WORLD TRADE WT/DS19/2
11September 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3511)
Original: English
POLAND -IMPORT REGIME FOR AUTOMOBILES
Notification ofMutually Agreed Solution
Thefollowing communication, dated 26August 1996, fromthePermanent Missions ofIndia
andPoland, iscirculated attherequest ofthose delegations.
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Inaccordance withArticle 3.6oftheUnderstanding onRules andProcedures Governing the
Settlement ofDisputes, India andPoland hereby notify theDispute Settlement Body that,withrespect
tothedispute "Poland 'sImport Regime forAutomobiles" (WT/DS19/1), theyhavereached amutually
agreed settlement, assetforth intheattached text.
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1. TheGovernmentofPolandwillestablishanimportquotaforthetotalquantityof8,000passenger
carswithengines upto996cubic centimetres. Thequota willbeadministered intheform oftwo
equal annual sub-quotas of4,000 carseach, openforthecalendar years 1996 and1997. Portions of
thesub-quotas established for1996and1997unallocated orunutilized tillthe31December 1996and
till31December 1997, asappropriate, willberolled overtotheyear1998andavailable forallocation.
2. Thequota willbeestablished exclusively forcarsbearing thecertificates oforigin indicating
thattheyhave been manufactured inandimported from thecountries which qualify fortheGSP
preferences inthePolish market (Thelegislation stipulates thatsuchGSPtreatment isextended to
countries whose percapita GDP, asshown intheofficial United Nations statistics published by
UNCTAD, islower thanthatofPoland.) andcomply withother origin requirements under thecurrent
Polish legislation aswellasmeettherelevant Polish environmental cartechnical standards.
3. Carsimported intoPoland under thisquota willbesubject toanadvalorem customs dutyrate
of25percentorUS$800(expressed inECU), whichever ishigher. Thislevelofthepreferential
in-quota tariff ratewillbeconstant irrespective ofchanges inthepreferential rateestablished under
Poland ’sregional agreements.