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ORGANIZATIONG/SG/30/Suppl.1
G/L/446
9 April 2001
(01-1813)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  Spanish
INITIATION OF INVESTIGATION AND IMPOSITION OF PROVISIONAL
MEASURES BY ARGENTINA ON PEACHES
Request for Consultations under Article 12.4
of the Agreement on Safeguards
Supplement
The following communication, dated 3 April 2001, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Argentina.
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I have the honour to transmit Argentina's notif ication to the Council for Trade in Goods,
pursuant to Article 12.5 of the Agreement on Safeguards, in connection with the consultations
requested by the European Commission with our country under Article 12.4, concerning theprovisional safeguard measure applied to imports of canned peaches (document G/SG/30).G/SG/30/Suppl.1
G/L/446
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Immediate notification by Argentina to the Council for Trade in Goods, pursuant to
Article 12.5 of the Agreement on Safeguards, of the results of the consultations held in accordance
with Article 12.4 of the Agreement.
1. Specify the provision under which consultations were held (Article 12.3 or 12.4):
Article 12.4.
2. Provide reference to the WTO document that notified the safeguard action regarding
which consultations were held under Article 12.3 or 12.4:
Documents G/SG/N/6/ARG/4-G/SG/N/7/AR G/2 and Suppl.1, corresponding to the
notification under Article 12.1(a) of the Agreement on Safeguards, of the initiation of an investigationand the reasons for it, and the notification under Article 12.4 prior to the adoption of a provisional
safeguard measure provided for in Article 6.
3. Specify the members involved in the consulta tions, and provide the time-period during
which consultations were held:
The consultations requested by the European Commission were held in Brussels on
29 March 2001.
4. Describe the results of the consultations:
The European Commission raised questions about the reasons for the provisional measure
applied and relevant explanations were given.
Argentina stated that it stands ready to provide more information or respond to further
questions by the European Commission.
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