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ORGANIZATIONG/SG/N/7/CHL/6/Suppl.1
9 August 2002
(02-4380)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION UNDER  ARTICLE 12.4 OF THE AGREEMENT ON
SAFEGUARDS BEFORE TAKING A PROVISIONAL SAFEGUARD
MEASURE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 6
CHILE
Supplement
The following communication, dated 30 July 2002, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Chile.
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Further to the notification recently submitted in Note No. 146/02 of 22 July, please be advised
that the Decree of the Ministry of Finance imposing provisional safeguards on fructose was publishedin the Official Journal on Tuesday, 30 July 2002.
The text of the Decree reads as follows:
"Ministry of FinanceEstablishing the safeguard measure indicatedNumber 402, "exempt procedure". Santiago, 18 July 2002. Having regard to the official
communication No. CD 112 of the President of the National Commission responsible for
investigating the existence of distortions in the price of imported goods of 16 July 2002, the minutes
of meeting No. 260 of the said Commission held on 5 July 2002 and the relevant facts;  and
Taking into account the provisions of Article 9 of Law 18.525; of Supreme Decree No. 909 of the
Ministry of Finance of 1999; of Supreme Decree No. 19 of the Secretariat General of the Presidency
of 2001;  and of Resolution No. 520 of the National Audit Office;
I hereby decree:
1. A provisional ad valorem tariff surcharge of 14 per cent is hereby established as a safeguard
measure on imports of "Other fructose and fructose syrup, containing more than 50 per cent
by weight of fructose," classified in subheading 1702.6090 of the Chilean HarmonizedSystem.
2. The provisional safeguard measure established by this Decree, in accordance with the
provisions of Article 9 of Law 18.525 and Article 15 of Supreme Decree No. 909 of the
Ministry of Finance of 1999, shall have effect from its publication in the Official Journal untilG/SG/N/7/CHL/6/Suppl.1
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the publication in the latter of the decision determining whether or not definitive measures are
to be applied.  In no circumstances shall it continue in force for more than two hundred days.
3. The National Customs Service shall be responsible for adopting the measures necessary to
ensure the proper application of the safeguard measure established by this Decree.
For registration, communication and publication. By order of the President of the Republic,
Nicolás Eyzaguirre Guzmán, Minister of Finance.
Transcribed for your information, Maria Eugenia Wagner Brizzi, Under-Secretary for
Finance.
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