WORLD TRADE G/TMB/N/188
27August 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3277)
Original: French Textiles Monitoring Body
AGREEMENT ONTEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Article 3.1
Morocco
TheTextilesMonitoringBodyhasreceivedanotificationfromMoroccopursuanttoparagraph1
ofArticle 3.
TheTMB, inaccordance withparagraph 5ofArticle 3,iscirculating thisnotification to
WTO Members fortheirinformation.
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Permanent Mission oftheKingdom ofMorocco
Geneva
Geneva, 11July1996
Subject: Notification byMorocco under Article 3.1oftheAgreement onTextiles andClothing
Sir,
Incompliance withArticle 3.1oftheAgreement onTextiles andClothing, Ihavethehonour
tonotify that,solely forreasons ofpublic health, theimportation ofworn clothing andother worn
articles, whatever theirorigin, hasbeensuspended.
Thismeasure, which isconsistent withtheprovisions ofArticle XX(b) oftheGATT 1994,
doesnotapply togiftsmade toprivate charitable institutions ortothenon-commercial public sector.
Please accept, Sir,theassurance ofmyhighconsideration.
(signed) Nacer Benjelloun-Touimi
Ambassador
Permanent Representative
Chairman oftheTextile Monitoring Body
World Trade Organization
Centre William Rappard
154RuedeLausanne
1211 Geneva 22