WORLD TRADE WT/L/204/Add.1
18March 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-1077)
Original: Spanish
NOTIFICATION INPURSUANCE OFPARAGRAPH 3OFTHE UNDERSTANDING
REGARDING NOTIFICATION, CONSULTATION, DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
AND SURVEILLANCE AND THE DECISION ONNOTIFICATION
PROCEDURES ANNEXED TOTHE FINAL ACT EMBODYING
THE RESULTS OFTHE URUGUAY ROUND OF
MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
Communication from Argentina
Addendum
Thefollowing communication, dated 5March 1997, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Mission ofArgentina forcirculation toWTO Members.
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Inconnection withtheArgentine notification contained indocument WT/L/204, Ihavethe
pleasure totransmit herewith acopy ofResolution 225/97 published intheOfficial Journal ofthe
Argentine Republic, No.28592 of24February 1997.
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MERCOSUR COMMON NOMENCLATURE
Resolution 225/97
Elimination ofMinimum Specific Import Duties (DIEM) ontariffitems included inChapter 64
oftheHarmonized Commodity Description andCoding System.
Having seenfileNo.061-000121/97 oftheRegistry oftheMinistry oftheEconomy, Works
andPublic Services, andconsidering:
- Thatbyvirtue ofDecree No.998of28December 1995 amending Decree No.2275
of23December 1994, minimum specific import duties weresetforvarious footwear
products;
- thatduring 1996 other regulations were enacted partly modifying those duties;
- thatthefirstregulation citedinthefirstpreambular paragraph above stipulated that
minimum specific import duties would remain inforce until31December 1996, and
considering further thattheywereextended to31August 1997byResolution No.23/97
oftheMinistry oftheEconomy, Works andPublic Services;
- thatinthelightofchanges tothestructure ofimport duties applicable tothemerchandise
concerned, itisnecessary toreview thevalidity ofDIEMs andaccordingly revoke
theregulations governing imports oftheproducts included inChapter 64ofthe
Harmonized Commodity Description andCoding System, soastoavoid unnecessary
duplication;
- thattheSecretariat forIndustry, Commerce andMining hasparticipated inpreparing
thismeasure;
- thattheGeneral Department ofLegal Affairs inthisMinistry hastaken theappropriate
action within itssphere ofcompetence;
- thatthepresent resolution isbeing adopted based ontheprovisions ofLawNo.22.415,
theLawofMinistries -t.o.1992 -andinLawNo.22.792 andintheexercise ofthe
powers conferred byDecrees Nos. 751 of8March 1974 and2275 of
23December 1994.
Wherefore, theMinistry oftheEconomy, Works andPublic Services resolves:
Article 1: ToeliminateMinimumSpecificImportDutiesonthetariffitemsincludedinChapter64
oftheHarmonized Commodity Description andCoding System setoutinAnnex IX
ofDecree No.998/95 anditsamending regulations.
Article 2: Thepresent resolution shallbecome effective asfromthedateofitspublication inthe
Official Journal.
Article 3: Forcommunication, publication, transmittal totheNational Registry Office and
archiving.