WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/POL/54
15 October 2002
(02-5559)
Committee on Agriculture
NOTIFICATION
The attached notification concerning trigger prices in the context of the price-based special
safeguard ( Table MA:4 ) was received from the delegation of Poland  on 7 October 2002.G/AG/N/POL/54
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Table MA:4
MARKET ACCESS:  Poland
Notification under Article 5 of the Agreement:  special safeguard:  price-based
B:  Ad Hoc Notification
Tariff item
numberDescription of products Trigger Price
as calculated in
Annex 1)
PLN/t
2302 Bran, sharps and other residues, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived
from the sifting, milling or other working of cereals or of leguminous plants:
2302 30 Of wheat:
2302 30 10 -- Of which the starch content does not exceed 28% by weight, and of which theproportion that passes through a sieve with an aperture of 0.2 mm does not exceed10% by weight or alternatively the proportion that passes through the sieve has an
ash content, calculated on the dry product, equal to or more than 1.5% by weight340.76
2302 30 90 -- Other 433.05
2302 40 - Of other cereals:
2302 40 10 -- Of which the starch content does not exceed 28% by weight, and of which the
proportion that passes through a sieve with an aperture of 0.2 mm does not exceed
10% by weight or alternatively the proportion that passes through the sieve has anash content, calculated on the dry product, equal to or more than 1.5% by weight376.26
2302 40 90 -- Other 465.00
Date of application:  from 25 September 2002 to 31 December 2002.G/AG/N/POL/54
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SPECIAL SAFEGUARD: PRICE-BASED: Annex 1 to table MA:4
(Information required for the calculation of the Trigger Price)
Source of price information:  EUROSTAT data for the base period 1986-88
Tariff item
numberDescription of products Prices in the reference period
(ECU/t)Average prices in the
reference period *
ECU/t
1986 1987 1988
2302 Bran, sharps and other residues,
whether or not in the form of pellets,derived from the sifting, milling orother working of cereals or of
leguminous plants:
2302 30 Of wheat:
2302 30 10 -- Of which the starch content does not
exceed 28% by weight, and of which theproportion that passes through a sieve
with an aperture of 0.2 mm does not
exceed 10% by weight or alternatively theproportion that passes through the sievehas an ash content, calculated on the dry
product, equal to or more than 1.5% by
weight84 98 106 96
2302 30 90 -- Other 106 120 140 122
2302 40 - Of other cereals:
2302 40 10 -- Of which the starch content does not
exceed 28% by weight, and of which theproportion that passes through a sieve
with an aperture of 0.2 mm does not
exceed 10% by weight or alternatively theproportion that passes through the sievehas an ash content, calculated on the dry
product, equal to or more than 1.5% by
weight120 105 94 106
2302 40 90 -- Other 138 132 123 131
* - Average exchange rate from January 2002 - 1 EURO = 3.5496 PLN.
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