RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/MA/TAR/RS/43
19December 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-5594)
Original: English Committee onMarket Access
RECTIFICATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS OFSCHEDULES
Schedule LIX-Switzerland-Liechtenstein
Thefollowing communication, dated 1December 1997, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofSwitzerland.
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Pursuant toparagraph 3ofthecommunication onTrade inPharmaceutical Products
(G/MA/W/10) andinaccordance withtheDecision of26March 1980onProcedures forModification
andRectification ofSchedules ofTariff Concessions (BISD 27S/25), weherewith submit the
modifications andrectifications toSchedule LIX-Switzerland-Liechtenstein reflecting theoutcome
ofthefirstreview oftheproducts covered bythezero-for-zero agreement onpharmaceutical products.
Theimplementationofthechangeswillresultindecreasesintariffrates,exceptforAttachmentIa
which deletes products from Switzerland 'sexisting Annex ItoSchedule LIXasagreed bythe
participants inthecourse ofthefirstreview oftheproduct coverage. Thechanges arepresented in
theloose-leaf schedule format andhighlighted byunderlining.
Thedocuments submitted arethefollowing:
Attachment I: Listofdesignated pharmaceutical active ingredients (INN) tobeadded to
Annex IofSwitzerland 'sSchedule LIX;
Attachment Ia: Listofdesignated pharmaceutical active ingredients (INN) tobedeleted from
Annex IofSwitzerland 'sSchedule LIX;
Attachment II: Listofprefixes andsuffixes forsalts, esters andhydrates ofINNs tobeadded
toAnnex IIofSwitzerland 'sSchedule LIX;
Attachment III: Listofintermediates tobeadded toAnnex IVofSwitzerland 'sSchedule LIX;
Attachment IV: Consolidated version ofthenewAnnexes I-IVaswellasthetariff lines
concerned incorporating thechanges mentioned above.
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Ifnoobjection isnotified totheSecretariat within threemonths fromthedateofthisdocument,
therectifications andmodifications toSchedule LIX-Switzerland-Liechtenstein willbedeemed to
beapproved andwillbeformally certified.
Copies ofthisdocument, inpaper form only, areavailable intheMarket Access Division
(Ms. Wood, Office 3142, tel:7395079).