WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/L/559
13 September 2002
(02-4864)
Original:  Spanish
INTRODUCTION OF HARMONIZED SYSTEM 1996 CHANGES
INTO WTO SCHEDULES OF TARIFF CONCESSIONS
ARGENTINA – SCHEDULE LXIV
Request for a Waiver
The following communication, dated 9 September 2002, has been received from the
Permanent Mission of Argentina.
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Pursuant to paragraph 3 of Article IX of the Agreement Establishing the WTO, I have the
honour to request the extension, until 30 April 2003, of the waiver granted to Argentina fromobligations under Article II of the GATT 1994.
This request is based on the fact that it was not possible to complete the consultations or
negotiations stipulated in Article XXVIII and in the Procedures for Negotiations under
Article XXVIII adopted in 1980 owing to the general reservations maintained by several WTO
Members concerning the new Schedule LXIV proposed by Argentina.
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