their own development plans. Priority is to be given to all general
studies concerning the development.of a region or sector and specific
industrial projects which are recommended by the CPCM, or by two or more countries of the Maghreb. The C.E.I, facilitates the training of the Maghreb experts, assists the Maghreb countries in the creation and
the
strengthening of their organisations specialising in the field of
standardization of industrial products.
The Center is managed by a council of administration which consists
of two representatives from each country. The Council approves the work
programme and the budget, which are submitted successively for the approbation of the CPCM and the council of Ministers. The technical
administrative and financial direction of the center is undertaken by the Maghrebian director nominated by the Ministers and assisted by the
Project manager which represents the executive body in this case the
United Nations Industrial Development Organization.
The C.E.I, has already finished some important studies, including
chemical fertilisers, which served as a basis for the recent Tuniso-Libyan agreement on potassium. Another study was elaborated, on the
creation of a maghreb industry for pharmaceutical products. The Center
is undertaking the study of the common fabrication of a part of the Alfa, and hence would solve partially, at least, the problem of the raw
alfa in the Maghreb.
The Center works for the industrial coordination between the maghreb countries, especially in the domain of new projects of
industrialisation,
the harmonization of which on the maghreb scale is indispensable for
economic development.
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Maghreb Integration Institutions
Council of Ministers
Standing Consultation of Committee of the Maghreb
Commission of Industry Commission of trade relations.
Maghreb Committee for oo ordination of Posts and Telacommunications.
Commission of Statistics and of national account ing.
Maghreb Committee for Tourisme„
Committee for assurance
& Reassurance.
It will "be observed that all these institutions 2 council of