WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TMB/27
14 December 2001
(01-6339)
Textiles Monitoring Body
EIGHTY-FIFTH MEETING OF THE TMB
Note by the Chairman
1. The Textiles Monitoring Body met on 12 December 2001.
2. Since certain matters taken up by the TMB were related to specific aspects of the
implementation of the third stage of the integration process under the Agreement on Textiles and
Clothing (ATC), due to take effect on 1 January 2002, the TMB considered it appropriate to provide
the relevant information to WTO Members as expeditiously as possible.
3. The TMB, therefore, authorized its Chairm an to provide to WTO Members the following
information.
United States:  Abolishment of Visa Requirements on Products to be Integrated on
1 January 2002
4. In reply to the request for information made by the TMB1, the United States, in a
communication dated 11 December 2001, informed the TMB that "the visa requirement for products
integrated in the third stage has been eliminated".
Implementation of the Provisions of Article 2 .18 of the ATC Related to Small Suppliers During
the Third Stage of the Integration Process
5. Based on an earlier communication by Canada2 and replies received from the European
Community and the United States to the TMB's request for information3, the TMB noted that the three
Members concerned would increase the annual growth rates applied during Stage 2 for WTO
Members falling under the provisions of Article 2.18 (small suppliers) in their respective regimes by
27 per cent as from 1 January 2002.
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6. The eighty-sixth meeting of the TMB is scheduled for 22 and 23 January 2002.
7. The full report of the eighty-fifth meeting will be circulated at a later stage.
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1 See G/TMB/R/83, paragraphs  10 and 11.
2 See G/TMB/R/83, paragraph  13.
3 See G/TMB/R/83, paragraphs  14 and 15.