Areas requiring assistance from Government

Investment in infrastructure.
Removal of tariff controls.
Simplification/streamlining of customs procedures and formalities.
Levelling of the playing field between road and rail.
Waiver on fuel levies.
Duty exemption/concessions on imported railway equipment and materials for recapitalisation purposes.

Brazzaville Declaration

Original: French

AU/MIN/RT/Decl.(l)

AFRICAN UNION

UNION AFRICAINE

UNIÃO AFRICANA

We, African Ministers responsible for Railway Transport, meeting in Brazzaville from 13 to 14 April 2006 on the occasion of the First Conference organized by the African Union to consider the prerequisites for the revival of efficient railway transport in Africa at the service of the development and integration of Africa; more>>