 RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/MA/TAR/RS/76 
2 March 2001 
 (01-1037) 
Committee on Market Access Original:   English 
 
 
 
RECTIFICATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS OF SCHEDULES 
 
Schedule CXXXIX – Republic of Bulgaria  
 
 
 The following communication h as been received from the Permanent Mission of the Republic 
of Bulgaria to the World Trade Organization.  
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Pursuant to Paragraph 2 of the Annex of the Ministerial Declaration on Trade in Information 
Technology Products (WT/MIN(96)/16) signed at Singapore on 13 December 1996 and in accordance 
with the Decision of 26 March 1980 on Procedures for Modification and Rectifi cation of Schedules of 
Tariff Concessions (BISD 27S/25), the Republic of Bulgaria is submitting for certification its Draft 
Schedule of Concessions for Information Tec hnology Products modifying Schedule CXXXIX -
Republic of Bulgaria. 
 Tariff numbers and descriptions of products ar e based on the Bulgarian Customs Tariff for 2000 
and base rates are respectively the bound rates for 2000.   As foreseen in the Draft Schedule attached thereto, the elimination of customs duties on 
information technology products covered by the De claration took place on 1 January 2001 with the 
exception of one product (classified under tariff numbe r 847050000), for which the first stage of tariff 
reduction took place on the same date.  
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 If no objection is notified to the Secretariat within three months from the date of this 
document, the rectifications and modifications to  Schedule CXXXIX – Republic of Bulgaria will be 
deemed to be approved and will be formally certified. 
 
 Copies of this document, in paper and electr onic form (English only), are available in the 
Market Access Division (Ms. Wood, Office 3142, tel: 739.50 79).  
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