RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/C/W/172/Add.1
25 May 2000
(00-2116)
Council for Trade in Goods Original:  Spanish
REQUEST BY CHILE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 5.3
OF THE AGREEMENT ON TRADE-RELATED
INVESTMENT MEASURES
Addendum
The following communication, dated 22 May 2000, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Chile.
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The Government of Chile, pursuant to Article 5.3 of the Agreement on Trade-Related
Investment Measures (TRIMs), requested an extension until 31 May 2000 of the transition period for
updating the exemption from payment of customs duties envisaged in Article 3 of the ChileanAutomotive Statute (Law No. 18,483).  The reques t was circulated to all Members in document
G/C/W/172 of 12 January 2000.
The Government of Chile reiterates the aforesaid request and requires that the extension
period be replaced by one until 31 December 2000.  This is due to the fact that the legislative
formality of the draft law, which revokes the above-mentioned legal measure, has been delayed by a
set of circumstances alien to the issue subject to legislative approval and to the will of the Executive,that could not have been foreseen at the moment of the request.
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