WORLD TRADE G/TMB/R/14
26July1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3019)
Textiles Monitoring Body
REPORT OFTHE FIFTEENTH MEETING
1. TheTextiles Monitoring Body helditsfifteenth meeting on24-27 June1996.
2. Present atthismeeting werethefollowing members, and/or alternates/second alternate, and
observer: Ms.Berrig; Messrs. Daly; Malik; Meemeduma; Saeki; Ms.Shahin/Mr. Mukerji;
Messrs. Tagliani; Tong/Kim/Jamaluddin; Vanerio; andWentzel.
3. TheTMB adopted thereport ofitsfourteenth meeting (G/TMB/R/13).
Notification under Articles 2.6and2.7(b) oftheATC
4. TheTMB reviewed under paragraph 21ofArticle 2thenotification made, pursuant to
paragraphs 6and7(b)ofArticle 2,byParaguay. During thisreview theTMB noted that,inaccordance
withparagraph6ofArticle2,thevolumeofproductsintegratedbyParaguayamountedto16.78percent
of1990 imports oftheproducts falling under thecoverage oftheAgreement. TheTMB alsonoted
that,inaccordance withparagraph 6ofArticle 2,theproducts integrated included products fromeach
ofthefourgroups: topsandyarns, fabrics, made-up textile products andclothing (G/TMB/N/56 and
Add.1).
Notifications under Article 2.18oftheATC
5. TheTMB considered notifications made pursuant toparagraph 18ofArticle 2byCanada,
theEuropean Communities andtheUnited States, ofimprovements inaccess forexports ofMembers
subject torestrictions onthedaybefore theentry intoforce oftheWTO Agreement andwhose
restrictions represented 1.2percentorlessofthetotalvolume oftherestrictions applied byanimporting
Memberasof31December1991andnotifiedunderArticle2oftheATC.ThecorrespondingMembers,
andtheimplementation ofthisprovision, were asfollows:
- forCanada: Costa Rica, Cuba, theCzech Republic, Hungary, Jamaica, Macau,
Mauritius, Poland, theSlovak Republic, South Africa, SriLanka, Swaziland and
Uruguay. Thegrowth ratessetoutinparagraph 13ofArticle 2were increased by
25percent(G/TMB/N/183);
- fortheEuropean Communities: PeruandSriLanka. Thegrowth rates setoutin
paragraph 13ofArticle 2were increased firstly by16percentandsecondly by
25percent(G/TMB/N/185);
- fortheUnited States: Bahrain, Colombia, Costa Rica, theCzech Republic, the
Dominican Republic, Egypt, ElSalvador, Fiji,Guatemala, Haiti, Hungary, Jamaica,
Kenya, Kuwait, Macau, Mauritius, Poland, Qatar, Romania, theSlovak Republic,
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theUnited Arab Emirates andUruguay. Thegrowth rates setoutinparagraph 13
ofArticle 2were increased by25percent(G/TMB/N/184).
TheTMB tooknoteofthese notifications.
Communication bytheUnited States
6. TheTMBreceivedacommunicationfromtheUnitedStatesofitsdecisiontorescindtherestraint
measure agreed, pursuant toparagraph 9ofArticle 6oftheATC, against imports ofman-made fibre
luggage (UScategory 670-L) from SriLanka. TheTMB tooknoteofthisnotification.
Request forinformation received bytheTMB
7. TheTMB began theconsideration ofitsreply totherequest forinformation received from
theChairmenoftheCouncilforTradeinGoodsandtheCommitteeonTradeandDevelopmentregarding
theimplementation ofthespecial provisions oftheATC infavour ofdeveloping andleast-developed
country Members.