WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SG/N/6/ARG/4/Suppl.3
G/SG/N/7/ARG/2/Suppl.3
28 March 2001
(01-1497)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(A) OF THE AGREEMENT ON
SAFEGUARDS ON INITIATION OF AN INVESTIGATION
 AND THE REASONS FOR IT
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.4 OF THE AGREEMENT ON
 SAFEGUARDS BEFORE TAKING A PROVISIONAL SAFEGUARD
 MEASURE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 6
ARGENTINA
Supplement
The following communication, dated 16 March 2001, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Paraguay, on behalf of Argentina.
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I have the honour to write in my capaci ty as representative of the MERCOSUR pro tempore
Presidency in order to notify to the WTO Committee on Safeguards, on behalf of the Argentine
Republic and pursuant to the Regulation on the Application of Safeguard Measures to Non-Member
Countries of MERCOSUR, the initiation of a safeguards investigation into imports of peachespreserved in water containing added sweetening matter, including syrup ("canned peaches"), as well
as application of a provisional safeguard measure under Article 12.1(a) and Article 12.4 of the WTO
Agreement on Safeguards.
It should be mentioned that this measure has already been circulated by the Argentine
Republic to WTO Members in document G/SG/N /6/ARG/4-G/SG/N/7/ARG/2 of 18 January 2001.
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