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Complaint number	NTB Type Category 1. Government participation in trade & restrictive practices tolerated by governments 1.1. Export subsidies 1.2. Government monopoly in export/import 1.3. State subsidies, procurement, trading, state ownership 1.4. Preference given to domestic bidders/suppliers 1.5. Requirement for counter trade 1.6. Domestic assistance programmes for companies 1.7. Discriminatory or flawed government procurement policies 1.8. Import bans 1.9. Determination of eligibility of an exporting country by the importing country 1.10. Determination of eligibility of an exporting establishment (firm, company) by the importing country 1.11. Occupational safety and health regulation 1.12. Multiplicity and Controls of Foreign exchange market 1.13. "Buy national" policy 1.14. Lack of coordination between government institutions 1.15. Other Category 2. Customs and administrative entry procedures 2.1. Government imposing antidumping duties 2.2. Arbitrary customs classification 2.3. Issues related to the rules of origin 2.4. Import licensing 2.5. Decreed customs surcharges 2.6. Additional taxes and other charges 2.7. International taxes and charges levied on imports and other tariff measures 2.8. Lengthy and costly customs clearance procedures 2.9. Issues related to transit fees 2.10. Inadequate or unreasonable customs procedures and charges 2.11. Lack of control in Customs infrastructure 2.12. Lack of capacity of Customs officers 2.13. Issues related to Pre-Shipment Inspections 2.14. Other Category 3. Technical barriers to trade (TBT) Category 4. Sanitary & phyto-sanitary (SPS) measures Category 5. Specific limitations 5.1. Quantitative restrictions 5.2. Exchange controls 5.3. Export taxes 5.4. Quotas 5.5. Import licensing requirements 5.6. Proportion restrictions of foreign to domestic goods (local content requirement) 5.7. Minimum import price limits 5.8. Embargoes 5.9. Non-automatic licensing 5.10. Prohibitions 5.11. Quantitative safeguard measures 5.12. Export restraint arrangements 5.13. Other quantity control measures 5.14. Restrictive licenses 5.15. Other Category 6. Charges on imports 6.1. Prior import deposits and subsidies 6.2. Administrative fees 6.3. Special supplementary duties 6.4. Import credit discriminations 6.5. Variable levies 6.6. Border taxes 6.7. Other Category 7. Other procedural problems 7.1. Arbitrariness 7.2. Discrimination 7.3. Corruption 7.4. Costly procedures 7.5. Lengthy procedures 7.6. Lack of information on procedures (or changes thereof) 7.7. Complex variety of documentation required 7.8. Consular and Immigration Issues 7.9. Inadequate trade related infrastructure 7.10. Other Category 8. Transport, Clearing and Forwarding 8.1. Government Policy and regulations 8.2. Administrative (Border Operating Hours, delays at border posts, etc.) 8.3. Immigration requirements (Visa, travel permit) 8.4. Transport related corruption 8.5. Infrastructure (Air, Port, Rail, Road, Border Posts,) 8.6. Vehicle standards 8.7. Costly Road user charges /fees 8.8. Issues related to transit Other Policy or Regulatory NTB Not a policy or regulatory NTB Check allUncheck all	Date of incident	Location ECOWAS Benin Burkina Faso Côte d'Ivoire Ghana Nigeria Senegal Togo ECOWAS UEMOA	Reporting country or region ECOWAS Benin Burkina Faso Côte d'Ivoire Ghana Nigeria Senegal Togo ECOWAS UEMOA	Status	Actions
NTB-000-049	8.4. Transport related corruption	2017-05-11	Ghana: Abor	Burkina Faso	Resolved 2017-05-11	View
Complaint:	Driver was stopped at the Buipe exit and asked to pay 5gh without any reason
NTB-000-048	8.4. Transport related corruption	2017-05-11	Ghana: Tamale South	Burkina Faso	Resolved 2017-05-11	View
Complaint:	Driver was stopped at the entrance to Tamale and was asked to pay 5gh even though his papers were correct
NTB-000-047	8.4. Transport related corruption	2017-05-11	Ghana: Komantse	Burkina Faso	Resolved 2017-05-11	View
Complaint:	This driver was stopped and whilst parking an officer asked him to continue. As the driver left, the police later followed him and arrested him, accusing him of "fail to stop" and took the driver to the police station.
NTB-000-046	8.8. Issues related to transit	2017-04-11	Ghana: Paga	Burkina Faso	Resolved 2017-04-11	View
Complaint:	The driver called because he was asked by a customs officer to hand his papers over to the 'goro boys' whilst there was a directive which ordered a stop to the activities ofthese goro boys
NTB-000-045	8.4. Transport related corruption	2017-02-11	Ghana: Tamale South	Burkina Faso	Resolved 2017-02-11	View
Complaint:	Driver called because he was kept for more than four hours at the entrance to Tamale just because the driver said he didn't have money (5gh). The police officer took his license away without any explanation
NTB-000-044	8.4. Transport related corruption	2017-10-27	Ghana: Tamale South	Burkina Faso	Resolved 2017-10-27	View
Complaint:	Driver said they have been stopped for about 30 minutes 15 km after Tamale, even though their papers are okay.
NTB-000-043	8.4. Transport related corruption	2017-10-10	Ghana: Tamale South	Burkina Faso	Resolved 2017-10-10	View
Complaint:	Driver called because they were kept at the barrier (entrance of Tamale) for more than two hours.
NTB-000-042	8.4. Transport related corruption	2017-10-19	Ghana: Avalavi	Burkina Faso	Resolved 2017-10-19	View
Complaint:	Driver called focal point because he was stopped at a checkpoint 40kms to Techiman. The police collected his papers without saying anything for about 40 minutes
NTB-000-041	7.6. Lack of information on procedures (or changes thereof)	2017-10-17	Ghana: Akatsi	Burkina Faso	Resolved 2017-10-17	View
Complaint:	Driver called focal point because he was asked to take a diversion. This was due to the weight of his truck (26T).
NTB-000-040	7.6. Lack of information on procedures (or changes thereof)	2017-07-10	Ghana: Abor	Burkina Faso	Resolved 2017-07-10	View
Complaint:	Driver called Focal point after an accident and was directed to the Assin Fosu police station to report the inciddence after being given the telephone number of the ECOWAS Brown Card secretariat.
NTB-000-039	7.6. Lack of information on procedures (or changes thereof)	2017-09-27	Ghana: Tamale South	Burkina Faso	Resolved 2017-09-27	View
Complaint:	Driver was stopped at the checkpoint. After checking the papers, the police insisted that the driver pays 5gh even though there was no problem with his papers.
NTB-000-038	7.6. Lack of information on procedures (or changes thereof)	2017-09-20	Ghana: Tamale South	Burkina Faso	Resolved 2017-09-20	View
Complaint:	Driver was stopped and required to present a weighing certificate from Djama. Since they did not have the certificate but had a stamp of the Djama weighbridge, the police insisted that they pay some money.
NTB-000-037	8.4. Transport related corruption	2017-09-27	Ghana: Tamale South	Burkina Faso	Resolved 2017-09-27	View
Complaint:	Driver was stopped at the Tamale check point. After checking the papers, the police insisted that the driver pays 5gh even though there was no problem with his papers.
NTB-000-036	7.6. Lack of information on procedures (or changes thereof)	2017-05-09	Mali:	Burkina Faso	Resolved 2017-05-09	View
Complaint:	Driver was stopped and required to provide weighing papers from Kumasi and Djama, otherwise to pay an amoount of money
NTB-000-035	7.6. Lack of information on procedures (or changes thereof)	2017-04-09	Burkina Faso:	Burkina Faso	Resolved 2017-04-09	View
Complaint:	Driver was stopped after Djama/Porko and required to provide weighing papers from Kumasi and Djama, otherwise to pay an amount of money.
NTB-000-034	8.4. Transport related corruption	2017-08-31	Niger:	Burkina Faso	Resolved 2017-08-31	View
Complaint:	Police stopped driver and demanded money, even though the driver had the weighing papers from the motoway, duly stamped at Kumasi and at Djama.
NTB-000-033	8.3. Immigration requirements (Visa, travel permit)	2017-08-31	Ghana: Tema	Burkina Faso	Resolved 2017-08-31	View
Complaint:	Driver was stopped at the exit of Techiman. His licence and papers were checked and were found to be correct. However the driver was detained for about 1 hour before the officer asked him to pay money.
NTB-000-032	7.6. Lack of information on procedures (or changes thereof)	2017-08-29	Ghana: Accra	Burkina Faso	Resolved 2017-08-29	View
Complaint:	Driver was detained at the entrance to Accra for not fastening seat belt. As he was speaking french the Police could not understand him.
NTB-000-030	7.6. Lack of information on procedures (or changes thereof)	2017-08-29	Ghana: Abidjan, RCI	Burkina Faso	Resolved 2017-08-29	View
Complaint:	Driver was detained at the entrance to Accra for not fastening seat belt. As he was speaking french the Police could not understand him.
Resolution status note:	BA est intervenue et a expliqué aux agents de police au poste que ce n'était qu'un problème de barrière de la langue et leur a demandé de permettre au conducteur de continuer son voyage Le conducteur a été informé des attitudes à adopter lorsqu'il est arrêté par la police et libéré plus tard sans payer d'argent.
NTB-000-029	2.9. Issues related to transit fees	2018-01-05	Ghana: Tema Port	Ghana	Resolved 2018-01-11	View
Complaint:	Representatives of GHTDA (a local transport union), forced a company driver to pay an entrance fee against attached document. Behaviour similar to Goro Boys and, upon verification, fee was illicit and non sanctioned for non members. Hence, the impression of an attempt to pass on an illigal fee in desguise.
Resolution status note:	upon complaint reaching office of Port Monitoring Officer and upon verification of incidence, port authorities instructed union to refrain from imposing such a fee in foreseeable future, especially yo non members.

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