RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/VAL/W/87/Rev.1
4 July 2001
(01-3333)
Committee on Customs Valuation Original:  French
COMMUNICATION FROM CÔTE D' IVOIRE CONCERNING ANNEX III,
PARAGRAPH 2, OF THE AGREEMENT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF
ARTICLE VII OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON
TARIFFS AND TRADE 1994
Revision
The following communication, dated 28 June 2001, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Côte d'Ivoire.
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Further to the decision G/VAL/32 to grant Côte d'Ivoire an extension until 30 June 2001 of
the transitional period for implementing the WTO Agreement on Customs Valuation and pursuant
to Annex III, paragraph 2, of the said Agreement, Côte d'Ivoire wishes to make a reservation underthis paragraph in order to be able to continue to use the minimum values/reference prices for a further
18-month period as from 1 July 2001.
Côte d'Ivoire intends to seek the assistance  of preshipment inspection companies during this
period when implementing the transaction value method of customs valuation.
A statement of the reasons for the two above-mentioned reservations and a list of the articles
to which these minimum values apply will be made available to the WTO Secretariat at a later date.
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