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ORGANIZATIONG/SG/N/6/CHL/2/Suppl.1
G/SG/N/7/CHL/2/Suppl.2G/SG/N/8/CHL/1/Suppl.2
G/SG/N/10/CHL/1/Suppl.3
G/SG/N/11/CHL/2/Suppl.2
G/SG/N/14/CHL/1/Suppl.1
16 August 2001
(01-4030)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(A) OF THE AGREEMENT
ON SAFEGUARDS ON INITIATION OF AN INVESTIGATION
AND THE REASONS FOR IT
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.4 OF THE AGREEMENT ON
SAFEGUARDS BEFORE TAKING A PROVISIONAL SAFEGUARD
MEASURE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 6
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(B) OF THE AGREEMENT ON
SAFEGUARDS ON MAKING A FINDING OF SERIOUS INJURY OR
THREAT THEREOF CAUSED BY INCREASED IMPORTS
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(C) OF THE
AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2,
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(A) OF THE AGREEMENT
ON SAFEGUARDS ON INITIATION OF AN INVESTIGATION
(EXTENSION OF EXISTING MEASURE)
AND THE REASONS FOR IT
CHILE
Supplement
The following communication, dated 9 August 2001, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Chile.
_______________G/SG/N/6/CHL/2/S uppl.1, G/SG/N/7/CHL/2/Suppl.2,
G/SG/N/8/CHL/1/Suppl.2, G/ SG/N/10/CHL/1/Suppl.3,
G/SG/N/11/CHL/2/Suppl.2, G/SG/N/14/CHL/1/Suppl.1
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Further to the notifications in documents G/SG/N/6/CHL/2, G/SG/N/7/CHL/2 and Suppl.1,
G/SG/N/8/CHL/1, G/SG/N/10/CHL/ 1 and Suppls.1 and 2, G/SG/N/1 1/CHL/2 and G/SG/N/14/CHL/1,
please be advised that, pursuant to Decree No. 244 ("exempt procedure") of the Ministry of Finance of
12 June 2001, published in the Official Journal dated 27 July 2001 (copy attached hereto), the
safeguard measures on imports of wheat (HS 1001.9000) and wheat flour (HS 1101.0000), established
by Exempt Decree No. 9 of the Ministry of Finance dated January 2000 and extended by Exempt
Decree No. 349 of the Ministry of Finance dated November 2000, have been lifted.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHILE
Friday, 27 July 2001
Ministry of Finance
LIFTING OF TARIFF SURCHARGES
No. 244, "exempt procedure" – Santiago, 12 June 2001.  Having regard to the official
communication No. CD 83 of 31 May 2001 of the President of the National Commission on
Distortions in the Price of Imported Goods and the facts therefor;  and
Taking into account the provisions of Article 9 of Law No. 18.525, Supreme Decree No. 909
of 1999 of the Ministry of Finance, Ministry  of Finance Exempt Decree No. 349 of 2000,
Article 1.6.1 ("Ministry of Finance") of Supreme Decree No. 19 of 2001 of the Secretariat General of
the Presidency, and Resolution No. 520 of 1996 of the National Audit Office,
I hereby decree:The tariff surcharges applied as safeguard measures on imports of wheat, classified under
tariff subheading 1001.9000, and wheat flour, classified under tariff heading 1101.0000, established
by Ministry of Finance Exempt Decree No. 9 of  2000 and extended by Ministry of Finance Exempt
Decree No. 349 of 2000, shall be lifted.
For registration, communication and publication.  By order of H.E. the President of the
Republic.  Nicolás Eyzaguirre Guzmán, Minister for Finance.
Transcribed for your information, María Eugenia Wagner Brizzi, Under-Secretary for
Finance.
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