WORLD TRADE G/TMB/R/25
26March 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-1253)
Textiles Monitoring Body
REPORT OFTHE TWENTY-SIXTH MEETING
1. TheTextiles Monitoring Body helditstwenty-sixth meeting on24to26February 1997.
2. Mr.Tong appointed Mr.Dong-Won Kim(Korea) ashisfirstalternate andMr.Abdul Mannan
(Bangladesh) ashissecond alternate.
3. Present atthismeeting werethefollowing members and/or alternates/second alternates, and
observers: Mrs.Dwarka-Canabady; Messrs. Malik; Meemeduma; Mukerji; Miss Orozco Jaramillo/
Messrs. DaCosta eSilva/Kravetz; Rey/Zapedowski/Urkan; Richards; Saeki; SaintJacques/Wentzel;
Tadpitakkul; Tagliani; Tong/Mannan.
4. TheTMB adopted thereport ofitstwenty-fifth meeting (G/TMB/R/24).
Notification under Article 8.10oftheAgreement onTextiles andClothing (ATC)
Hong Kong/Brazil: imports ofwoven artificial filament fabrics (category 618)
5. TheTMBreceivedacommunicationfromHongKongunderparagraph10ofArticle8,following
theexamination bytheTMB on9to11September and4to6November 1996ofthesafeguard measure
introduced provisionally byBrazil, pursuant toparagraph 11ofArticle 6oftheATC, onimports of
products ofcategory 618(woven artificial filament fabric) fromHong Kong. Themeasure hadbeen
introduced witheffect asfrom1June1996. Inthiscommunication, Hong Kong conveyed itsinability
toconform withtherecommendation theTMB hadmade,1which required Brazil torescind thesafeguard
measure atlatest by31December 1997. Hong Kong requested theTMB tore-consider thematter
inlightofthereasons itgaveinitscommunication andtoissue revised recommendations.
6. Attheinvitation oftheTMB, Hong Kong andBrazil sentdelegations totheTMB’sreview
ofthematter. TheTMB heard presentations andconsidered thoroughly thereasons putforward by
Hong Kong, aswellastheexplanations andclarifications provided byBrazil. Duetothecomplexity
ofthematter, theTMB decided torevert toit,andconclude itsconsideration atitsnextmeeting,
scheduled for10to12March 1997.
Schedule ofTMB meetings for1997
7. Inviewofthenumber ofissues ithadtoconsider, theTMB decided toamend itstentative
schedule ofmeetings for1997 andtohaveanadditional meeting on24to26March 1997.
1FortheTMB'sreview pursuant toparagraph 11ofArticle 6,seeG/TMB/R/20, paragraphs 4to26.