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The Secretariat of the World Trade Organization presents its compliments to the Members of
the World Trade Organization and has the honour to inform the Members that, on 30 July 1999, thefollowing communication was received from the Government of Côte d'Ivoire concerning the
Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994
annexed to the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, done at Marrakesh
on 15 April 1994:
- Pursuant to paragraph 2 of Annex III, the Government of Côte d'Ivoire reserves the
right to retain the system of officially established minimum values on a limited andtransitional basis and following the terms and conditions agreed by the Committee;
- as regards paragraph 3 of Annex III, the Government of Côte d'Ivoire reserves the
right to provide that the relevant provision of Article 4 of the Agreement shall applyonly when the customs authorities agree to the request to reverse the order ofArticles 5 and 6;
- as regards paragraph 4 of Annex III, the Government of Côte d'Ivoire reserves the
right to provide that paragraph 2 of Article 5 of the Agreement shall be applied in
accordance with the provisions of the relevant note thereto whether or not theimporter so requests.
The Secretariat of the World Trade Organization avails itself of this opportunity to renew to
the Members the assurances of its highest consideration.
Geneva, 30 July 1999
99-3391             WT/Let/307