WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/VAL/N/4/COL/3
11 September 2002
(02-4757)
Committee on Customs Valuation Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION UNDER PARAGRAP H 2 OF ANNEX III TO THE
AGREEMENT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE VII
OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT
ON TARIFFS AND TRADE 1994
COLOMBIA
The following communication, dated 24 July 2002, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Colombia.
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With regard to paragraph 1 of the Decision concerning the reservation by Colombia under
paragraph 2 of Annex III to the Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the GATT 1994
(Document G/VAL/26), I wish to inform you that the Customs Directorate has issued the following
instruments pursuant to this Decision:
1. Memorandum No. 0290 of the Technical Branch of the Customs Directorate, notifying the
bodies responsible for the implementation of the Agreement on Customs Valuation that
minimum prices will cease to apply to the agricultural sector tariff subheadings listed in
Annex II to Decision G/VAL/26 as of 1 May 2002.
2. Resolution No. 7009 of 19 July 2002, whereby the Director of Customs repeals Resolution
No. 5533 of 19 June 2001 establishing the minimum prices to be applied to the footwear
subheadings listed in Annex II to Decision G/VAL/26.
Furthermore, we hereby certify that Colombia has not applied minimum values to additional
products nor amended the data sources or methodologies for determining the minimum values
allowed under Annex III to Decision G/VAL/26.
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