WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/C/15/Suppl.1
G/SG/44/Suppl.1
18 June 2002
(02-3367)
Council for Trade in Goods
Committee on SafeguardsOriginal:  English
IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.5 OF THE AGREEMENT
ON SAFEGUARDS TO THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS OF
PROPOSED SUSPENSION OF CONCESSIONS AND OTHER
OBLIGATIONS REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 2 OF
ARTICLE 8 OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS
JAPAN
Supplement
The following communication, dated 17 June 2002, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Japan.
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The Government of Japan provides the following supplemental information relating to its
notification of 17 May 2002 (document G/C/ 15-G/SG/44).
The Government of Japan wishes to inform the adoption of a Cabinet Order as a necessary
domestic procedure for the suspension of concessions under paragraph 2 of Article 8 of theAgreement on Safeguards, which was notified to the Council on Trade in Goods (CTG) on
17 May 2002 (document G/C/15-G/SG/44) a nd has not been disapproved by it.
The Cabinet Order concerning the Suspension of Concessions to Certain Steel Products
Originating in the United States of America (Cabin et Order No. 212, proclaimed by publication in the
Official Gazette  on 17 June 2002) has been adopted by the Cabinet on 14 June 2002.  The Cabinet
Order will become effective on 18 June 2002, upon the expiration of 30 days from the day on which
written notice of the suspension was received by the CTG.
The Cabinet Order provides that application of concessions shall be suspended to the trade of
the United States with regard to certain steel products specified in the attachment to Annex I of the
aforementioned notification, based on the premise that the level of substantially equivalent suspension
shall be subject to the level specified in Annex I of the notification.
With regard to suspension of concessions proposed under Annex II of the notification, as
indicated in the notification, the Government of Japan continues to reserve its right to effectuate the
proposed suspension not earlier than 20 March 2005 or the fifth day following the date of a decision
from the WTO Dispute Settlement Body that the safeguard measures imposed by the United States are
not in conformity with the WTO Agreement, whichever is earlier.
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