WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/L/382
G/SG/N/12/USA/5G/SG/N/12/JPN/2
6 June 2000
(00-2226)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  English
IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.5 OF
THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS TO THE COUNCIL FOR
TRADE IN GOODS CONCERNING UNITED STATES ACTION
IN RESPECT OF LINE PIPE
Joint Communication from the United States and Japan
The following communication, dated 26 May 2000, has been received from the Permanent
Missions of the United States and Japan.
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Documents G/SG/N/8/USA/7 (11 November 1999), G/SG/N/8/USA/7/Suppl.1
(25 January 2000), and G/SG/N/10/USA/5 (23 Febr uary 2000) contain communications from the
United States concerning action under the Agreement on Safeguards in respect of certain line pipe.
The United States and Japan are pleased to notify the Council for Trade in Goods that they
have agreed that their reciprocal rights and obligations in respect of the above-referenced action under
the Agreement on Safeguards and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 will be
maintained, and for this purpose they have agreed that as between them the 90-day period set forth in
Article 8.2 of the Agreement on Safeguards and Arti cle XIX:3(a) of the General Agreement on Tariffs
and Trade 1994 shall be considered to expire on 1 March 2003.
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