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ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/VEN/11
24 March 1999
(99-1188)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning the administration of agricultural tariff quotas
(Table MA:1) for 1999 was received from the delegation of Venezuela on 17 March 1999.G/AG/N/VEN/11
Page 2Table MA:1
MARKET ACCESS:  Venezuela
REPORTING PERIOD:  1999
Implementation of Market Access Opportunities:  Tariff and Other Quota Commitments
Description of  productsTariff item number(s)
encompassed in product
descriptionDescription of import arrangement applicable
(from Section I-B (or I-A) of
Part I of the Schedule)(from Section I-B (or I-A) of Part I
of the Schedule)
12 3
Yellow maize (corn)
Sorghum10059011
10070090(a) Allocation of quotas to supplier countries:  global quota
(b) Allocation of licences or of access to quotas to importers:
(i) Government agency competent to grant licences:  the Ministry of Agriculture, through the Sectoral
Directorate-General for Agricultural Marketing, is the government body competent to grant licences.
(ii) Limitations on eligibility of applicants:  yello w maize (corn) and sorghum quotas are distributed by
means of import licences as follows:  90 per cent to applicant firms that have carried out imports overthe last two years;  and the remaining 10 per cent  among firms entering the market for the first time
or which are occasional importers.
(iii) How licences are allocated:  The administrative formalities required are published in an Official
Notice in the national press (document available in the Secretariat, Office 1034).
(iv) Limitations on the period of validity or use of the licences granted:  Import licences are valid for
three months from the date of publication in the Official Gazette, and may be extended for a similar
period by decision of the Interministerial Commission.
(c) Other arrangements (not involving import licences) under which access to quotas is to be administered:  for
products within the quota, the tariff applied is that of the "Andean Price Band System" provided it is not higher
than the tariff rate bound in Schedule LXXXVI, Section I-B, submitted by Venezuela during theUruguay Round negotiations.
(d) Other information relevant to the implementation of market access opportunities:  None
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