RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/LIC/Q/HTI/1
1 November 2000
(00-4568)
Committee on Import Licensing Original:  English
NOTIFICATION OF REPLIES TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE ON IMPORT
LICENSING PROCEDURES FROM HAITI1
Questions from the UNITED STATES to HAITI2
The following communication, dated 25 October 2000, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the United States.
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In its notification G/LIC/N/3/HTI/2 submitted in April 2000, Haiti states that there are no
import licensing systems in Haiti.  This same statement was made in G/LIC/N/1/HTI/1 in October
1999.  Earlier, however, in G/LIC/N/3/HTI/1 submitted in February 1998, Haiti described a universal
automatic licensing system called the "Préavis d'importation (Import Notice)", which had replaced anearlier non-automatic licensing system.
- Please clarify whether the Import Notice system has been abolished, and if not, if Haiti still
considers it a system with procedures covered by the WTO Agreement.
- If the Import Notice system is still in effect, please update the information provided in
document G/LIC/N/3/HTI/1, and s upply a copy of the legal instrument implementing it.  In
that update, we would appreciate clarification of the grounds, if any, upon which a request for
the Import Notice can be rejected, and if so, if the right to appeal that rejection exists.
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1 G/LIC/N/3/HTI/2
2 G/LIC/4