WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/POL/44
14 December 2001
(01-6325)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning the volume-based special safeguard ( Table MA:3 ) was
received from the delegation of Poland  on 11 December 2001.
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Table MA:3
MARKET ACCESS – Poland
Notification under Article 5 of the Agreement:  special safeguard: volume-based
1. Description of product: Rye
2. Tariff item number: 1002 00 00 0
3. Trigger level:
(as calculated in Annex 1) 155,924 tonnes
4. Volume of imports entering
territory in current period 325,455.3 tonnes
5. Period of application: from 28 November 2001 to 31 December
2001.
SPECIAL SAFEGUARD:  VOLUME-BASED:  Annex 1 to MA:3
Information required for the calculation of the Trigger Level
Imports in the 3 preceding years: 1998 32,328.5 tonnes
1999 47,736.5 tonnes
2000 294,152.8 tonnes
Average 124,739.3 tonnes
Because domestic consumption is not taken into account, the base trigger level under
subparagraph 4(a) shall apply – 124,739.257 x 125% = 155,924 tonnes .
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