RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/VAL/W/87
26 June 2001
(01-3200)
Committee on Customs Valuation Original:  French
COMMUNICATION FROM CÔTE D' IVOIRE CONCERNING ANNEX III,
PARAGRAPH 2, OF THE AGREEMENT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF
ARTICLE VII OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON
TARIFFS AND TRADE 1994
The following communication, dated 21 June 2001, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Côte d'Ivoire.
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Further to the decision G/VAL/32 to grant Côte d'Ivoire an extension until 30 June 2001 of
the transitional period for implementing the WTO Agreement on Customs Valuation  and pursuant toAnnex III, paragraph 2 of the said Agreement, Côte d'Ivoire wishes to make a reservation under this
paragraph in order to be able to continue to use the minimum values/reference prices for a further
18-month period as from 1 July 2001.
A statement of the reasons for the request for an extension of the use of the minimum
values/reference prices and a list of the articles to which these minimum values apply will be made
available to the WTO Secretariat at a later date.
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