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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 26 July 1999, thefollowing communication was received from the Government of Mali 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 Mali reserves the right to
retain the system of officially established minimum values on a limited and transitionalbasis under the terms and conditions agreed by the Committee, the list of which youwill be receiving shortly;
- as regards paragraph 3 of Annex III, the Government of Mali reserves the right to
provide that the relevant provision of Article 4 of the Agreement shall apply only whenthe Malian customs authorities agree to the request to reverse the order of Articles 5and 6;
- as regards paragraph 4 of Annex III, the Government of Mali reserves the right to
provide that paragraph 2 of Article 5 of the Agreement shall be applied in accordancewith the provisions of the relevant note thereto whether or not the importer sorequests.
The Secretariat of the World Trade Organization avails itself of this opportunity to renew to
the Members the assurances of its highest consideration.
Geneva, 29 July 1999
WT/Let/306
99-3288